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| Author(s): |
Michel de Paula Soares
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2024-10-04 |
| Examining board members: |
Jose Guilherme Cantor Magnani;
Ana Leticia de Fiori;
Stella Zagatto Paterniani;
Alexandre Barbosa Pereira;
Rolf Malungo de Souza
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| Advisor: | Jose Guilherme Cantor Magnani |
| Abstract | |
When Olympic boxing coach Paco Garcia arrived in Brazil to work in 1995, he found a small competitive boxing scene, mainly on the suburbs of the capitals of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador. In these cities, the tradition of boxing had been maintained by clubs, family lines, small gyms and, specifically in Salvador, through the influence of popular dance accompanied by carnival blocks. In his suitcase, the Cuban coach brought an innovative, scientific and effective methodology, created in Cuba shortly after Fidel Castro\'s revolution. This knowledge enabled the development and expansion of Olympic boxing in Brazilian lands. After almost thirty years, the result was the consolidation of the Brazilian Olympic team as the best in the Americas in the year 2023. How boxing developed in Brazil after the arrival of the Cuban coach, the tensions, predispositions, arrangements, clashes and characters, is which guides this document. To fulfill this objective, I carried out ethnographic research in cities in Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Pernambuco. In Cuba, I was in Havana and Santiago. There were dozens of academies and teams visited, meetings, conversations and interviews with coaches and teachers responsible for the rise of the sport. As I intend to demonstrate, the circulation of coaches, athletes and training methodologies between Bahia, São Paulo and Cuba was fundamental to the institutional consolidation of the sport. In this way, I defend the thesis that there are three factors that, when correlated, make the victorious Brazilian experience possible: revolutionary pedagogy, expansion of social projects and a rebellious ethic. Becoming an Olympic boxer means becoming a mobile boxer in a universe where the body is central (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/10124-5 - Is another form of sports possible? Training of young athletes in the boxing with value |
| Grantee: | Michel de Paula Soares |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |