Cuba's Mister Boxing

[Almeidalcantara]

Indefectível boxeador, justo e muito honrado.

[ytjnd]

強い！strongest

[sweetkees]

Best boxer ever. In my opinion.

[renduke]

@sweetkees a good boxer but no shot vs Ali NONE

[rasse1965]

Sin dudas un gran boxeador.

[erwillrockn]

how tall is stevenson 6'7'' ? 6'8'' ?

[loutyr]

@erwillrockn I think he was 6'5....but it's many years since I worked with him...that's what my old head remembers thanks for your comment. Lou

[DestroyerAlexandros]

@loutyr What makes me wonder is how he is 6'5 and so muscular and he fights at heavyweight, which I think was 200 pounds? And Felix Savon too. 6'6 with biceps that look like hammers and fights at heavy instead of super heavy.

[GreatBenzino]

his right hand is like a spring, unbelievably fast and also hard like a hammer.. even Klitschko hasn´t such speed and power in his right

[reg5381]

he could have dominated the late seventies and eighties had he turned pro.

[HollywoodParkSteward]

Vysotsky beat Stevenson on points in the first fight in Cuba during the “Kardova Kardin” . Although the score was 3:2, the pace of the fight forced Teofilo to take two necessary breaks to retie his gloves. The second time was at a class A International tournament in Minsk, in March 1976. In each stanza, Stevenson took a count while clearly hurt, in the final three minutes Vysotsky knocked him out. He was a great amateur- as a pro at that time he would have been average.

[jmwwd]

Stevenson was the shit!

[nomadthebiker]

@jmwwd .. Id like to see you say that his face, even now... Lol

[jmwwd]

@nomadthebiker My comment was a compliment. Anyway, even in his prime Stevenson wouldn't stand an MMA fighter.

[nomadthebiker]

@jmwwd.. Maybe youre right, but you'll agree that few amature bouts are settled by knockout, but Sevenson had an incredible record in that respect.. I really wanted him to turn pro, it would have made an interesting era even more so..

[nomadthebiker]

@jmwwd.. Maybe youre right, but you'll agree that few amature bouts are settled by knockout, but Sevenson had an incredible record in that respect.. I really wanted him to turn pro, it would have made an interesting era even more so..

[gamer1911ano]

wtf with the bell ??

[sahndman10]

cubas boxers are good cause they train 4 atleast 20 years i give them props

[wfarnaby]

The best right hand in boxing, at least until Lennox Lewis came along.

[puertorricane]

the boxing ability of ali the punching ability of foreman and bigger than both of them

[Gordion2006]

No boxer like him, ever. Fast, accurate, cool and that right that came out of the blue like a hammer.

[alexdelpiero19]

what a gentleman

[skyynett999]

ali is my hero,but stevenson was a bad MF.....

[xraidedlok]

sdf

[Begleris218]

cubas boxers are very good

[GodsGift999]

One of the greatest boxers of all time. Didn't leave Cuba because once he left he wouldn't be allowed back. Bet he's regretting it now. Lives on the streets...

[yimyel]

lmao that was sick

[cdoggydog182]

Wow! This guys a legend I won a load of money on a horse named after him too!

[cubanboy585]

cuba got one best boxings :)

[ziosiracusano]

davvero un bel match!

[amarilyssanchez]

elyenica tienes toda la razon, era practicamente indestructible sie se enfrentaba a uno de su estatura, realmente tenia una pegada ,que no hubo quien sobreviviera a ella despues de recibirla, era todo un maestro del KO. Tyson lo hubiera matado, pero Ali hubiera mordido la lona con el, lo mismo le paso a Ali con Rocky Marciano, sin embargo a Forerman lo mato. el mismo caso de Stevenson con visosky o milian, pero mato a Bobby Duanik.

[tvgator1]

Too bad Teo never fought professionally, and didn't get the chance to LOSE against a professional HOLMES, or professional NORTON, or a professional FOREMAN, or a professional LYLE, or a professional ALI. Thanks CUBA....if "IFS" and "BUTS" were candy and nuts, we'd all have a great christmas. Keep dreaming about what could have happened....BUT DIDN'T....

[nikitobu]

I agree with you,Stevenson was a great amateur but thats it he spent too many years as an amateur maybe if would have turn pro at a early age it would have been a different story.

