Tony Tubbs amateur career

locoxelbox · Post by **locoxelbox** » 07 Jul 2005, 11:12

Tubbs was a 1979 World Cup champion, lost to Teofilo Stevenson at the 1978 World Championships, fought Greg Page seven times (lost six), got KO'ed by Igor Visotsky and split a pair of bouts with Marvis Frazier. Anyone knows more about his amateur career? How did he do in the 1980 Olympic Trials?

locoxelbox · Post by **locoxelbox** » 13 Jul 2005, 23:19

C´mon guys...nobody??? :(

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 14 Jul 2005, 03:29

All I could find at the point:

Record: Amateur: 253 fights; 240+, 13-
1978: W.C. Belgrade Heavyweight:
+ Levai (Hon) points
1979: Golden Gloves Heavyweight: 1°
1979: United States Heavyweight: 1°
1979: World Cup New York Heavyweight: 1°
+ Narciso Maldonado (P-R) kot 1
+ Luke Tchoula kot 3
+ Khoren Indzhyan (URSS) points

He skipped the trials because of the risk of a boycut.

locoxelbox · Post by **locoxelbox** » 14 Jul 2005, 17:09

Thanks a lot!

I guess he was big favourite to qualify for the Moscow Olympics.

Nile4000 · Post by **Nile4000** » 18 Sep 2005, 14:46

locoxelbox wrote:Thanks a lot! I guess he was big favourite to qualify for the Moscow Olympics.

When did Tony first come to national prominence on the amateur boxing scene?