What a great human being Teofilo Stevenson if you noticed third round when American boxer was almost down Teofilo stoped punching him he always had mercy on his adversaries!!!

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

he was my great uncle

@danayrodriguez6836

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoshElli I know his sister Nancy Steveson

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

@@danayrodriguez6836 oh nice he is my great grandmas sis

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

@@danayrodriguez6836 Betty steavenson

@Mrspawnshoppe

11 ай бұрын

Teofilo is a killer.

R.I.P the greatest amateur boxer of all time!

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

thx he was my great uncle

@Xrplovr

3 жыл бұрын

Amateur?? You gotta be kidding

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

@@Xrplovr lol

Stevenson was at the end of his career.. in the mid to late 70's he was a beast.

@phelpsmarc

6 жыл бұрын

I agree. He is past it here against Biggs. Still, it is stupid of some to say Stevenson would definitely been the world's best HW if he had turned pro early and developed. Maybe but maybe not.

@tkermi

4 жыл бұрын

@@phelpsmarc But some who said that were quite up to date with the professional side... Foreman was one of them.

@acetofresh1

3 жыл бұрын

@@tkermi It isn't stupid, it's a statement many experts have had the idea of. Stevenson was a graceful technician, and an excellent Cuban counterpuncher with a style perfect for the aggressiveness of the Golden Age. He knocked men out cold with amateur gloves, a testament to his power. He would've been a great pro. Would've been interesting to see him against the great pressure fighters of the day.

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

he was my great uncle thx

@TheBatugan77

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshElli Are you going to answer every fkn comment that way?

... Stevenson was at the end of his career and still dominating !

couldnt have been said better... I got to see him late in his amateur career and he was indeed a marvel to watch... Def. the greatest amateur heavy ever...

Stevenson was the greatest amateur fighter of all time bar none. Had he turned pro and made the adjustments others did from amateur to pro - he probably would have been World Champion. He was a classy man and sportsman too. RIP Sir

@andyelliott8027

7 ай бұрын

Mike Tyson might have had something to say about that 🥊🥊

@aleksthegreat4130

4 ай бұрын

George Foreman back in 1976 said that Stevenson undoubtedly would have became professional champion of the World.

@andyelliott8027

4 ай бұрын

​@@aleksthegreat4130 George Foreman said he'd annihilate Muhammad Ali, that went well 😂

Cuban Style is a really art.

@elyenriquez9649

3 жыл бұрын

Thats true cuban boxing has its own class.

Teofilo Stevenson is the greatest boxer of all times.

The greatest amateur boxer ever! RIP Teofilo Stevenson

I love this ! Its basically a pro boxing match with head gear !

Tyrell Biggs was lucky the Soviet Bloc boycotted the '84 games. He was also lucky to win a bogus decision over Tyson in the Olympic trials. Of course, the Soviet wrestlers were lucky to have avoided a particularly strong group of American freestyle wrestlers that year too. Maybe that's why they didn't show up since wrestling was supposed to be their sport (JK). I don't understand all the political comments. Who cares about Cuba's politics? This was a sporting event. I understand that Stevenson was very proud to be Cuban, but that doesn't make him Fidel Castro. You have to admire the ability of a small and impoverished island nation to turn consistently turn out such great Olympic boxers and other athletes.

@somah1470

2 жыл бұрын

I think Biggs won this fight. Biggs won against Lennox Lewis and Damiani in Los Angeles. He earned the gold.

@eagles139 saludos Me parecio haberlo leido en otra fuente, luego en breves minutos lo rectifique y lo publique por respeto a nuestros hermanos de Cuba. Que Dios bendiga a toda la America y el caribe hispano. Y usted amigo @eagles139 reciba una gran bendicion.

A Man of conviction for His country

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

he was my great uncle thx

@TheBatugan77

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshElli You've said that. 19 fkn times.

