felix savon.

[demirturk]

the dude Ko'd lamon brewster, shannon briggs, luan krasnisi ,david tua ......
how would he have done as a pro??? an all time great maybe??

[SnoopySmurf]

This has been discussed many a times. At the pro level, he'd probably get wasted.

[demirturk]

This has been discussed many a times. At the pro level, he'd probably get wasted.

why?... please expain

[Shanus]

Savon was a grown man beating on kids in the amateurs, but that doesn't change the fact that he could have succeeded as a pro, if you've watched him you'd know that he was very talented and could have gone far.

[SnoopySmurf]

why?... please expain

Well, #1 Felix was a mature man beating up young men.

#2, the pro ranks are littered with failed fighters who had great records at the amateur level. Very few have been successful but their names are now household names: SRL, Mayweather, Holyfield, Hoya, Clay/Ali, Foreman etc etc

[Underboss]

the dude Ko'd lamon brewster, shannon briggs, luan krasnisi ,david tua ......
how would he have done as a pro??? an all time great maybe??

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111446

[Steelhammer86]

He won an Olympic gold medal in 1992, 1996 and 2000, that's amazing. He would have won a title for certain, and possibly have become an ATG.

Olympic Gold Medal Winners:

Muhammed Ali
George Foreman
Joe Frazier
Lennox Lewis
Wladimir Klitschko
Michael Spinks

[antihero]

If Savon had turned pro, he would have been fighting in the 90's and the days of Holyfield, Moorer, Bowe, Lewis, Tyson. If he had been a contender, it would have interesting, that's for sure. I doubt he would have dominated, he may or may not have won a title, he'd probably have been KO'd a few times as well. I would take Lewis or Holyfield to have beaten him. Bowe made mincemeat of Gonzalez. As did a few other guys. Great amateurs do not always make great pros.