Great amateurs you wish turned pro

[DLT]

not the ams but I was interested in Harry Simon. His is more comparable to big Ike though since it was self inflicted

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Felix Savon


Teofilo stevenson



Mario Kindelan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epzWx-QONt4

I met Savón last week
BIG tall guy for 91kg

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That Tua KO looked like a clash of heads to me though, i'm still skeptical to this day about it and Tua even states in some interview I remember seeing he thinks it was a clash of heads.

[DannYankee]

That Tua KO looked like a clash of heads to me though, i'm still skeptical to this day about it and Tua even states in some interview I remember seeing he thinks it was a clash of heads.

Meaning that right was so fast he didn't even know wtf hit him either since their head is well protected. I love in the replay in slow-motion you can see it clearly catch him square on the button on the chin as he was coming in which made it worse no legs after that .



Like Stevenson He had incredible power on his right people didn't know til they got hit.By the 5: 45 mark Lamon Brewster is doing the booty dew and getting knocked the fk out



This is my favorite by the 1 min mark. Poor Davarryl got hit so hard his brain had to reboot.Even Felix rushed back to help the dude he got hit so hard.

[Sheppirino]

That Tua KO looked like a clash of heads to me though, i'm still skeptical to this day about it and Tua even states in some interview I remember seeing he thinks it was a clash of heads.

Looked like a right to the jaw if you ask me. Not to take anything away from Tua because he was always one of my favorite heavyweights to watch but here he was probably very overmatched.

[Art-illery]

Teofilo Stevenson is an amateur boxer I would've LOVED to see go pro. People keep talking that Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight not happening, but the greatest story NEVER told in the ring was Ali and Stevenson. They were both men of convictions (Ali exempting himself from the Vietnam Conflict & Stevenson not going against his socialist philosophies).



I thought Brim-Jonathan Butler in his new book about Rigo provided a interesting look into Stevenson's last days (Butler was Stevenson's last interviewer before he passed away). He turned down millions to fight Ali, but when he got old, he didn't want to do an interview with Butler without a bottle of vodka and $100. Pretty sad that Stevenson seemingly died broke and addicted to alcohol. But Stevenson stated that he didn't want to make "Sophie's Choice" (read "Animal Farm" by George Orwell)... He also thought that Rigo was a traitor to Cuba.

Mario Kindelan was also an awesome amateur.

But as far as CURRENT ACTIVE AMATEUR BOXERS go? I wouldn't mind seeing these guys turn pro:

Albert Selimov - Dude gave Vasyl Lomachenko a hell of a run in Vasyl's amateur career.

Julio Cesar la Cruz - He schooled the HELL out of that Azeri in the WSB finals. He got some sick feints too.

Roniel Iglesias - Gritty fighter with a lot of power. He gets called "the (Un)Cuban."

Robeisy Ramirez - A natural star. Hopefully, he's taking his suspension O.K., and not lose passion for boxing. Interesting that his rival Marcos Forestal was really the one who ended up defecting after Ramirez was replaced by Forestal on the Domadores.

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Felix Savon


Teofilo stevenson



Mario Kindelan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epzWx-QONt4

Awesome power those two had...

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Robeisy Ramirez - A natural star. Hopefully, he's taking his suspension O.K., and not lose passion for boxing. Interesting that his rival Marcos Forestal was really the one who ended up defecting after Ramirez was replaced by Forestal on the Domadores.

Pretty sure his suspension is over, he's training with the team at least, was chatting to him last week in the airport in Havana.
Superb boxer and also a real nice kid. His passion for boxing seems to be intact, he very eagerly showed me all his photos from London 2012 in his laptop and was just a real cool guy

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Felix Savon


Teofilo stevenson



Mario Kindelan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epzWx-QONt4

Without a doubt these two men. They would have lit up the division in their respective eras. Undisputed clamps I'm sure

[285Kid]

Erislandy Savon