Versus / The Longest Fight: Crisis and Hope in Paraguayan Boxing

Paraguayan boxing has been breathing with difficulty for a long time. Decades of abandonment, unresolved conflicts and prolonged institutional paralysis left the noble art of fists with no brightness, no direction and almost no ring. But something seems to begin to move: the State released a strong blow and promises a deep cleansing. In an attempt to straighten the course, the National Sports Secretariat (SND) and the Paraguayan Olympic Committe…