If Félix Savón went pro...

[dan_cov]

how do you think at an educated guess he'd of done?

For those who are unfamiliar with the name he is the most accomplished amateur to ever live winning 3 olympic golds back-to-back, 6 golds at world championships & won the Cuban national championships 14 times consecutively.

He knocked Tua out in the AMS, as well as Brewster & Briggs.
Beat Krasniqi, Davey boy Izon, Ibragimov, Chagaev, Odlandier Solis


6ft5 slick Cuban, 82" reach with the handspeed of a middleweight & dynamite in both hands. You talk about athletic big men of today, maayn you gotta see this cat to believe it.

[dan_cov]

[Jam Jars]

He'd have done alright nothing special. He had a lot more experience and was grown man fighting mostly kids in the ams.

[dan_cov]

He'd have done alright nothing special. He had a lot more experience and was grown man fighting mostly kids in the ams.

He was surprisingly young. He always looked older than he was, I was under the same impression tbh Most of the guys above mentioned are his age!

[Jam Jars]

5 years older than Tua
4 years older than Briggs
6 years older than Brewster
8 years older than Ibragimov
9 years older than Chagaev
13 years older than Solis

A fighter changes a lot in 4 years especially when they are young and still learning.

[No1]

I have always been of the impression that he had a significant advantage against all the future pro's he fought. As said above he was a man vs boy's similar to the guy who beat Amir Khan in athens. It would have been the likes of either Klitshcko borther facing Seth Mitchells/tyson fury. the gap in experience size and strength would be to much for the young guns to cope with.

Does anyone know if Savon ever fought lewis or either Klit brother in the am's?

[kadyo's]

Beofre Felix, there was Teofilo Stevenson. He was offered by Muhammad Ali a whooping $1 000 000 for his first professional fight with the HW belt on line but Teofilo said, "You can have all the money in the world, I will have my Cuba".

[check hook]

Not to be a raging *****....but anyone else notice the Floyd like defensive manouvere and defensive posture, then slide down the rope to counter in the Tua fight??/

[dan_cov]

Not to be a raging *****....but anyone else notice the Floyd like defensive manouvere and defensive posture, then slide down the rope to counter in the Tua fight??/

As soon as I seen that variation pullcounter I automatically thought of Floyd vs Cotto. He pasted Cotto with it throughout, In fact I think that was the shot that hurt Cotto in the 12th.

[No1]

Not to be a raging *****....but anyone else notice the Floyd like defensive manouvere and defensive posture, then slide down the rope to counter in the Tua fight??/

Yep sure did. Was some slick skills for such a large guy who was facing one of the hardest hitting HW's ever in history.

Also upon chekcing tua, Briggs, lewis etc age. Savon was not much older, say 5-6 years in most cases. So maybe he wasnt picking on kids as much as everyone thinks.