Cuban Great - Felix Savon.

He was not that short, he was not 6'6" but not short for a HW, and very fast with a granite chin, very good technician that was not afraid to engage, won the World Gold at 18-19 yo, die at 25 yo RIP

 

Bujia just because you lose to a particular fighter, it doesn't mean that every midget will ko your a$$, after those fights they sent Milian (1-4 against TS) and he make Visolki disapear, and read my post again, all Cubans win their medals between 18-21 yo, they stay too long because the regime, but don't buy into that myth, they start kicking a$$ very young.
ps. another one that needs researching a little bit.

 

When he was a teenager, after 1989 tell me how many times he loss by ko, no how many times he loss period, and he die at 25 RIP.

 

Check his fight against Makaev you will c that they are almost the same height, and Maskaev is like 6'4" or 6'5".

 

Balados death so tragic . I read about it 3-4 weeks after the accident and tried to get the newspapers to mention it, but they would not because it was too long ago.
So nobody in this country got the info.
Stevensons punchingpower must be all time best ,amateurgloves and he did not only knock them down, it was good night sleep well !!!!
Today there is a lightheavyamateur Artur Beterbiev, Russia he is just like that

 

Stevenson won gold during 3 seperate Olympics. That's a span of 8 years, not 3. He was 34 years old when he retired and 28 when he won the '80 Olympics. His first he won at age 20.

Savon won his first Olympics at age 25 and retired after winning his third at age 33.

These guys were men among boys. Literally, not figuratively.

 

I think he was talking about Savón, not Balado. I don't think Balado was ever KO'd.

He was hit very little. In fact, when he won the gold medal in Barcelona, he was only hit 9 times in 4 fights. He had a record of 238 wins and only 12 losses in his whole career.

BTW, according to the Cuban media, Balado was exactly 6 feet tall and 94 kgs.

 

Don't be a troll. Savon won the world championships in 1986 and Cuba boycotted Seoul 1988 so he couldn't compete. He beat them all as a boy himself.

 

Balado was six feet tall maybe 6'1" not taller than that


Personal information
Full name Roberto Balado Méndez
Nationality Cuba
Rated at Super Heavyweight
Date of birth February 15, 1969
Place of birth Jovellanos, Matanzas Province
Date of death July 2, 1994 (aged 25)
Place of death Havana, Ciudad de la Habana
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 100 kilograms (220 l


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Read that Savon got his last Olympic gold after he lost to Solis. The cubans did send Savon to the olympics so he could win his third gold.

 

Savon won two out of three fights against Savon. Got no more datails about it.

 

Sorry SOLIS WON TWO OUT OF THREE FIGHTS AGAINST SAVON

 

They didn't started as men, they were kids when they won the first, or you are going to tell me that Stevenson at 20 was the older in Montreal, what happens is that do to the regime, they stay too long in the amateurs, that is the problem, 60 years ago they would had win the Gold and jump head first into the pro.

 

How old was mercer when he won Olympic Gold? How old was Henry Tillman, Tyrell Biggs, lennox lewis when they won Olympic gold? They were 27-24-24 and 23.

The last three super heavyweight gold medal winners in the olympics were 29-25-28yrs old respectively.

Look at Savon Career Highlights he was born in 1967 so he was 19 when he won his first world championship. And 22 when he won his second. He wouldve been a great pro if he couldve sign. If boxing had a draft he wouldve been the #1 pick like 5yrs in a row.

In 1988 at the age of 21 he wouldve won gold easily had cuba not boycotted the games. Andrew Golota a boxer that was competitive in the pros only won bronce in those same olympics.

Olympic Games
Gold 1992 Barcelona Heavyweight
Gold 1996 Atlanta Heavyweight
Gold 2000 Sydney Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold 1986 Reno Heavyweight
Gold 1989 Moscow Heavyweight
Gold 1991 Sydney Heavyweight
Gold 1993 Tampere Heavyweight
Gold 1995 Berlin Heavyweight
Gold 1997 Budapest Heavyweight
Silver 1999 Houston Heavyweight
Pan American Games
Gold 1987 Indianapolis Heavyweight
Gold 1991 Havana Heavyweight
Gold 1995 March del Plata Heavyweight[2]
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold 1986 Santiago Heavyweight
Gold 1990 Mexico City Heavyweight
Gold 1993 Ponce Heavyweight
Gold 1998 Maracaibo Heavyweight

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Savon was old and over the hill already, Savon in his prime knocks solis out easily

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