[srHBIGBoSS]

You're just a typical shit talker. Might wanna lend me that magic ball you're getting your visions from, because right now you just sound like every other insecure fanatic.He made a choice out of dignity and wisdom, he knew what professional fighting implicated. If he had gone pro, the history of pro boxing would have been a whole different game today I'm sure. So you keep up that patriotic boasting, it puffs up your insecurity.

[tvgator1]

The fact is he NEVER went pro!!!! So YOU will NEVER know what he could've done!!!!! WOULDA COULDA SHOULDA WHATEVER IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!! TOO BAD SO SAD!!! And who's fault is it???? CASTRO! THANK YOU CASTRO!!!!!!

[cubaclips]

Stevenson could have gone pro - he had to leave the country but chose not to. Stevenson disdains the business of boxing. Obviously he was a great boxer and I like that he retired in top health. He does not think he has anything to prove to the professional boxing world. Neither do I.

[srHBIGBoSS]

So what's your point? That Castro's evil? Gee, thanks for letting me know Mr. Redundant. Besides that "fact", he didn't go pro not because Castro didn't allow it, he just didn't. Period. It was his own personal choice, and I'm glad. Back then the boxing business was a dirty one, and he had already made his mark. A fine athlete, through and through. If his decision not to go pro shows anything is true sportsmanship. Quit moaning would ya?

[tvgator1]

The point is that he couldn't go pro either way. Whether he wanted to or not. Even if Castro let him, he would've owned him, so there you go. And that's what's sad, cuz he would've kicked everyones ass, and could've been the best ever. Instead of being this 'true' but mostly forgotten athlete....

[bizzlerecords]

In a way he may not have been there if castro didnt place his boxing programme,so who knows really

[judaschongo]

in this case it wasn't just Castro but Stevenson himself who chose not to compromise his ideals! like it of not, that was his decision.

[tvgator1]

Yeah, his Ideals ok, sure. I'm sure he was COMPLETLELY aware of his options. Thanks Fidel! By the way, I have some swamp land you might be interested in. Maybe I could sell it to you?

[judaschongo]

I'm no communist or Fidel supporter; but truth is in this crazy mixed up world; there's something for everyone. I've seen videos and heard Stevenson speak and he just made his decision.

[tvgator1]

What insecurity? I'm not a boxer! I love to watch boxing! And Stevenson was one of the BEST. And because of POLITICS he was NOT ALLOWED to be the best on a WORLD stage. That is OUR loss. Had he gone pro, the boxing world would have been different YES! People would still know who he is. NO ONE under 40 even remembers this guy....

[usastopeating]

im 18 and i love this guy lol and i agree with you

[nikitobu]

Tvlizzard. Who ever told you that politics had to do with it?? He didnt become pro cause he didnt want to! You know how many international fights he had a lot, he could had stayed in any country and he dicided not to.

[tvgator1]

Let's see, I can continue doing what I LOVE, be recognized by the ENTIRE WORLD, provide for my family for generations, and have a lasting legacy for decades and decades. OR just decide not to. Hmmmmmmmmmm. I have a one word answer to you sir: BULLSHIT....

[nikitobu]

Dude in what world are you living in? you think by him turning pro people werent going to know who he was? and by making millions of dollars he wasnt going to provide his family compared to the 50 dollars a month that Castro was paying him plus a used russian car and an old house without A/C. obviously you're not cuban and dont have a clue about it.

[tvgator1]

Hey Idiot. NO ONE KNOWS WHO HE IS NOW. The only people who know who he is are those who either read history books OR people that are OVER 40 that saw him. And I'm glad I'm not Cuban, cuz I'd take doing what I loved and getting paid for it OVER being told what to do and getting 50 bucks and a shitty used russian car. Who the hell would want that? YOU? This poor guy was robbed of a chance at greatness cause of the shitty politics of CUBA. THANK YOU CASTRO...

[nikitobu]

He robbed himself he had many opportunities to stay in other countries and he didnt.

[iCCCPi]

1st of all he could leave this country, he didnt, means that he liked his country.

2nd who knows whether he had the same chances to be such a talented boxer in another politic

so stfu you dont know shit idiot.

[tvgator1]

Again, your just plain stupid. He was one of the BEST EVER. You think if he had a chance to box in America or Europe he wouldn't have thrived? You're retarded. Castro kept him there cuz he's a selfish moronic ruler. We lost a chance to see what could've been. Thank you Fidel Dumbass....Stevenson could've been the best ever, now no one under 40 even remembers him....yeah that's good, jackass.....

