Nelson Cuevas: “If it wasn’t for Cus ( D’amato) I wouldn’t have kept going in boxing”

By: Hans Themistode
The key to a successful life is hard work.No one exemplified a better work ethic than the newly minted New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Nelson Cuevas.
Growing up in New York, Nelson Cuevas, like many other kids, had big dreams.
Thoughts of seeing his name in flashing lights was all he dreamt of. Unlike many kids whose goals remain dreams, Cuevas turned his into a reality.“ I loved boxing growing up. In 1959 I officially started my relationship with it. I was a p