Stevenson was certainly great, but its a little ironic that a guy called Petr Sommer from Czech(oslovakia) beat him twice and absolutely nobody cares, hes a poor pensioner living in total obscurity who never gave any international interview. The same can be said about Igor Vysotsky who beat him twice and KOd him. Life, just like boxing, simply isnt always fair.

Teofilo es y será un ejemplo para los boxeadores cubanos.dios lo tenga en la gloria..

@ nippers49 Cuba continues to bring home gold medals in boxing so I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say.

Stevenson was a monster. Everyone always wondered what would have been had he turned pro.

Excelente boxeador.

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

he was my great uncle thx

@Honigdrohne0221 Yes, I think your right. I remember thinking ...the Superheavyweights ???

Donde fue ese torneo ????

What happened to Amateur boxing... these crowds are amazing and at events in my city we would be lucky to get 50 through the doors... RIP Stevenson

No jodan, teofillo tenia una pegada fulminate, in 1982 he broke Biggs ribs, pasa que ya estaba a punto pa retirarse

Cuba = The best amateurs!!!

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

he was my great uncle thx

@csm5040

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshElli No fucking way... Was he?

@JoshElli

2 жыл бұрын

@@csm5040 yeah my great grandmas cousin

@csm5040

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshElli That's crazy man... Are you in Cuba or abroad?

Nuncs peleo con nadie q sirviera muchachos jovenes le falto FOREMAN , ALI ,FRAZIER ,NORTON los tipos duro de verdad del boxeo en la epoca

Ali said it himself that he has never seen so much punching power in someone

TS I remember him from my childhood what a great boxer and sportsman. think he would of given any of the boxers in the 70's-80's a handful if not beat them out right. RIP T.

Teofillo Stevenson and Mark breland were the greatest amateur ever.

good point ..Stevenson was way past his prime he fought in the 72 OLP. and won a gold medal. i think he would have been champ in USa, beating the likes of Spinks and a young Holmes...

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

he was my great uncle thx

El mejor de todos los tiempos de cuba

The best big man of his era. He would have wiped the floor with Ali. He was already becoming an old man, in boxing terms, by the time they filmed this video. Unfortunately he died at 60 in 2012. RIP big man.

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

he was my great uncle thx

@michaellinner7772

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoshElli I was a kid in the 70s. My dad was an ex amateur boxer and taught me how to fight. He always said, and I agreed, that Teofilo was the best he'd ever seen. Beautiful and graceful but with a deadly bite in his hands.

@markkofi8522

2 жыл бұрын

Well we'll never know, because whilst the others got their Olympic medals and then went onto the harder paid ranks, Teo stayed an amateur.

@Azznbad

10 ай бұрын

Well neither man would have likely ever faced anyone with the skills of the other, but Stevenson would have presented problems Ali had never had to deal with. But then again Stevenson never fought anyone like Ali either. It's a two way street. I do think Stevenson had as good of a shot as anyone if he fought his fight of putting Ali on the mat. Same goes the other way though. To bad we never saw it

@Azznbad

10 ай бұрын

​@@markkofi8522that always confuses me. What better way for Castro to show case what his system could produce. Probably as he found out with baseball, when players defected anytime they got a chance.

Teofilo and ,,....,..me...are the greatest

Amazing atmosphere,amateur boxing sucks nowadays. The fights between Soviets,Americans and Cubans were so,so special.

Silly debate. Stevenson fought kids. That would have been comparable to sending prime Tyson or Foreman to the Olympics every four years to fight the world's youth. Too bad for Stevenson and the world of boxing that he wasn't developed into a professional. Stevenson certainly wouldn't been the best during that era of heavyweights - but he may have become an interesting contender.

@Belburg No, don't think so. To beat the Cubans you had to brawl, like Spinks did . Page woud have tried t box, no way could he have escaped Stevensons long reach. I remember, a much anticipated fight between Page and Stevenson, each time Page pulled out.

