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	'''Felix Savon''' carried on the Cuban tradition of heavyweight dominance in the amateurs, winning three consecutive [[Olympics\|Olympic]] Gold Medals, capturing gold at six consecutive World Championships, as well as a silver at the 1999 World Championships. In Cuba, Savon would win the Cuban National Championship thirteen times between 1985 to 1998. Savon holds wins over future professional world champions [[Michael Bentt]], [[Ray Mercer]], [[Shannon Briggs]], [[Lamon Brewster]], [[Ruslan Chagaev]] and [[Sultan Ibragimov]]. Savon also beat fellow Olympic champions [[Ray Mercer]], [[Roberto Balado]] and [[Odlanier Solis]].		'''Felix Savon''' carried on the Cuban tradition of heavyweight dominance in the amateurs, winning three consecutive [[Olympics\|Olympic]] Gold Medals, capturing gold at six consecutive World Championships, as well as a silver at the 1999 World Championships. In Cuba, Savon would win the Cuban National Championship thirteen times between 1985 to 1998. Savon holds wins over future professional world champions [[Michael Bentt]], [[Ray Mercer]], [[Shannon Briggs]], [[Lamon Brewster]], [[Ruslan Chagaev]] and [[Sultan Ibragimov]]. Savon also beat fellow Olympic champions [[Ray Mercer]], [[Roberto Balado]] and [[Odlanier Solis]]. In 2018, Savon was incarcerated at Combinado del Este Prison in Havana for pedophile sex with a 12-year old boy.


	== Olympic Results ==		== Olympic Results ==

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	'''Felix Savon''' carried on the Cuban tradition of heavyweight dominance in the amateurs, winning three consecutive [[Olympics\|Olympic]] Gold Medals, capturing gold at six consecutive World Championships, as well as a silver at the 1999 World Championships. In Cuba, Savon would win the Cuban National Championship thirteen times between 1985 to 1998. Savon holds wins over future professional world champions [[Michael Bentt]], [[Ray Mercer]], [[Shannon Briggs]], [[Lamon Brewster]], [[Ruslan Chagaev]] and [[Sultan Ibragimov]]. Savon also beat fellow Olympic champions [[Ray Mercer]], [[Roberto Balado]] and [[Odlanier Solis]].		'''Felix Savon''' carried on the Cuban tradition of heavyweight dominance in the amateurs, winning three consecutive [[Olympics\|Olympic]] Gold Medals, capturing gold at six consecutive World Championships, as well as a silver at the 1999 World Championships. In Cuba, Savon would win the Cuban National Championship thirteen times between 1985 to 1998. Savon holds wins over future professional world champions [[Michael Bentt]], [[Ray Mercer]], [[Shannon Briggs]], [[Lamon Brewster]], [[Ruslan Chagaev]] and [[Sultan Ibragimov]]. Savon also beat fellow Olympic champions [[Ray Mercer]], [[Roberto Balado]] and [[Odlanier Solis]].

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'''Felix Savon''' carried on the Cuban tradition of heavyweight dominance in the amateurs, winning three consecutive [[Olympics|Olympic]] Gold Medals, capturing gold at six consecutive World Championships, as well as a silver at the 1999 World Championships. In Cuba, Savon would win the Cuban National Championship thirteen times between 1985 to 1998. Savon holds wins over future professional world champions [[Michael Bentt]], [[Ray Mercer]], [[Shannon Briggs]], [[Lamon Brewster]], [[Ruslan Chagaev]] and [[Sultan Ibragimov]]. Savon also beat fellow Olympic champions [[Ray Mercer]], [[Roberto Balado]] and [[Odlanier Solis]].

== Olympic Results ==
'''1992'''
*Defeated [[Krysztof Rojek]] (Poland) RSC 2
*Defeated [[Bert Teuchert]] (Germany) 11-2
*Defeated [[Danell Nicholson]] (United States) 13-11
*Defeated [[Arnold Vanderlyde]] (Netherland) 23-3
*Defeated [[David Izonritei]] (Nigeria) 14-1
'''1996'''
*Defeated [[Andrei Kurnyavka]] (Kyrgyzstan) 9-3
*Defeated [[Kwamena Turkson]] (Sweden) KO 1
*Defeated [[Georgi Kandelaki]] (Georgia) 20-4
*Defeated [[Luan Krasniqi]] (Germany) Walk Over
*Defeated [[David Defiagbon]] (Canada) 20-2
'''2000'''
*Defeated [[Ojemaye Rasmus]] (Nigeria) RSC-OS 2(18-3)
*Defeated [[Michael Bennett]] (United States) RSC-OS 3 (23-8)
*Defeated [[Sebastian Kober]] (Germany) 14-8
*Defeated [[Sultan Ibragimov]] (Russia) 21-13

== World Amateur Championships results ==
'''1986''' in Reno, United States.
*Defeated [[Gyula Alvics]] (Hungary) 5-0
*Defeated [[Luis Castillo]] (Ecuador) KO 2
*Defeated [[Svilen Rusinov]] (Bulgaria) RSC 2
*Defeated [[Arnold Vanderlyde]] (Netherlands) 5-0

'''1989''' in Moscow, Soviet Union.
*Defeated [[Arnold Vanderlyde]] (Netherlands) RSCH 1
*Defeated [[Hamayak Shabazian]] (Sweden) 32-1
*Defeated [[Axel Schulz]] (East Germany) Walk Over
*Defeated [[Evgeni Sudakov]] (Soviet Union) 18-8

'''1991''' in Sydney, Australia.
*Defeated [[Kirk Johnson]] (Canada) RET 2
*Defeated [[David Tua]] (New Zealand) KO 1
*Defeated [[Arnold Vanderlyde]] (Netherlands) 39-15

'''1993''' in Tampere, Finland.
*Defeated [[Derrell Dixon]] (United States) KO 3
*Defeated [[Alexei Lezin]] (Russia) 13-7
*Defeated [[Stephane Allouane]] (France) RSC 2
*Defeated [[Georgi Kandelaki]] (Georgia) Walk Over

'''1995''' in Berlin, Germany.
*Defeated [[Joon Hyon Yoon]] (South Korea) RSC 1
*Defeated [[Georgi Kandelaki]] (Georgia) Walk Over
*Defeated [[Christophe Mendy]] (France) 9-6
*Defeated [[Luan Krasniqi]] (Germany) RSC 2

'''1997''' in Budapest, Hungary.
*Defeated [[Kwamena Turkson]] (Sweden) 4-2
*Defeated [[Igor Kshinin]] (Russia) 25-4
*Defeated [[Mark Simmons]] (Canada) 15-4
*Defeated [[Tue Bjorn Thomsen]] (Denmark) RET 3
*Lost to [[Ruslan Chagaev]] (Uzbekistan) 4-14*

*Savon was later awarded the gold medal as Chagaev was disqualified for having boxed professionally.

'''1999''' in Houston, United States.
*Defeated [[Deividas Nekrasas]] (Lithuania) RSC 1
*Defeated [[Andrey Kombarov]] (Russia) 7-5
*Defeated [[Ruslan Chagaev]] (Uzbekistan) 9-1
*Defeated [[Kevin Evans]] (Wales) RET 4
*Lost to [[Michael Bennett]] (United States) Walk Over*

The Cuban team walked out of the competition after they believed they were not treated properly by the judges. Savon stopped [[Michael Bennett]] when they fought at the Olympics a year later.

== External Links ==
*Main Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Savon Bio]
*[http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/savon.html Amateur Record]

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