3x Olympic gold medalist! Teófilo Stevenson is the greatest Olympic Heavyweight in boxing history, he dominated 3 consecutive Olympics with ease. In his prime in the 1976 Montreal games he was the perfect balance of technique, speed and power - George Foreman claimed that he could become a champion if he turned professional but it wasn't to be as Stevenson remained an amateur his entire career. He became a legend in Cuba and is one of the all time great amateur boxers. www.patreon.com/haNZAgod
@hammad90912 жыл бұрын
Name of music?
@hanzagod2 жыл бұрын
@@hammad9091 Ennio Morricone - The Man With The Harmonica (Apollo 440 Remix)
@lewy-ku6ej2 жыл бұрын
@@hanzagod Wow, thanks so much for this upload! I think I recommended it not long ago.
@mmastiff7342 жыл бұрын
Could you do one for Duane Bobick or Joe Mesi?
@f.danielsomrack84152 жыл бұрын
Stevenson was a close friend of mine and I was lucky to have had the opportunity to watch these highlights reels with him. In my opinion, I believe Teofilo would have won 5 Olympic Gold medals. Cuba boycotted 1984 and 1988 games when Stevenson was still the reigning world champion. Thanks for posting this video. He would have been thrilled!
@hanzagod2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! And I agree he was incredible.
@BIG-TAX-102 жыл бұрын
Ali vs Stevenson is a dream fight
@saleemkirmani55832 жыл бұрын
Teofilo Stevenson fought in the style of a true professional boxer. George Foreman believed Stevenson could have become a professional heavyweight champion. He's one of the greatest champions himself. We are just fans who watch these marvelous fighters of the past.
@FactsandReelsForall Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if teofilo would have withstood the bomb of foreman 💪 but yes he was a legend for sure.
@chennforajido2 жыл бұрын
Great tribute to a legend. Another one could also be Felix Savon. Great Cuban fighters
@daveberk70064 ай бұрын
Felix Savon was an incredible fighter, but not at Teo Stevenson's level. Fighters forfeited rather than face Stevenson, because they were too afraid. Felix Savon was incredible, but he never brought that kind of power or presence to the ring.
@2383Scorpio2 жыл бұрын
Stevenson could have been the only fighter to win 4 gold medals in the Olympic Games had Cuba didn't boycott the 1984 Olympic Games at Los Angeles. Also, I wonder how many knockouts he scored out of 302 amateur wins? Anyways, great tribute to a legend.
@JustinG19782 жыл бұрын
In 1977 he was offered 5 million to fight Ali. He turned it down to stay loyal to Cuba. That would have been dangerous for Ali. It’s the same time he lost to Leon. Teofilo would have hurt him.
@huginmunin82532 жыл бұрын
Was it five? I thought it was one. I think he said "whats 1 million dollar compared to the love of 8 million cubans"
@allainangcao282 жыл бұрын
Was even allowed to leave? I recall Cuba at the time, athletes had to defect in order to compete professional, of course Stevenson was an Olympian so he left all the time but if he wanted to leave Cuba, would he be allowed to?
@huginmunin82532 жыл бұрын
@@allainangcao28 according to him he would be allowed, journalists has asked him about it and some said he could not but he denied that until he died. Then people also have to take in count that at that time from my understanding people really hated usa due to all the heavy sanctions and did not want to go there same with other countries in latin america.
@huginmunin82532 жыл бұрын
@Soldier Sain`T not really though, even foreman said they would get trouble
@sherrillraymond75952 жыл бұрын
I never heard of him
@JoseDiaz-yl9sh2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Cuba. I go see all the new talent coming up. Thank you for this video
@andrewtanczyk40092 жыл бұрын
Awesome. You didn’t hear much of the protestors after the arrests. Cuba Libre.
@FoxNewsChannelSux2 жыл бұрын
That's cool as hell . Who should we be looking out for coming out of Cuba right now ?