@Soulblackman lol if anything pro's are easier to connect with considering the fact that amateur is cored based on clean punches landed if thats what your saying

Too bad about Castro and his brainwashing. Would have loved to see Stevenson develop into a Pro . I know it was era of some of the greatest but I think TS had the right stuff which includes that X Factor knockout punch.

@tw69hands2

5 жыл бұрын

It's hard to say. While Stevenson looked great in international competition, he lost to other Cuban heavyweights at home in national competitions. His final record was 301 wins and 20 losses. So while he was a world class performer when there was a medal at stake, he wasn't exactly unbeatable. I doubt that he'd have been able to endure the demands of professional world class heavyweight competition. He would have had a few wins, but over time his tendency to lose against less than stellar opponents would have caught up with him.

@lifesgood7235

5 жыл бұрын

He was a pro though. The great Cuban amatuer team were paid fighters.

@aleksthegreat4130

4 ай бұрын

Teofilo was happy with his life in Cuba,he was a national hero,had his family,comfortable life,he said it many times-its not all about the money and fame. RIP,champion.

great fight.

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

he was my great uncle thx

I suppose you mean myth, and you should check your sources. They do not seem reliable.

i love boxing

Best I ever saw

@markkofi8522

2 жыл бұрын

No disrespect, but continually fighting amateurs, instead of moving to the pros, might have made him look better than he really was.

Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence (Las Tunas, Cuba, 29 de marzo de 1952) boxeador cubano.Su padre era inmigrante corrijo mi error en el comentario anterior muchas gracias un gan atleta cubano.

@capablemachine oops

Yeah, and Biggs was one of those. I honestly thought Biggs won this fight. Stevenson should've been disqualified for the low blow, or at least had points deducted. In a fight this close, any point deduction would probably spell loss for the boxer that lost points......

Tremendo boxeador

@Belburg ...lol...mitch green...lol...but you just might be right about that....

Kasijus Klej i teofilo Stivenson dvojica najboljih biksera svih vremena. jedan u profi jedan u amaterskom boksu!

Una de las peleas más difíciles del gran campeón.

@danielizquierdo6774

Жыл бұрын

Si el gran campeón que le tenía miedo al ruso Visoski y al Italiano Franchesco Damiani . Siempre perdía con ellos por cobarde . En Cuba Angel Milán también se lo comía por eso evitaban que pelearan entre ellos . Steveson otro títere más de la fosa ( Fidel Castro) y de la dictadura en tiempos de la guerra fría

@danielizquierdo6774

Жыл бұрын

Si el gran campeón que le tenía miedo al ruso Visoski y al Italiano Franchesco Damiani . Siempre perdía con ellos por cobarde . En Cuba Angel Milán también se lo comía por eso evitaban que pelearan entre ellos . Steveson otro títere más de la fosa ( Fidel Castro) y de la dictadura en tiempos de la guerra fría

When do you differentiate amateur from professional. What was his other job.

God you're a class act. He never did talk shit, he was just the best.

the story goes on, dont be too sure ......

@renduke No need for caps friend...never really said anything to the contrary. Although the puncher always has a shot.

No se piede negar que es señor Stevenson es fue un gran atleta nacido en Jamaica y gran representante del boxeo cubano. Al parecer es una persona sencilla y de gran prominencia en el mundo boxistico. Un buen ejemplo

@RobertoMartinez-uz3nc

6 жыл бұрын

Abraham rasse Teófilo nació en cuba

@josebetancourt9367

6 жыл бұрын

Abraham rasse .. jajajajaja. Quién le dijo que Teófilo nació en Jamaica?...La verdad es que la Ignorancia es atrevida!

@ernestorios1347

2 жыл бұрын

@@josebetancourt9367 No le hagas caso .

we'll never know how good Teo would ave been as a pro,How many great amateurs have underachieved or even flopped as pros?Howard Davis jnr,Ricardo Williams,Audley Harrison!

