The Olympic, world and Pan American champion Emilio Correa Vaillantone of the legends of Cuban boxing, died this Monday, at the age of 71, from causes that have not yet been disclosed, state media reported.
Correa is part of a trio of Cuban boxers – including Theophilus Stevenson (died 2012) and Orlando Martinez (died 2021) – who achieved the first boxing gold medals for the island after the 1959 revolution came to power at the 1972 Munich Games.
The National Institute of Sports and Recreation (Inder) highlighted on social network X that Correa “shined as part of a legendary generation of Cuban boxing.”
“His style and results marked an era. He excelled at all levels and showed his Cuban heritage at the height of his level as an athlete and coach,” Inder highlighted in his message of condolences to the family and friends. friend of the famous boxer.
The president of Inder, Osvaldo Vento Montiller, and the Cuban Olympic Committee (COC) sent messages of condolence in which they expressed to their loved ones that the death of the iconic boxer was “painful” and “causes Cuban sport to mourn.”
Official sports page Jit points to the “highest” points of Correa’s sports career as the Olympic, world and Pan-American crowns he won at the 1972 Munich Games, the world championship held in Havana in 1974 and the Pan-American event in Cali. (Colombia) of 1971.
Correa, born in Santiago de Cuba in 1952, is recognized as a “faithful exponent” of the Cuban school of boxing that stands for the power of his left hand, which is considered ‘his best weapon’.
Source: La Verdad
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