@JoseDiaz-yl9sh2 жыл бұрын
@@FoxNewsChannelSux is a lot of great fighters Cruz there's a lefty lady she's black and is beautiful looks just like Clarissa but younger. I don't understand why not leave Cuba and live here in the United States they're going to get taxed double. One thing I will tell you Cuban life is easier more relaxed but I won't change the US for nothing nope nope nope nope
@JoseDiaz-yl9sh2 жыл бұрын
@@FoxNewsChannelSux I have videos but I can't release them. There's a heavyweight come for Fury. Just wait. Do you think Morrell is ready for for Benavidez. You see. I like Benavides and Jose Benavidez is a great person. I'm from Cuba but I'm not stupid. I like both fighters Benavides and Morrell
@JoseDiaz-yl9sh2 жыл бұрын
@@FoxNewsChannelSux there's a couple of fighters that are out of Cuba Cruz. A young Lefty lady but I don't think they want to leave Cuba and stay in the US. I'm telling you Cuba is calm but the government is BS. Times I just don't understand them I'm from Cuba but I live in Miami I won't change the US for nothing no matter how many problems we have here
@brodiethegoaty8492 жыл бұрын
Teofilo has that probing jab to straight right down to a science. He's deceptively quick with it too. You couldn't pay me enough to take one of his punches lol.
@DeathWithinTenSteps2 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite fighters. It’s too bad that Americans don’t really care about amateur boxing.
@hammad90912 жыл бұрын
A true legend.
@EmanAugust2 жыл бұрын
Incredible Fighter. Awesome HL & music too!
@hectorsegoviano37472 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@Sarissa992 жыл бұрын
One of the hardest hitters in history, it's a shame that the general public has no idea how high level his punching technique was.
@ohrealy12 жыл бұрын
You nailed the music again Hanza right time period as well :)
@peteroussos4457 Жыл бұрын
As a young teen I always thought he would be a problem for Ali had they fought. Stephenson's right was absolutely lethal. He had no wasted motion. Pure precision. It'll remain one of those what ifs that we'll never know the answer to unfortunately.
@sonojah2 жыл бұрын
That right hand was a laser precision guided missile......TREMENDOUS!!!!!
@victito82 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful style
@joshuajarod19092 жыл бұрын
Great music choice
@Darkmartialartist19912 жыл бұрын
Amazing work
@Алексей-к8р3ы2 жыл бұрын
True champion 🖒
@AlistairHann4 ай бұрын
If you could build a fighter, you'd build Stevenson.
@brahmburgers Жыл бұрын
Amaaaaayzing. He was born 3 weeks before me. Getting hit by him is like getting hit by a railroad tie.
@МолдобекУсенов2 жыл бұрын
A great show!
@luanmantilla3575 Жыл бұрын
Something I think just Doesn’t get talked about enough about is if Steveson a turn pro right after his last amateur fight he could fought two eras of heavyweight boxing legends
@dontcare47522 жыл бұрын
Great amateur boxer. But the pro game is different
@TeofiloStevensonLawrence3 ай бұрын
Legend ❤
@deconsturm90042 жыл бұрын
Legend
@rafalpetryszyn9247 Жыл бұрын
My father fought in the 1971 competition in which Teofilo took part
@hanzagod Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@StSrFromMoscow Жыл бұрын
Легенда!
@Suzy-Q-Marciano8 ай бұрын
Più sono semplici più sono Grandi ❤ 🔥🥊
@anadubar48192 жыл бұрын
Damn that guy was handsome ! He resembles M.Ali, but even better looking. Both have this natural aristocracy about them, a regal aura.
@robertg3052 жыл бұрын
Amateur GOAT!
@lightbeing36972 жыл бұрын
Good watch
@fitnessabdul68112 жыл бұрын
Bro where do u get ur footage? There's a Mike Tyson 4 hour long training session and I need to find it! Where do I look?
@BigBrainLynx2 жыл бұрын
update on if you found it?
@MrPadz3052 жыл бұрын
Greatest amateur ever 💯
@bandeirante85972 жыл бұрын
Legend.
@AlistairHann4 ай бұрын
Poor Biggs. Number of beatings that man took from absolute monsters. Dude was a pain sponge.
@Will.Peter.2 ай бұрын
Alex "Poatan" Pereira has the same boxe movements of Teófilo Stevenson.
@Cornel10012 жыл бұрын
Is the ultimate sport !