@Janballincuban Hard to say. Stevenson while the talented was in fact fighting amateurs, boys not yet near their peak. Stevenson never faced a true top tier professional boxer. There have been many boxers who dominated the amateur ranks who just were not successful as professionals. To simply state he would destroy three of the greatest world champions of all times holds no merit. Better to say he had the potential to be a great professional boxer

@phelpsmarc

6 жыл бұрын

This is spot on

Grande teofilo

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

he was my great uncle thx

@antonio-ww2zt

3 жыл бұрын

{Cosa sono 5 milioni di dollari in confronto all'amore di 8 milioni di cubani} in quanti al dia attuale sarebbero capaci di rifiutare 5 milioni di dollari per l'amor della propria gente. Grande uomo. Sono convinto che avrebbe piegato Alì come un filo di ferro morbido!

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

@@antonio-ww2zt thank you

Uhmm, what about his compatriot Felix Savon?

🇨🇺la mas fuerte siempre adelante mi segunda patria ❤️

@6400az At the time he turned pro, mid-1978, Greg had more than enough juice to deal with Teofilo.Remember, Tony Tubbs lasted a full three rounds with Teofilo barely landing on him, and Greg had a better chin and probably some better boxing skills than Tubbs.Stevenson would have given Greg some problems if he wasn't on his game, but Greg's fluidity and speed definitely would have given Teofilo something to think about also.I know that the second bout, Page had a legitamite reason to pull out.

@Puertorricane......you said it right man..He WAS the best "amateur" boxer of all time...in his era maybe, but not the best of ALL time.....

@andrewr62 Very true statement.

@arkansoul he challenged ali but ali said no

@6400az At the time he turned pro, mid-1978, Greg had more than enough juice to deal with Teofilo.Remember, Tony Tubbs lasted a full three rounds with Teofilo barely landing on him, and Greg had a better chin and probably some better boxing skills than Tubbs.Stevenson would have given Greg some problems if he wasn't on his game, but Greg's fluidity and speed definitely would have given Teofilo something to think about also.

@Dannylbf42 If Stevenson had turned professional and become World Heavyweight Champion beating the best AMERICA had to offer, I'm sure he would have become an even bigger hero in Cuba. He may have missed his chance with Ali in serious decline but I think he would have been found out against Larry Holmes. Ali in his prime would have slaughtered him.

I would be so kind to look for one of the many fights that the cuban of 48 kg carried out Rafael Sainz VS Israel Acosta, José Rosario the búlgaro Ismael mustafov

I am amazed about how much trash some people who knows nothing about boxing can speculate about what would happen if Teófilo Stevenson had fought against Ali,foreman or any American heavyweight their talks are based on fanatism and not on facts with a good training program he could have easily become a heavyweight champion of the world if he had ever turned professional there were only a few that could absorb his devastating right hand punching power lets be real here and let the fanatism to the side

@dsimon33871

5 жыл бұрын

Jorge You are absolutely correct. Lets also use logical thinking: Ok...so the amateur style is so different, and Cuban fighters all are steeped in this style. So How do Cuban fighters do when they turn professional? pretty damn well! Cuban fighters have no problems making the transition. Second: In an amateur bout a fighter must go from 0 to 60 in a round, more punches are thrown, better form is expected...both styles are a way of training. There is no reason to think Stevenson could not have trained different for a different setting. The fact is this guy, like Ali, had the speed of a middleweight, and power that would have been devistating. All the pros at the time said he would have been a handful and they were not just being nice. It is illogical to assume that Stevenson would not have been one of the best, watch the film it does not lie.

