Jack Johnson, right, of the USA, world heavyweight title holder since 1908, in action against Jess Willard of the USA at Havana, Cuba in 1915.

The Paradox of Cuba's Boxers

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 11, 2015

Journalist Brin-Jonathan Butler talks about his memoir, The Domino Diaries: My Decade Boxing with Olympic Champions and Chasing Hemingway's Ghost in the Last Days of Castro's Cuba. The book is the culmination of Butler's decade spent in Havana, trying to understand a culture where elite athletes forgo multimillion-dollar opportunities to stay in Cuba and box for their country, while living in penury. 

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