Felix Savon
Name: Felix Savon
Birth Name: Félix Savón Fabre
Hometown: Guantanamo, Cuba
Birthplace: Guantanamo, Cuba
Amateur Boxer: Record
Felix Savon carried on the Cuban tradition of heavyweight dominance in the amateurs, winning three consecutive 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
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 Bio
- Amateur Record