@lifesgood7235

5 жыл бұрын

Cuban fighters ARE pros though. Stevenson was paid, that's why the Cuban fighters remained the same forever. So, he was a pro fighting amateurs. Frazier, foreman, Ali would have beat teofillo

@dsimon33871

5 жыл бұрын

@@lifesgood7235 Yeah and you know that right? Your the type of bloke Jorge above was talking about. Heres a general principle that applies to all combat training: You fight the way you train. Cubans have made the transition to the pros because they train in the fundamentals so well. There is no reason to suspect Stevenson would be an exception to that rule.

All those years, I thought Stevenson gave Biggs a phantom punch! Looking at this, now, I didn't realize that it was a low blow! Shame on me! Good fight, though!

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

he was my great uncle thx

You have got to wonder how the three time Heavyweight boxer Stevenson would have done against Foreman, Ali, Norton and Frazier had he turned pro???

@gmarky81

8 жыл бұрын

+atiboyful If you can google it , Foreman himself said Stevenson would have been the champ no matter who he had to fight, That he was the best he ever saw.

@royaumeuni5730

8 жыл бұрын

George Foreman thought Stevenson would have won.

@Pfsif

7 жыл бұрын

Lost, lost, lost, lost.

@bluesoulreggae1356

6 жыл бұрын

On that evidence I would say he would have lost to all of them

@steverakes6182

6 жыл бұрын

No chance against Foreman but Ali would have been interesting.

@6400az HE WOULD HAVE NO SHOT VS Ali, Foreman, Tyson and a few others

Stevenson - Savon - Solis Man, that's a murderer's row

@truthhitmanisback Same can be said for Jack Johnson.

@smimot HE did what Greg Page said he would've done to Stevenson, only Greg would've pulled it off.

Stevenson a great champion. Shame that Biggs, who otherwise put up a game performance, tried to win on a faked low blow.

unfortunately , you are correct, it is not socialism, it is a state dictatorship, but one day , we will see a true socialist system, for and by the people.

Soy cubano era niño cuando el peleaba pero aun recuerdo sus peleas ,era todo un caballero en el ring...

He was loyal to the system that born him. Everything he archieved was because of the support of the state. If he turned pro it would have been like kicking a ladder away once he got to the summet not allowing others to climb and scale the highs he did.

You know, I always thought that right upper cut was a phantom punch Biggs never saw. But now looking at this again, Stevenson hit him low. Taking that low blow out, I still think Stevenson won the fight, although Biggs was THE most agressive opponent Stevenson ever faced!

@Belburg Yes, Page was probably better than Tubbs. A win over Stevenson would have given him a real chutzpah as he enterd the pro ranks.Instead he entered with the label of having ducked Stevenson. I really think Stevenson could have taken him though. Unless the fight turns into a Leonard vs Hagler track meet. But Stevenson was pretty fast too. And with those long arms, he would'nt have needed to give chase. Like many fans, I was dissapointed the fight never took place.

@6400az Same here.Also would have like to seen Teofilo fight Marvis Frazier, and Mitch Green.

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

he was my great uncle thx

@Belburg

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoshElli No doubt.

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

Is was tho he was my great grandmas brother

@Belburg

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoshElli That's cool, hope he was kind to you as a person.

@JoshElli

3 жыл бұрын

@@Belburg he died when I was 2 tho

well to be honest( I am cuban 100%) not only ali,because ali was the best of all heavywights but 3 or 4 more boxers from the same time ,would beat stevenson up so hard I am sure his carreer would be shoter..for sure

Gig George himself said Teofilo would beat them all. I think he knows from what he speaks. At his first Olympics Teofilo was just "a kid "at 20 and beat the others.

He could have been world champion in the professional ranks.

