Cuban authorities have allowed women to compete in boxing, marking a historic moment for the sport in Cuba. Elianni Garcia Polledo won the first official women's boxing match in December 2022. Despite the country's Marxist-Leninist doctrine prohibiting professional sports, Cuba now has female representation in all sports. Namibia Flores, a long-time boxing coach, expressed mixed feelings as she is too old to compete but hopes to be a leading trainer at Paris 2024. Economic challenges and shortages of equipment persist, but the policy change may lead to Cuban women participating in the next Boxing World Cup in Tashkent.