Teófilo Stevenson

Name: Teofilo Stevenson
Birth Name: Teofilo Stevenson Laurence
Hometown: Cuba
Birthplace: Puerto Padre, Cuba
Died: 2012-06-11 (Age:60)
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Teofilo Stevenson Gallery
• Stevenson is one of only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals, alongside Hungarian Laszlo Papp and fellow Cuban Felix Savon.
• In a 1988 Boxing Illustrated poll, Stevenson was selected as the greatest Olympic boxer of all-time
• Stevenson won the World Amateur Championships three times as well as the Pan American Games three times.
• Lost twice to Igor Vysotsky, once by knockout, and never avenged those losses

Olympic Results

1972

• Defeated Ludwik Denderys (Poland) TKO 1
• Defeated Duane Bobick (United States) TKO 3
• Defeated Peter Hussing (West Germany) TKO 2
• Defeated Ion Alexe (Romania) walk-over
• Awarded the Val Barker Trophy as the best boxer of the Olympics

1976

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Mamadou Drame (Senegal) KO 2
• Defeated Pekka Ruokola (Finland) KO 1
• Defeated John Tate (United States) KO 1
• Defeated Mircea Simon (Romania) TKO 3

1980

• Defeated Solomon Ataga (Nigeria) KO 1
• Defeated Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) KO 3
• Defeated István Lévai (Hungary) 5-0
• Defeated Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) 4-1

World Amateur Championship Results

1974

• Defeated Tshibangu Mwela (Zaire) walk-over
• Defeated Peter Hussing (West Germany) walk-over
• Defeated Fatai Ayinla (Nigeria) PTS
• Defeated Marvin Stinson (United States) PTS

1978

• Defeated Joseph Mensah (Ghana) KO 1
• Defeated Tony Tubbs (United States) 5-0
• Defeated Carlos Rivera (Venezuela) RSC 2
• Defeated Dragomir Vujkovic (Yugoslavia) AB 2

1982

• Lost to Francesco Damiani (Italy) 0-5

1986

• Defeated Ulli Kaden (East Germany) 5-0
• Defeated Petar Stoymenov (Bulgaria) KO 1
• Defeated Vyacheslav Yakovlev (Soviet Union) 4-1
• Defeated Alex Garcia (United States) RSCH 2

Pan American Games Results

1971

• Defeated Pablo Sarmiento (Argentina) 5-0
• Lost to Duane Bobick (United States) 2-3 (bronze medal)

1975

• Defeated Gilbert Acuna (Costa Rica) RSC 1
• Defeated Clarence Hill (Bermuda) Walk Over
• Defeated Gair De Campos (Brazil) RSC 1
• Defeated Michael Dokes (United States) 5-0

1979

• Defeated Rufus Hadley (United States) KO 1
• Defeated Narciso Maldonado (Puerto Rico) RSC 1

Other Notable Results

1984 AIBA World Championship Challenge

• Defeated Biagio Chianese (Italy) 5-0

1984 Friendship Games

• Defeated Ulli Kaden (East Germany) KO 2
• Defeated Valery Abadzhyan (Soviet Union) RET 3

1978 Cuba-USA Dual Meet

• Defeated Jimmy Clark (United States) 2-1

1978 USA-Cuba Dual Meet

• Defeated Jimmy Clark (United States) RSC 1

1979 Cuba-USA Dual Meet

• Defeated Philipp Brown (United States) RSC 1

1980 USA-Cuba Dual Meet

• Defeated Jimmy Clark (United States) 3-0

1982 USA-Cuba Dual Meet

• Defeated Tyrell Biggs (United States) KO 2

1984 USA-Cuba Dual Meet

• Defeated Tyrell Biggs (United States) 3-2

External Links

• Main Wikipedia Bio
• Amateur Record (in Spanish)
• amateur record, english