@Soulblackman so i guess george foreman frazier patterson liston none of those guys connected? your making ali sound like he never got hit while he did have the one of the greatest footwork he could be hit i mean the guy didnt get parkinson's for no reason

Look how Biggs was exhausted and he faked nonchalance after the fight. But you can see he's a little too much dazed :-) and also, notice how Stevenson gave Biggs the illusion of being dominant in the first round. Biggs went down once and he struggled not to show his poor balance and confusion. Stevenson just played along without brawling, and won this fight easily to the points. :-)

Well, a boxing genius by the name of Roberto Duran who was a frequent guess of Fidel Castros, was visiting Castro in Cuba one time and Castro had asked him how would Teofilo do against Ali and Duran looked at him and said, "Are you serious, Ali would kill him." Dont get me wrong, I am a huge fan of Teofilo Stevenson but Ali was exactly the same thing but bigger, and with better movement, feet wise and head wise.

😉😍👍👌

@truthhitmanisback Teofilo Stevenson 302 wins 22 defeats 324 fights 20 years of boxing. Muhammad Ali 65 wins with 4 defeats 60 fights 21 years of boxing.

@jeffgarberding4499

2 жыл бұрын

3, 3 round fights. Compared to 3 min rounds only there's 10 to 15 Didn't Stevenson get beat up before he retired.

East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia , Hungary and many other. Do you know who initiated the political fall? Gorbachev. Any time any SU leader could tell the tanks: let's go. They'd go. Countries who had it unfortunate, had dictators. Even the SU became less harsh with the death of Stalin and that was in the 50s. Cuba will be a democratic country in our life, the dictators went out of fashion.

I wish he could have turned pro. We missed out on what could have been

Correction : The greatest boxer of all time*.

Western democracy is no different slaves are ripe throughout human existence regardless of what kind of ideal the country claims to hold dear. If you go to work you have a good chance of avoiding hunger. If you own a business or inherit one; you have the power to decide who will work or not.

acually olympics in 1976 light heavy weight champion leon spinsks or the middleweight michael spinks who beat these muhammad ali.ali was out of his prime in fights against spinks.today the best boxer poun to pound floyd mayweather was a bronze medalist in the olympics.the olympic boxing is very tough.george foreman won gold.sugar ray leonard won cold.oscar de la hoya won a gold medal

teofilo stevenson was a tall than muhammad ali.teofilo was 6foot 5inches tall.stevenson was his prime in 1976 when they offer him 9million dollars fight against muhammad ali.muhammad ali was not anymore the top his game in 1976.i would have take that match but stevenson thinks that 11 million cubans love him was enough

biggs looks like will smith doing a bad impression of ali .he did catch a good knockout against snipes and then a lstrong comeback against david bey but when it came to step up to the scratch down he went against the the real deal.larry holmes used to say stay off the coke kids it will ruin your life

Lo cierto es q el tipo pegaba...ahora el profesionalismo tiene su cosa y hay q darle peleas de preparacion antes de ponerlo con las estrellas del pro....hay q pulirlo pero de q pega,pega y duro..

You can see why the Cuban never turned pro. He'd get his ass kicked. Pretending to be an amateur when he was just a third rate professional. At least Biggs went on to be competitive in the professional ranks.

Foreman said Stevenson had it all, the best he'd seen, amateur or pro, in a long time, would undoubtedly become champion of the world if he turned pro.

@milojanis4901

Жыл бұрын

I remember George saying that to Cosell

When offered 5 mil to fight Ali,he refused saying "What is one million dollars compared to the love of eight million Cubans?" Ali fought Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Shavers, Lyle, Bonavena, Quarry, etc. Why would he not fight Stevenson?

No he was not. Damiani has been the toughest fighter for Stevenson. Here it was Stevenson who was older, more patient and less poweful than in his prime. Stevenson played along with Biggs for the entire match :-) and Biggs was prettty stunned at the end altho he tried to act casual, eheheh. Stevenson actually won this fight pretty easily.

cubans do not need to imitate anyones style ;) cubans are the best in boxing, what happens is that very few have reached profecional. but look now to all cubans who have come to the professionalism,all undefeated.

@truthhitmanisback So why was ali scaryed to fight 4 rounds? with Steveson Ali backed out bro Steveson said he would fight 4 rounds with him but Ali back out.