[iCCCPi]

you just dont get my point -_-

[tvgator1]

There is no point. You act Like Teo's some kind of simple pet dog: feed him, give him water, and he'll be happy. Bullshit. He knew he was good--better than good, and he deserved the chance to prove it on a world stage. And do you think he wanted to have that chance? Fuck yes! He surely had the desire to go further. And that's not an american desire or a european desire, that's a human desire. Castro fucked him, and fucked us all....

[bcibibcibcpCB]

Pro boxing in America is a hole different ballgame then amature fighting. All respect to this cubing boxer though. I admit I don't know him but you can't say based on amature fights that he could be one of the best ever.

[tvgator1]

Uh, yes you can. All you have to do is look at him. This guy was a beast, and took his craft way seriously. Everyone amateur or pro back then knew that if/when he went pro, he was going to destroy. But thanks to politics, it never happened..

[alexdelpiero19]

you can't say based on amateur fights, but you do can say from that MONSTROUS right hand.

Holy Shitttt, nobody had that kind of power in the pros. I mean, watching this 3 round fight, I really feared for the brazilian guy's life, he almost got his head ripped off.

[bcibibcibcpCB]

The brazillian guy was a amature. In pro boxing they call low level fighters bums, but this brazellian wasn't even a pro, he wasn't even a bum.

[alexdelpiero19]

listen friend, this conversation is not new. this MONSTER Stevenson, and other "recent" Cuban heavies like Savon and Balado, spent their unlucky careers whooping future Pro boxing champions in the amateur tournaments. the list is longgggggggggg.

and the did it without the cheeseburgers, the milkshakes, the fancy gyms, and the 10 million dollar trainers.

[bcibibcibcpCB]

Who did they defeat? Even if they did defeat somebody, the amatures is a complete different game. Most of the future pro's also are young and undefelopped then while guys like Savon stayed in the amatures when they had lots of expericence and more power cause they were older.

[thundermuffin66]

@bcibibcibcpCB - they couldn't go pro unless they defected from Cuba. They chose to remain loyal to Cuba.

[freirant]

@thundermuffin66 You must be meaning loyal to Castro. A boxer can fight wherever he wants and that should not mean any disloyalty.

[casscraigmile]

alexdelpiero19, summed it up perfectly

[elcubanopapi8]

damn straight we dont got shit in CUBA

[iCCCPi]

you're right mate, this guy is an ignorant piece of american stupidity. its pointless discussing with him.

[tvgator1]

and matey, even if he went to your stupid ass country he would've made millions too....the only politic that kept him down was HIS OWN....if he could've left, he would've left....'nuff said.

[caballete66]

I agree with you, that Nikitubo is the typical shit talker. He is cuban, but he hates everything about cubans. Nikutubo doesn't have country.

[tvgator1]

Stevenson was a BAD-ASS...too bad he couldn't have turned pro (a Stevenson/Ali in his prime or Foreman in his prime, or Lyle in his prime would've been unreal to watch)

[videosupremejudge]

So.....You're sayin that being born into a communist society makes him arrogent and ignorant? Makes no difference to his personality what pollitical system he lives by.

Aint you a bit of a dickhead.

[poitrenaud]

Stevenson is an arrogant, ignorant product of his heritage, his culture and the communist Godless sick system he was born in and serves his masters well.

Heil Hitler-

Death to the Atheist subhuman mongrels known as socialists, atheists, intellectuals, communists, and "progressives"!!

Lower than cockroaches-

[naftafuel]

stevenson, a potential killer if wearing professional gloves

[rhs6520]

fuck any athelete from cuba!! im cuabn and anytime any cuban wins,castro wins!!! so i say fuck cuba until castro is dead

[vivalaquincebrigada]

Insults are no substitute for reasoned debate - they weaken any case. Can't you recognise a great sportsman when you see one?

[poitrenaud]

Agreed!

[chaamjamal]

greatest boxer ever and maybe the greatest athlete ever

[savon612]

lol u fool stevenson would hav ko ali so bad in the first round

[tvgator1]

no way, Stevenson is big but he's too slow for Ali...maybe if he could take a few punches he'd have a shot

[schusterlehrling]

Lol.

He would have beatea ali as easy as he beat holmes, norton and spinks.

and these boxers all beat ali, so dont argue if your hero lost agaianst srumblebums.

alis was not the best in his time, not the bes of all times, and teofilo was much better.

