USA vs. Latin America

[peanut]

Which of these matches could Latin America win?

• 57- Richards vs. Cruz (PR)
• 61- Vito vs. Silva (PR)
• 65- Lee vs. Rivera (PR)
• 70- Zain vs. Destribats (Arg)
• 74- Dake vs. Anthony Valencia (Mex)
• 79- Chance vs. Jones (PR)
• 86- DT vs. Torreblanca (Cuba)
• 92- Macchiavello vs. Zahid (Mex)
• 97- Snyder vs. Silot (Cuba)
• 125- Gable vs. Diaz (Ven)

[peanut]

Actually at 61kg I'll go with Vito vs. RBY (Mex).

[nhs67]

92 KG.  Zahid just best the piss out of Macch.

70 KG has also happened before as well, although I think Zain wins that one the next 99 times.  Add in that Dest would be 61 before he was 70 (I think) and it just gets worse for him against Weaponized Zain.

65 KG has been competitive between the two every time in Folkstyle.

[Husker_Du]

the thing that jumps out looking at that lineup is how Cuba has fell off. 

[TitleIX is ripe for reform]

I'd like to see gold medals awarded to whomever can figure out how to get more folks in Latin America to aspire to improve their wrestling and someday reach U.S. levels...   Role models are helping, it seems.   Income disparities likely aren't, needless to say.   But then again folks in many former Soviet republics don't have much money but they sure have good wrestling.   Local scholarships aren't as helpful down there because admission leads to nearly free tuition anyway.   That's terrific and worth preserving.   I don't see that admission covers housing costs, though.  So maybe corporate sponsorships for athletes in Latin America could help. 

      Meanwhile, scholarships to train up here in the USA for a month or more could inspire excitement down there, too...  They could be awarded as prizes, or in exchange for strong academics, for example...

   BTW, here's perhaps the leading wrestling website in neighboring Mexico:

http://femela.org.mx/

 It'd be great to have a list of the best amateur wrestling websites for Mexico and the rest of the Latin American region.   The sport's catching on with women down there, too, by the way.   

Edited August 4, 2023 by TitleIX is ripe for reform