greatest amatuer ever

[Dye]

"I think professional boxing is inhumane." - Teofilo Stevenson

Amatuer boxing is different then pro boxing

[2OSouzaSuarez12]

Joan Guzman was 310-10 and Pan American Games champion.

Mohammed Abdullaev had an excellent amateur career winning top tourament s and capturing gold in the Olympics.

I think the best amateur was probably De La Hoya. He had a great record, won all kinds of tournaments, and was an olympic gold medalists.

[Mr. Ryan]

Is it true that Foreman defeated Teofilo in the amateur?

Jorge Gonzalez, the fat guy we saw flop against Rid**** Bowe and Tim Witherspoon, beat Stevenson 4 times in the amateurs. I know Nick Acevedo and his brother were great amateur fighters in NY, probably the best amateur brother duo in New York history.

[AJ53]

when were are talking about great amateurs i think we have gotta mention the great felix savon.
check out this guys fights!

http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/savon.html

he beat some damn good fighters along the way to winning three olympic golds.
and im sure that some of the more knowlageable posters like k-dogg yogi or greyfist. may correct me here but was it not savon who while a possible fight with tyson was being mooted by don king said...
"what is ten million dollars compared to the love of ten million people"

[AJ53]

while we are talking about amateurs tho i gotta give reps to mario cesar kindelan mesa too.
his sister married an englishman who lives in my city,
before he fought amir khan for the third time i had the pleasure of meeting him and getting his autograph.
altough he dont speak a word of english we spoke for about 15 mins about who he liked in the pro ranks.
i was suprised at the way he spoke of joel casamayor as i thought he would respect what his fellow countryman had done.
but he seemed to think he had lost alot and kept saying "no love" "no love"
i have to say i was humbled by his knowledge not just of the fighters but of there styles too.
a true gentleman who i biasedly will place top of the list!!

[THE TRUTH IS]

Sugar Ray Robinson was NOT unbeaten as an amateur.........

When discussing the greatest amateurs they always say ray was unbeaten...he was not. . in his autobiography he talks about losing to Billy Graham. Also Robinson was a LOCAL aateur... Mark Breland was the most DOMINANT amateur ever. On the WORLD level.

[butterfly1964]

Muhammad Ali was 100-8, winning the AAU LHW title, AAU HW title, The Nat. Golden Gloves in 1959 and 1960, and the 1960 LHW Olympic Gold Medal in Rome, that says it all. My vote is for him.