Alcides Sagarra Carón Explained

Honorific Prefix:Dr.
Alcides Sagarra
Full Name:Alcides Sagarra Carón
Nickname:"El Maestro"
Birth Date:18 August 1936
Occupation:Boxing trainer
Sport:Amateur boxing
Retired:2001
Medaltemplates-Title:Cuban Team achievements under Sagarra

Dr. Alcides Sagarra Carón (born August 18, 1936) is a Cuban sport official best known for moulding the amateur boxing team into a dominant force during his reign as the coach of the Cuban National Boxing Team (1964  - 2001) for which he gained an honorary soubriquet "El Maestro"[1] (="The Master").

Career

Alcides was born in Santiago de Cuba.

Between 1951 and 1954 he was an active boxer himself but quit due to his asthma. He worked as a mechanic but kept studying at the Sports Institute Manuel Fajardo.

In 1962 he became coach who quickly gained the reputation of being a strict disciplinarian, in 1963 he prepared the boxers of Havanna Province for the national championships. He sought the help of East German professor Kurt Rosentil to develop all kinds of innovative training methods.He was so successful that as early as 1964 he was promoted to national head coach.Also instrumental was Andrey Chervonenko, a Soviet coach sent to share training techniques as a display of Communism solidarity.[2] The first stars of the team were Enrique Regüeiferos (63,5 kilograms), Rolando Garbey (71 kg) and Roberto Caminero (60 kg) Cuba's first PanAm champ 1963.

Cuba medaled at the Olympics for the first time in 1968 (Regüeiferos, Garbey).He helped to develop the skills of amateur superstars like three time Olympic gold medalists Teofilo Stevenson who upset Duane Bobick by KO in 1972 to start heavyweight dominance and Félix Savón.

In 1992 the University of Havana awarded him a scientific title of "Doctor en Ciencias Pedagógicas". 2001 he retired from his post as national coach the post is now occupied by Sarbelio Fuentes.

His record is 32 Olympic Golds, 63 (senior) World championships, 64 junior/cadet World titles.

He also has a minor function in an AIBA commission.

Fighters trained

Cuban National Team boxers

Name Weight Class Notes
heavyweight
bantamweight
middleweight
welterweight
middleweight
light middleweight
lightweight
flyweight
welterweight
middleweight
middleweight
flyweight
bantamweight
welterweight
lightweight
featherweight
lightweight
flyweight
middleweight
middleweight
featherweight
light flyweight
light welterweight
flyweight
flyweight
light heavyweight
light heavyweight
flyweight
light heavyweight
heavyweight
light heavyweight
heavyweight
bantamweight
lightweight
light welterweight

Cuban boxers who later turned pro

Name Weight Class Notes
heavyweight
featherweight
light heavyweight
heavyweight
light heavyweight
heavyweight
lightweight
bantamweight
heavyweight
heavyweight

Other Cuban boxers

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OWkubrRl6M Historias de Vida : El Maestro Alcides Sagarra
  2. Web site: Альсидес САГАРРА, кубинский тренер по боксу: «Своими победами я обязан СССР». Alcides Sagarra, Cuban boxing trainer: 'I owe my successes to the USSR.'. Russian. 23 July 2002. Granma (2000). Izvestia.