By Nelson Acosta
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba settled its areas upon Tuesday to the delayed boxer Teofilo Stevenson, one of the ideal Olympians out of them all who rejected the opportunity to battle Muhammad Ali in the height of each mma fighters powers.
Stevenson, who earned three gold medals as being a heavyweight boxer along with turned down multi-million dollar provides for you to flip professional after coming through for a large skill with the 1972 Munich Games, died on the heart infiltration on Monday from your age regarding 60.
Stevenson, born proper terrible family around Puerto Padre from the northern state of Las Tunas, picked up platinum medals at the Munich Games within 1972, Montreal in 1976 and also Moscow with 1980.
He in addition received three effective globe beginner championship blog titles plus had missed out for a shot with a fourth Olympic concept any time Cuba boycotted this Los Angeles Games within 1984.
"Cuba features displaced your symbol," said Alcides Sagarra, Stevenson's former trainer.
In a new 20-year career, Stevenson stood out there for just a devastating right, skilled routines within the wedding ring along with sportsmanship which often won him or her a Fair Play trophy.
Stevenson, broadly viewed as the most effective amateur heavyweight ever, fellow Cuban Felix Savon plus Hungarian Lazlo Papp are the only recreational boxers to obtain gained a few effective Olympic titles.
"Teofilo belonged to Cuba plus the world. Those who seem to haven't got word of Teofilo haven't so much lived," stated Savon. Continued.
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