The region loves its boxing and follows their stars wherever and whenever they fight. Olympic boxing has also seen many representatives from the region, including Jamaica’s super heavyweight Olympian Ricardo Brown who recently turned pro. With a population of only 3.6 million people, Puerto Rico is quite possibly the greatest pound-for-pound boxing country in the world. They have produced top boxing stars in every decade since the 1930s, including Carlos Ortiz, Felix Trinidad, Wilfredo Gomez and Miguel Cotto. Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are just some of the many islands that love their boxing. The champions take part in the Caribbean Series where they face teams from Venezuela, Panama, Mexico, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.īoxing is popular across the Caribbean and many great champions have come from the region. First introduced in 1898, there is even a small professional league on the Island. Puerto Rico’s only horse racing track is the Hipódromo Camarero located in Canóvanas, only 30 minutes from San Juan, but the sport is popular on the island.Īmerican Major League Baseball (MLB) is popular the world over, but in Puerto Rico, baseball is a national sport and the country has produced some of MLB’s greatest ever stars. The Barbados Turf Club runs three annual meets throughout the year that are popular with locals and tourists alike. The most famous meets are held just outside Bridgetown in Barbados at the Garrison Savannah. Not a sport you would automatically associate with the Caribbean, but the horse racing is popular on a lot of islands, including: Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Nevis, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago.

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