Farewell, Teófilo Stevenson

Would have given Larry Holmes all he could handle in the late 70s....RIP

 

Sad to hear this....RIP

 

Damn. RIP.

 

Sorry that he died but he was fighting kids in olympics.

Holmes schools him.

 

Tall Jabbers with massive right hands = Holmes Kryptonite

 

You know better than that SuzieQ...really...but R.I.P. just the same...for me he stands out with that delayed reaction one punch ko of John Tate.

 

Wow. 60 is awfully young. So much for that great medical care in Cuba.

 

He fought kids do you understand that?

 

He was second best amateur, a Russian guy beat him twice in his prime amateur years. Sorry to see he died. I think he may have regretted his all out support of Cuban policy of not letting fighters turn pro. Don't know if he would have been champ, but he would have made things interesting.

 

I understand what you mean, he stayed amateur so long he was man with so much experience agisnt younger guys with less experience. Like if Klitschko was going for 3rd Olympic Gold medal. While I agree on that, he was still great, and maybe thread on his death is not place to argue it.

 

Sorry to hear this. RIP .
You are right about arguing his standing , not the time.

 

RIP. Great athlete.

I couldn't agree more. We might as well arge Cuban healthcare here.

 

Arguably the greatest amateur boxer of the latter part of the twentieth century. R.I.P.

 

Saw him in his prime...R.I.P