Comments Thread For: Teofilo Stevenson Will Get Monument Honor in Cuba

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Havana - Cuba will dedicate a monument and construct a city square to pay tribute to legendary boxer Teofilo Stevenson (1952-2012), a three-time Olympic and world champion, state media said Monday.

The effort to pay tribute to the famous Cuban pugilist - who suffered a fatal heart attack in June - is designed to celebrate sports and cultural events, the speaker of the legislature in Stevenson's native province of Las Tunas, Lilian Rodriguez, said.
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[horge]

They couldn't have done this while he was alive?
That's a Smokin Joe kind of injustice right there.

[flushuppercut]

They couldn't have done this while he was alive?
That's a Smokin Joe kind of injustice right there.

Better late than never

[Angry Cuban]

They couldn't have done this while he was alive?
That's a Smokin Joe kind of injustice right there.

He didn't needed when he was alive..in Cuba everybody knew him and treated him like a legend..he was greatly respected and highly awarded...massive lost...

[tenPt]

Great tribute for their greatest Amateur.