Top 15 Greatest Amateur Boxers of All Time

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  1. bcr

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    1. Teofilo Stevenson

    • x3 Olympic Champion

    • x3 World Amateur Champion

    • Val Barker Trophy for outstanding style at the 1972 Olympics

    • Wins over world champions like: Tony Tubbs, John Tate and Michael Dokes

    • Wins over Olympic Gold medalists like Tyrell Biggs

    2. Felix Savon

    • x3 Olympic Champion

    • x6 World Amateur Champion

    • x1 Silver at the World Amateur Championship

    • Wins over world champions like Ray Mercer and Ruslan Chagaev and notable pros like David Tua, Shannon Briggs and Kirk Johnson

    • Wins over Olympic Gold medalists like Odlanier Solis and Ray Mercer

    3. Laszlo Papp

    • x3 Olympic Champion

    • x2 European Champion

    • Wins over world champions like Jose Torres

    • Wins over notable amateurs like three time Olympic medalist, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski

    • Forced to retire from the pro ranks as an undefeated European champion by the Hungarian government

    4. Oleg Saitov

    • x2 Olympic Champion

    • x1 Olympic Silver medalist

    • x1 Gold , x1 Silver , x1 Bronze at the World Amateur Championships

    • Val Barker Trophy for outstanding style at the 2000 Olympics

    • Wins over multiple times world amateur champions like Juan Hernandez Sierra and Lorenzo Aragon and professional world champions like Daniel Santos

    5. Roniel Iglesias

    • x2 Olympic Champion

    • x1 Olympic Bronze medalist

    • x1 Gold , x1 Silver , at the World Amateur Championships

    • Wins over Olympic Champions like Felix Diaz, Arlen Lopez and Andrey Zamkovoy

    • Wins over World Champions like Yordenis Ugas and known pros like Shakhram Giyasov, Delante Johnson, Prichard Colon and Gabriel Maestre.

    6. Boris Lagutin

    • x2 Olympic Champion

    • x1 Olympic Bronze medalist

    • x2 European Champion

    • Wins over world amateur champions like Rolando Garbey

    • Vladimir Putin called him: “A talented, ambitious, and strong-willed man who left an impactful and truly triumphant mark in the history of Russian sports”

    7. Zou Shiming

    • x2 Olympic Champion

    • x1 Olympic Bronze medalist

    • x3 World Amateur Champion , x1 Silver at the World Amateur Championships

    • Wins over world champions like Juan Carlos Payano

    • Wins over Olympic and World Amateur champions like Yan Barthelemy and Rau’Shee Warren

    8. Vasyl Lomachenko

    • x2 Olympic Champion

    • x2 World Amateur Champion , x1 Silver at the World Amateur Championships

    • Val Barker Trophy for outstanding style at the 2008 Olympics

    • Wins over world champions like Jose Ramirez and Oscar Valdez

    • Wins over Olympic gold medalists like Robson Conceição and Fazzlidin Gaibnazarov

    9. Julio Cesar La Cruz

    • x2 Olympic Champion

    • x5 World Amateur Champion , x1 Silver at the World Amateur Championships

    • Wins over world champions like Eleider Alvarez and David Morrell

    • Wins over Olympic Gold medalists like Egor Mekhontsev

    10. Mario Kindelan

    • x2 Olympic Champion

    • x3 World Amateur Champion

    • Wins over world champions like Felix Trinidad, Miguel Cotto and Amir Khan

    • Wins over Olympic Gold medalists like Felix Diaz and Somluck Kamsing

    11. Ariel Hernandez

    • x2 Olympic Champion

    • x2 World Amateur Champion , x1 Silver at the World Amateur Championships

    • Wins over world champions like Sven Ottke and Zsolt Erdei

    • Wins over Olympic Gold medalists like Jorge Gutierrez and Alexander Lebziak

    • Selected amongst the 100 greatest Cuban athletes of the 20th century

    12. Guillermo Rigondeaux

    • x2 Olympic Champion

    • x2 World Amateur Champion

    • Wins over world champions like Abner Mares, Carlos Cuadras and Argenis Mendez

    • Wins over Olympic Gold medalists like Robson Conceição and world amateur champions like Rau’Shee Warren

    • Removed from the national team by Cuban authorities after an attempt to defect

    13. Hector Vinent

    • x2 Olympic Champion

    • x2 World Amateur Champion

    • Wins over world champions like Fernando Vargas, Shane Mosley, Stevie Johnston, David Diaz, Daniel Santos and Diosbelys Hurtado

    • Wins over Olympic Gold medalists like Andreas Zulow, Oleg Saitov, Yermakhan Ibrayimov and Hocine Soltani

    • Despite winning two Olympic Golds at 23, Cuban authorities removed him from the team suspecting he would defect like his friend Joel Casamayor

    14. Angel Herrera

    • x2 Olympic Gold Champion

    • x2 World Amateur Champion

    • Wins over world champions like Pernell Whitaker, Johnny Bumphus, Vinny Pazienza and Rocky Lockridge

    • Won his first Olympic Gold at 18 with two years of boxing experience

    • Couldn’t assist to the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

    15. Arlen Lopez

    • x2 Olympic Gold Champion

    • x1 World Amateur Champion

    • Wins over Olympic Gold medalists like Hebert Conceição

    • Wins over undefeated professional prospects like Troy Isley (9-0), Israil Madrimov (9-0), Lester Martinez (16-0), Euri Cedeño (5-0), Ben Whittaker (4-0), Misael Rodriguez (14-0) and Christian Mbilli (24-0)

    • 10 knockouts in the World Boxing Series (WSB)

    Honorable mentions to: Aleksei Tischenko, Robeisy Ramirez, Harry Mallin, Jerzy Kulej, Roberto Balado, Juan Hernandez Sierra, Andy Cruz, Roberto Cammarelle, Lazaro Alvarez, Mark Breland, Howard Davis Jr.
     
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  2. NoNeck

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    Odlanier Solis:
    1x Olympic Gold
    3x World Championship Gold (2 at heavyweight, 1 at superheavyweight)
    2x Pan Am Gold at heavyweight
    1x Silver at world cup
     
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