Bantamweight champion boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux, has been banned from competing for Cuba and participating in the Beijing Olympics. The boxer was competing at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro and was charged with overstaying his visa, although he claims that he had no intention of defecting.

Back now with his family in Cuba, Rigondeaux is still hopeful the ruling will be overturned.

“I’m thinking positive. I’m calmly waiting for the decision of my superiors,” he said. “If they give me the opportunity to box, that’s what I do and I will do it as well as always.”