@abdelrahmanalangari17544 ай бұрын
REST IN PEACE TEOFILO,YOU WERE A GREAT MAN,AND A GREAT BOXER,WE WILL MISS YOU
@Khmer_ZOV2 жыл бұрын
he is probably hardest puncher in boxing history. i mean no one came close to 30 percent KO ratio in top amateur competition dont compare it to pro which most boxers can have 90 percent ko ratio in their pro career. felix savon also knock american greats like briggs, john tate, nate jones, and also david tua from NZ in less than 3 rounds !
@thewisetzar53632 жыл бұрын
Duran was once asked by Fidel Castro if Teofilo Stevenson could beat Ali, he responded that 'clay would kill him'.
@reinaldomanuel84882 жыл бұрын
It depends at what point they meet. Anywhere between 1971 to 1974 Ali rips him apart. 1975 to 1976 it’s a fitgh, Ali Still beats him. 1977 Ali was to damaged, he lost to Leon Spinks
@buonissimo40362 жыл бұрын
What s the Olimpic game with Cossell and Foreman as commentators?
@sakutarousama2904 ай бұрын
1976 I believe
@ronydio95902 жыл бұрын
Never understood why Stevenson was never inducted into the HOF.
@XuintonJaxxonPodcast2 жыл бұрын
Because he was in amateur if he was pro he hid record of would of been 67-1 59 kos don’t come at me with loss
@stevenallen8446 Жыл бұрын
He wasn’t a pro
@lonnylalanne1150 Жыл бұрын
Had the opportunity to see Craig Payne beat him soundly in Houston, I think 85 or 1986.
@blackandwhiteart37902 жыл бұрын
Can someone tell me where the song is from?
@ByproductRebelMind11 ай бұрын
must be a fkn secret... Several has asked..
@Krissyfoxtrot2 жыл бұрын
Curious haNZAgod. What was his reach?..
@vince11harris2 жыл бұрын
Can do kyguichi next ?
@C-rations23942 жыл бұрын
The original One Punch Man. The bane of American Heavyweights.
@saltabiten60882 жыл бұрын
The damiani fight gives a clue
@alsimmonshellspawn60212 жыл бұрын
legendary
@jackhandma1011 Жыл бұрын
The history of boxing would be very different had these Cuban amateurs turned pro.
@hanzagod Жыл бұрын
Possibly but many great amateurs don't make great professionals. Stevenson was phenomenal in those 3-5 round fights, how would he be going into the latter stages of a 15 round fight against a well conditioned athlete? We'll never know.
His right hand was like a Cuban missel deadly and accurate and he was also very agile fast and athletic for his size Ali Frazier and Forman would have had major problems fighting him he had all the physical size and skills to be a great heavy weight world champion I often compared him to Lennox Lewis they both had the same physical fighting style and we all know what success Lennox had in boxing so there is your answer
@petecernan256813 күн бұрын
He didn’t live to old age was there any rumours of steroids etc or was he just unlucky?
@SOLE_II_SOUL2 жыл бұрын
It would’ve been amazing to see him turn pro if he was allowed to. Like him vs Ali would be amazing 💯
@treacheroustrouser46522 жыл бұрын
Idk of him vs Ali would be a good fight Ali was quick on his feet
El mejor boxeador olímpico de todos los tiempos si hubiera pasado al boxeo de pago seguro que habría sido campeón mundial eso sí en la época de Ali foreman y frazier no lo creo
@antoniomosley94102 жыл бұрын
Would of been nice to seem Teofilo Steveson turn pro.
@marcosalmeidajilvale40102 жыл бұрын
Craque
@lordburlap45142 жыл бұрын
Great Olympic Champion.....would he have been great in the pros?......who knows.
@gibememoni2 жыл бұрын
playing with children in the amatuers is not the same as fighting in the pros, ask louis ortiz jr
@theoneandonly87072 жыл бұрын
Teofimo Stevenson 😂💪🏽
@LIRA.LimpiezaRapida9 ай бұрын
Uno.solo.y.a.dormir.se.dijo!!!!......
