Teofilo Stevenson vs John Tate + 81 kg 1/2 Finals Olympic Games 1976 Montreal

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• Teofilo
• Stevenson
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• Tate
• Amateur
• Cuba
• Olympic
• Boxing

[62salve]

Klitchco,Maskaev,Valuev,,Ibrag­amov.Povetkin..,You Stevenson would have beat these guys.Well he beat one of them;Ibragamov in the amteurs.Great Amateurs make great pros'.Cuba had great pro fighters before castro made it illegal to fight pro such as Kid Chocolate,Jose "matequilla" Napoles,Ultimo "sugar" Ramos and Kid Gavilan don't think,who made the "bolo" punch famous.He would have made a great heavyweight champ.All he did was beat great Russian and American amateurs for 5 GOLD MEDALS

[kingzula]

@8742leeds i agree did stevenson have a good chin? could he go 12 or 15rds? did he have heart? no of those questions can be answered in the amateurs. in the amateurs he was basically a man fighting boys or fighting guys not good enough to be good pros. jimmy clark a good american amateur gave stevenson some tough fights but did virtually nothing as a pro. so i dont see him beating most of the top pros of his era.

[intel1g3ntmovem3nt]

this guy took a dive

[8742leeds]

Stevenson was a great amateur , but the Pros are not over 3 rounds.Another Cuban Boxer Jorge Gonzales hammered Lennox Lewis and Riddick Bowe in the Amateurs, but Bowe slaughtered him as a professional.It is a different league.Sure Stevenson could hit, but not as heavy as George Foreman.Great Amateur, the Cubans always are did well to stay their.

[fantorjhs]

It looks like the hit that put out Sony Liston. They look like nothing but they are atomic bombs. Can you imagine a hit like that without glove? Stevenson was great there and in the other world no one like Ali.

[musclefreak123]

U are a fkin idiot.

[navelito]

@lokotecuban2007 muy bien dicho lastima ke no se escribir en ingles

[SAMSREALTOR]

@Gyro911 What other cuban Champ defeted from cuban and failed? You dont know what are you talking about. Only Yan Barthelemy Felied, the other are on their way to become Champs

[TheMichiganian]

Ali is some 10 years older than Stevenson. He had nothing to prove to anyone. Stevenson was a great amateur, but he had the years' experience of most pros. Most amateurs with little or no experience tend to keep coming, needing to get shots in as soon as possible. I believe several American boxers would have beaten Stevenson: Ali, Foreman, Holmes to name a few. I think Lennox Lewis would have as well.

[nobbin19]

That is power