How Great would Felix Savon have been?

**newforce** · 11-07-2007, 02:38 AM

why wasn't he allowed to turn pro? the cuban government didn't let him?

**newforce** · 11-07-2007, 02:40 AM

can't believe how skinny briggs was!

**Ryn0** · 11-07-2007, 11:53 AM

some fighters don't travel well from the amateur to the pro's aka audley harrison so it actually really hard to judge.

**The Iron Man** · 11-07-2007, 12:18 PM

He Knocked out Tua! didnt know that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeWp4gJv1IE

**Hawkins** · 11-07-2007, 12:43 PM

Savon's style would have been more suited to the pro game than that of Stevenson, so he may have done fairly well. Heavyweight champ? Hard to say, but in this era of weakness it would have been a big possibility.

**them_apples** · 11-07-2007, 03:17 PM

I think Savon would have done great, I think Stevenson would have to.

I can't really see how Ali would have handled Stevenson.

**Jim Jeffries** · 11-07-2007, 09:43 PM

Originally posted by The Iron Man

He Knocked out Tua! didnt know that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeWp4gJv1IE

Weakest stoppage I have ever seen, even in the amatuers.

**Jim Jeffries** · 11-07-2007, 09:44 PM

Originally posted by newforce

why wasn't he allowed to turn pro? the cuban government didn't let him?

Yeah Cuba being communist, wouldn't let him. Same reason no Russian pro boxers until the fall of communism in Russia.

**newforce** · 11-08-2007, 02:46 AM

After watching his amateur fights on youtube,all I can say is he really floated like a butterfly..

How Great would Felix Savon have been?