@joshuajarod19092 жыл бұрын
That right hand reminds me of Joe Louis
@jonathanlambarena97542 жыл бұрын
a beautiful, a chopping right cross. there's straight rights and then there's right cross
@rocket55572 жыл бұрын
He was a “professional” amateur. He fought guys with way less experience than him. He never beat a single pro fighter. He was good, but since he never decided to challenge himself against the best he can never be considered great.
@hammad90912 жыл бұрын
Tell me you don’t know anything about Teofilo without telling me.
@signaturebeats28222 жыл бұрын
😆
@rocket55572 жыл бұрын
@@hammad9091 Are you serious? You consider a guy who was paid to train and compete in the Olympics for over a decade against REAL amateur 18-20 year olds great? Call him an amateur if you want. The free world knows what commi/socialist athletes were/are. He was a big fish in a small pond. Fact remains he beat no one in their prime. He might have been able to challenge for the tile, but who knows. He never did. Greatest would have, should have, could have, ever!
@hammad90912 жыл бұрын
@@rocket5557yes, I absolutely consider him to be an all time great amateur. Nobody is calling him a professional great. But if you challenge his credentials as an amateur, I don’t know what to tell you.
@skotiskiller2 жыл бұрын
@@rocket5557 My ignorant American friend noone forbids the boxers of your country to fight for more years in the amateur system and participate in more than one Olympic games. The problem is that in CAPITALISM fighting for your country in the Olympics generates a lot less money than fighting for one of the millions "world championship belts" that exist today. Therefore your country where there is only one God and his name is DOLLAR pushes all the young boxers out of the amateur system after one participation in the Olympics to use them as MEAT in the professional boxing industry. Your country has completely neglected the amateur boxing and this is the reason why one of the most rich in terms of boxing talent countries in the world hasn't won a Gold medal in men's boxing since 2004. If your country supported the amateur boxers more (because training for the Olympics is a full time job for many years) then they might consider stay and fight longer representing their country in the most prestigious sport organisation instead of getting the hell out to try to get rich. In Socialism the system allowes you to do it but in the so called "free" world even if an athlete wanted to fight more years in the amateur system he can't cause he will starve to death. PS The level of Olympic boxing is far superior than anything the vast majority of professional boxers have ever encounter. Only in the title fights between the best of the best in professional boxing you may find something better in terms of quality. This is the reason that the boxers that survive the Olympic games succeed almost always in the pro ranks with ease.You should study boxing more.
@matthewnikitas29042 жыл бұрын
I wonder why he never fought as a professional. Maybe because of the Cold War at the time and Cuba being allied with the Soviet Union?
@skippylegrandgourou7772 жыл бұрын
Cuban boxers were (and still are) not allowed to go pro by their government
@jonathanlambarena97542 жыл бұрын
@@skippylegrandgourou777 it literally just changed last month. they are able to turn pro but im not sure if that means they could defect from Cuba as they please. but Cuban boxers are now able to turn pro
@skippylegrandgourou7772 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanlambarena9754 cool that's a great news we could see some prime cuban boxers in the pros now
@drankyodrank2 жыл бұрын
They can go pro now but with sanctions on Cuba idk how far they can go in the sport
@Celestialspirit1 Жыл бұрын
bivol has the same stance/style , i guess its cause the cuban/soviet boxing style
@tomlepski83062 жыл бұрын
Very sad his country refused him to turn professional!
@Wuschi20012 жыл бұрын
Handsome squidward
@LimerickR2662 жыл бұрын
Shame this guy never turned professional.
@lysk0ss2 жыл бұрын
textbook right hand
@farhaanrashid29362 жыл бұрын
Do juniorwitter
@lonniewilson92792 жыл бұрын
Why celebrate a boxer with the experience of a professional who fought amateurs his whole career? Yes, his country of Cuba prevented boxers from turning pro but the bottom lines is he was nothing but a grown man fighting children.
@hanzagod2 жыл бұрын
Haters gonna hate!
@edgarguinartlopez834111 ай бұрын
He was young too. Still hammered many... Beside, that is how Amateurism work in socialist countries, if you don't like it, don't watch.
@adamevert16182 жыл бұрын
Larry Holmes real lucky Stevenson let him shine...
@timcobos89542 жыл бұрын
Ali would have made a fool out of this lumbering stiff. He beat a bunch amateurs who could not fight.