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Cuban boxing champion Teofilo Stevenson dies - chairman - 06-12-2012
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.
Re: Cuban boxing champion Teofilo Stevenson dies - mapoui - 06-12-2012
a great african. deh doh make then like teofilo anymore. may he rest with
Re: Cuban boxing champion Teofilo Stevenson dies - chairman - 06-12-2012
could he have beaten ali?
Re: Cuban boxing champion Teofilo Stevenson dies - mapoui - 06-13-2012
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could he have beaten ali?
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no!