HAVANA (Reuters) - Olympic boxing two-time gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez abandoned Cuba's national team during a training camp in Mexico, the Cuban Sports Institute said on Thursday, the second major defection to hit the Communist-run country's boxing squad this year.
Cuba's National Sports Institute said on its website that Ramirez, 24, who won bantamweight gold in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and flyweight gold in the 2012 games in London, was "turning his back" on his teammates.
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