Stevenson, Teófilo

Stevenson, Teófilo

▪ Cuban boxer
born March 29, 1952, Las Tunas, Oriente, Cuba
 
 Cuban heavyweight boxer who became the first fighter to win three Olympic gold medals in one weight class and one of only two to win three World Amateur Boxing titles.

      The 6-ft 3-in (1.9-m) Stevenson shocked the boxing world in the quarterfinals of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, W.Ger., by defeating the highly touted American Duane Bobick, who had beaten Stevenson the previous year in the Pan American Games. Stevenson won the gold medal by default when Ion Alexe of Romania was unable to fight in the final because of a broken thumb. At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Stevenson crushed his first three opponents in a record 7 min 22 sec, then knocked out Mircea Simon of Romania in the final. István Levai of Hungary used an evasive strategy in the semifinals of the 1980 Games in Moscow to become the first Olympic boxer to go the distance with Stevenson, but Stevenson prevailed and went on to win his third gold medal.

      Stevenson won three world amateur titles (as a heavyweight in 1974 and 1978 and as a super-heavyweight in 1986), a mark matched only by fellow Cubans Adolfo Horta and Félix Savón (Savón, Felix) (who won six amateur titles). Stevenson's devastating left jab and powerful right would have been a serious challenge to the leading professional fighters of his day, and promoters actively sought to induce him to turn professional. However, in keeping with the doctrines of Cuba's communist regime, he was staunchly opposed to the professional circuit, which he believed exploited fighters, and he remained an amateur until his retirement in 1987.

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