Cuban boxer dedicates win to Castro on 90th birthday (Reuters)

By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Cuban super heavyweight Leinier Pero dedicated his Olympic boxing victory to Fidel Castro on Saturday, the day the revolutionary and former leader of the Caribbean country celebrated his 90th birthday. “I want to send my regards to the commander,” said Pero, 23, after his win by unanimous decision over Italian Guido Vianello. “We have to learn to be great and here we are with a victory that we dedicate to him.” Pero, champion at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, is one of ten fighters on the Olympic squad from Cuba, a country where boxing is revered, and that has consistently out punched bigger nations at major tournaments including the Olympics.