[tvgator1]

Hate to let you know this but "would've" DOES NOT COUNT. He NEVER fought ALI so TEO isn't the best. Foreman in his prime "would've" crushed Teo Stevenson and ALI beat the snot out of him, so your theory is CRAP. Unless they fight YOU WILL NEVER KNOW!! So thank CASTRO for that. Too bad...

[nikitobu]

You are dreaming! If an amateur Russian 5'9 beat stevenson twice and knocked him down once what makes you think he would have beaten the best heavyweight champ of all time!

[elyenica]

Stevenson tenía problemas con boxeadores pequeños que lograban entrar en la corta distancia con él,además del Ruso su látigo era el pinareño Milian.Ahora, a los grandotes que se pusieran a boxearle con estilito les arrancaba la cabeza.Nunca hubiera tenido chance con un Tyson,pero sí creo que a Alí le hubiera fracturado dos costillas antes de arrancarle la cabeza de un biandazo.

[nikitobu]

Si Stevenson se hubiera hecho profesional joven como normalmente es y con un buen entrenador creo nadie le podria ganar.

[caballete66]

Quien te dijo que el ruso noqueo a Stevenson dos veces? No seas tan cuentero. Stevenson perdio el primero por RSC y perdio por puntos el segundo.

Ademas de ser anticubano inventas cosas.

[nikitobu]

Mi argumento que perdio con un amateo si hubiera peleado con el mejor peso pesado campion del mundo Ali, stevenson no pasa de sus 3 rounds, el pelio mucho tiempo como amateo.

[diddius99]

stevenson was the best amateur ever!

Ali was the best pro ever!

[poitrenaud]

Muhammad Ali was the Greatest Fighter who ever stepped into the Ring-

Don't make me laugh.

These guys are amateurs; Ali was a Champion of all Champions.

Idiots just don't know where they belong. And where others belong.

What a dumb commentary.

My sister is better than Nadia Comenici!!

right-

[alex6es]

Ali desagree to fight in 3 round with stevenson ,Why?

[rajayuca]

cause ali was gonna get knocked the fuck out , thats why......lol

[dahoss65]

Ali wasnt the greatest. You have allowed yourself to be fooled into believing that simply because Ali claimed himself the greatest. Ali is top five, but not the greatest.

Sugar Ray Robinson was better

[schusterlehrling]

yep.

ali lost against stumblebums like norton, spinks or burbick.

no further comment!

[notXbroken]

dude im sorry he would not beat ALI

[adrian8188]

Ali should thank Castro , since he didnt allow  Stevenson to fight against Ali. What would have happen if both pact a match in three rounds.

[abudujana13]

...But Ali would have played with him!

And thats real talk

[abudujana13]

HE WAS A SUPERB FIGHTER!!!

[hallllllllllooo]

watch?v=5m_AhU7YBpY

Yoan Pablo Hernandez (Kuba) vs Wayne Braithwaite (USA)

[alheerdt]

Facts? Stevenson never fought Ali... So, there is no "facts" to compare the two boxer. Except, maybe, the fact that Stevenson won 6 times more fights than Ali (who is a great, great fighter, there is no doubt)

[Audelia]

No disrespect but Ali would have murdered this man. No contest!

Stevenson was a great fighter.

[alheerdt]

Nmmmm.. "No contest"?! What you do we call a "chute" (kick) in Brazil. You just cannot know this. They never fought and never will.

[nikitobu]

Alheerdt: So if he won 6 times more than Ali its amateur fighting get that in your head, Heavyweights fight once a year,stevenson was only trained to box 3 rounds he would have needed at least 3 years of pro training before fighting Ali if he wanted to make it all the way, besides stevenson got knocked out by 5'9 amateur russian so what make you think he was going to beat the best heavyweight of the world!

[aguada21]

By the way, Ali also lost to a lot of fighters. As you said, Stevenson fought a lot more people than Ali, so the chance of losing a fight is much greater. Do you know that they are really good friends now and Stevenson has come to the USA with a special visa just to visit his friend Muhammad. That's pretty cool, isn't it?

[sediclahee]

I never said he would beat Ali. What i said is that nobody can know this.

