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12 Jun 2012 14:05 #89656
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Former Cuban heavyweight boxer Teofilo Stevenson, who won three Olympic gold medals, has died at the age of 60.
State media said he had suffered a heart attack.
In the 1970s, US boxing promoters offered Stevenson $5m (£3m) to turn professional and fight then world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali.
But the boxer stayed loyal to the Cuban revolution, which outlawed professional sports, and refused. He said: "I prefer the affection of eight million Cubans."
Stevenson was born in Las Tunas province in eastern Cuba and fought his first bout at the age of 14.
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12 Jun 2012 14:19 #89657
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a great african. deh doh make then like teofilo anymore. may he rest with :angel: :angel: :angel:
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