Most boxing fans have never heard of this gym, yet it is one of the Havana’s great sporting venues. One of the oldest boxing clubs in Havana, many of Cuba’s Olympic champions have at one time trained here. Although its equipment is ancient, it offers first-rate training from the ground up. It is an open-air facility, and we were visited it in the late morning when the sun was high and the light was harsh. Yet this high overhead light provided the punch (pun intended) for this shot. The vertical shadows of the ropes on the canvas floor draw the eye to the boxer practicing on the opposite side of the ring. I caught his arm as it echoed the thrust of the shadows. At the same time, I framed him within the horizontal ropes that give the scene its identity.