[pinero69]

The agree was to fight 3 rounds daily during five days , exactly the way that Stevenson needs, Stevenson never was Knocked out by Visotski, the russian boxer

[nikitobu]

Pinero: let me refrase it KNOCKED DOWN which to me its the same thing.Now what kind of fight that is to fight 3 rounds daily for five days like you say only Castro would come up with some shit like that!

[Manny0728]

I have a lot of respect for what stevenson did but you have to face the facts, Ali was the greates boxer in his class.

[aguada21]

There is no doubt that Stevenson was one of the greatest boxers ever. If he had become pro, eventually he would have been one of the best also. It's moronic to say he was just a good amateur. There's a reason why Ali refused to fight him: he knew he could had lost to an amateur. He lost fights, so did Ali, Louis, Tyson and every boxer ever.

[elekupat]

Ali didnt refuse to fight him. Stevenson himself rejected the idea of going pro

[nikitobu]

aguada21: Who ever told you Ali refused to fight Stevenson????? Castro was the one who didn't allowed Stevenson to fight Ali.by the way stevenson wasnt prepared to go to 15 rounds when his whole life he fought 3 rounds.

[aguada21]

Actually you are wrong. The Cuban government said yes if the fight would be within amateur rules and Ali's promoters said "he had nothing to win and a lot to lose." Ali was amazing, no doubt, but if Stevenson would have trained for a few years to adapt to the professional style, who knows what could had happen. One thing is for sure, he was an unbelievable boxer, tremendous skill and a hammer in his right hand.

[magdangal64]

oh yeah? your wrong man ali going to play him right kool010

[mfp508]

Stevenson did not defect. He did not defect because meaning so he would have had to turn pro. To defect and turn pro would have exposed Stevenson for what he was. A real good AMATURE. Never mind Ali, he would have never gotten that far, Jerry Quarry would have sent him crying back to Fidel with a left hook stuck up his ass.

[ReeseMac]

I think Ali would've taken him. Teofilo is basically coming forward , use the jab to find the range for his right. I think Ali's flexibility and hand speed would've really fustrate Teofilo. Teofilo's height and reach might've gave Ali trouble but I think Ali could've worked around that. He was quicker.

[nikitobu]

A 5'9 Amateur Russian beat Stevenson twice and knocked him down once, he was just an "amateur" now Imagine what Ali one of the greatest heavyweights ever would have done to Stevenson, thats common sense!

[lordtrax8]

Stevenson is the best boxer ever!

[resumeus]

don't get me wrong, teofilo was the greatest amateur of all time. but jorge luis gonzalez and many of the soviet bloc heavyweights had good long careers in the amateurs. when they came over here, they got beat up. and don't bring up all the russian heavyweights now b/c they did not come up having a very long, almost exclusive amateur career before turning pro

[resumeus]

anyone that thinks this guy could have beaten ali is out of their mind. there is a huge difference between a 3 round amateur fight and a 15 round fight. this guy was knocking out AMATEURS in 3 round fights, not professional heavyweights from the best era of heavyweights as ali did in the 70s.

[peacefighters]

ali will eat him like cake at any time..

[calzadilla82]

why when teofilo told ali to fight him ali said no if he was so good why he didnt fight teofilo was he scared

[ReeseMac]

........Teofilo never called out Ali

[kool010]

damn he is so confident because he is so good and he knocks you with one right hand punch he could have eaten ali alive

[loutyr]

Tefileo was a marvelous fighter. But Ali was the greatest!

[kool010]

if he fought ali nah i dont think ali can win

[kool010]

he is like a ballerina he is so graceful yet so simple

[Goldxx2]

teo tu eres y seras lo mejor del boxeo cubano

mis afecto y respeto por ti

[Ramonhidalgo25]

yes man

[supralee]

tyson had no chanse in fight wioth this man because he was not dull puncer but very wise boxer but ali was so foxy that he alwayes find a way to overcame any fighter.

[Ramonhidalgo25]

from cubaaaa that man is the best ,, super peliador

[loutyr]

He could have been a world champion...

[macgrowens]

ñO!check his gloves.this guy's the best.

 ALI who?

[odin422]

he would have beat Ali

[kouklev]

йес!

[davaocityboxersPH]

I love it! mucho respeto

[cubaguille]

el mejor boxeador amateur de todos los tiempos

[loutyr]

The Best!

[odin422]

awesome.....truly a Class-Act!!!!!

[cubaguille]

tremendo ko!!!

[loutyr]

Muchos gracius