Teofilo Stevenson vs Duane Bobick + 81 kg 1/4 Finals Olympic Games 1972 Munich

[combatesdeboxeo]

bobick owned larry holmes and teofilo raped bobick

[mow1717]

this guy vs fraiser.down goes fraiser.

[fitzieo1]

Duane Bobick excellent fighter, unlucky through out his career Has any body got the full fight, or his terrific battle with the 1976 olympian John Tate.

[mow1717]

this guy would beaten ali,fraizer norton and foreman.

[duro637]

no tienen ni la menor idea de lo q es boxeo los q dicen q ali,frazer,o foreman le ganaban a stevenson,ninguno de los 3 pegaba mas duro q el teo,estoy absolutamente convencido q eofilo no perdia con ninguno,su temible pegada,su estilo,determinaban la victoria a su favor.

[carlosFIDEL]

cuales pulmones teo ubiese podido con ali con foreman y con todos por q ellos peliaban por dinero teofilo por amor

[pnutbutrncrackers]

Teofilo (like Ali) had tremendous hand speed, didn't he? And then back up by power too. So good.

[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.

[zenmachinefilms]

Bobick held a win over Stephenson, and even knocked him down (very briefly, for a 1 count) but Stephenson totally got his revenge, and completely demolished Bobick here. I think Teo won every other fight he had with Bobick too. Great champion.

Too bad Stephenson never got to fight as a pro. Would have been interesting to see him against the likes of Ali, Norton, Formean, Holmes, etc.

[Belburg]

@zenmachinefilms two words: Igor Vysotsky.

[jmad627]

@zenmachinefilms I agree with you. It would have been very interesting to see Stephenson fight the top professional boxers of that era. It's a shame that it never happened.

[liktocholikt]

@combatesdeboxeo: Stevenson, Ingemar Johansson and Tyson have had the best one-punch-ability of them all. Not several heavy punches like Foreman or Marciano but clinical ones. Stevenson and the Klitschko-brothers box in the same manner and I think that if he would have turned pro he would have been in there with the best. When you become a pro you also adapts yourself to the new game, with more rounds and more resting during the rounds. It is like comparing 200 metres in athleitics with 800.

[tw69hands2]

@zenmachinefilms:

Norton would have torn him a new one. Norton with that cross-armed defense would have parried those long jabs and blocked those long rights off of his left elbow and would have bombed him out with overhand rights. Stevenson had no defense for the overhand right.

[lordslayer22]

@zenmachinefilms im cuban. in cuba all boxers are considered amateo meaning amateur, unless they leave the country. they where trying to set up teofilo with ali back in the day. my boxing trainer was his sparring partner

[consta4891]

esto no es alguna maravilla, ken norton destruyó a bobick en segundos como profesional.

[sportshistorybuff]

Does anyone have the full Bobick/Stevenson fight, such as it lasted?

[ElFlacoVerde]

Great amateurs don't always become geat pros. It's kind of hit or miss as to whether or not they make the transition successfully. And it seems to be independent of style. Stevenson may have become a great champion as a pro, or he may have been a total flop. We'll never know.

[madmax8903]

@ElFlacoVerde I think he would have been a great pro, IF he became one immediately after the Munich Olympics at 20. He'd then have had plenty of time to adapt to the professional style and judging by what he did with those pillowcases amateurs wear on their hands, he had power aplenty. An era of great heavies, but he'd have come into his own at the back end of Ali, Frazier and even Foreman's (first time round) careers and would have faced Holmes, Norton and that generation.

[jmad627]

@ElFlacoVerde Stevenson seemed, to me anyways, a man amongst boys, and as I posted earlier in response to @zenmachinefilms, it was a shame that we never got to see how he would have fared against the best professional heavyweights of that era. My guess is that he would have done well. But as you posted, we'll never know.

[DangerousDejan]

@ElFlacoVerde stylistically speaking..he had everything that it takes to become a great pro..one of the greatest of all time certainly..everything..the way he mixed up his attack..his tenacity, aggression, counters, good chin..good speed, awsome power..he was fantastic i think.

[loyaldude10]

@ElFlacoVerde ---if he trained hard and was managed right, he would have been top contender, if not a titleholder. After 75 fight against Frazier, Ali didnt have anything left. (Did not deserve decision over Norton in 3d fight) If he lost to leon spinks in spinks' what 7th pro fight?---what makes u think Stevenson couldnt have beaten him by then?

[Eduelsalvaje]

Teofilo Stevenson si se hubiese hecho profesional hubiera podido llegar a campeón del mundo de peso pesado .

[consta4891]

sin ninguna duda,pero después de la epoca de ali,frazier y foreman claro está,tu no puedes comparar los pulmones d e un profesional a los de un amateur, foreman habría noqueado a stevenson en 4-5 rounds, ali le ganaría por decisión unanime(hablo de el mejor ali 66) y frazier ganaría a teofilo por ko o tko en los ultimos rounds, debido a la presión ,insistencia y corázón de frazier.

[rw5791]

ali-stevenson?

[consta4891]

ali would win 100%

[sportshistorybuff]

Is it true that Bobick's confidence was so shattered by the loss to Stevenson in the quarter finals, he lost his next fight too, and thus a chance at the bronze medal?

If this is true, who did he lose to next?

[caballete66]

No, it wasn't true. If you lose one fight you are eliminated.

[broadjumper1]

Olympic Boxing is a single elimination tournament, so when Bobick lost to Stevenson, he was out. They fought in the 2nd round of matches. Had Bobick won the fight, he would have at least qualified for a bronze medal.

[MDSJR67]

Teofilo Stevenson if He would have defected to the USA in the 70s would,IMO,have become World Heavyweight Champion. He was a great one!