The silence was broken in the meeting room of the Leonardo MacKenzie Grant multipurpose sports room with the presentation of the book Omar Santiesteban Aguilera: The Little Giant with Fists, a formidable text by the Sanlope publishing house that dignifies boxing in Las Tunas and the tireless researcher and writer what has become the specialist in Comprehensive General Medicine (MGI) Jorge Luis Puig Coba, the author.
Las Tunas, Cuba.- With a select graphic testimony and about 90 pages, this life story "is here today to the pride of the people of Las Tunas, for the perseverance of its creator and the efforts of the publishing house, in times when it is vital to rescue the memories of our sporting glories.”
This is how Mirtha Beatón Borges, who made the edition, stood out in the presentation words, together with Aileen Rosales Reyes in the correction; Danay Guerra Alcorta, in the cover design and composition; Andrés Sao Téllez, in printing, and Jorge Polanco Martínez, in binding.
The important and necessary title is achieved thanks to the meticulous investigation and investigative zeal of Dr. Puig, a passionate athlete beyond his medical portfolio and the narrator of dreams, because that means this living testimony about the famous local boxer Omar Santiesteban Aguilera, that warrior of the ring who demonstrated with his career how much can be achieved with love, courage and training; which is equal to jumping geographical barriers, favoritism or bad luck.
About these anecdotes that enrich The Little Giant with Fists, Omar's colleagues from that time, coaches and friends spoke there, grateful and euphoric, in the style of a good gathering, to turn the book presentation into a true recognition of the historical, social and bibliographic values that it has, especially when the references about Cuban boxing and its main figures still sleep in the silence of the protagonists.
Hence there was consensus on highlighting the author's first literary work and his continued effort to bring to the present and future of the town the bright path of its athletes, which is a fact what Jorge Luis Puig Coba do, having already ready to give to the publishers who decide to look at his interesting stories of life of greats like Gómez and Dánel Castro, the baseball player of all times. This, its first light on the letters, is marketed by Sanlope in the Fulgencio Oroz bookstore. Boxing fans already have the long-awaited gift and Las Tunas inhabitants, good memories to tell.
