Teofilo Stevenson was a Cuban amateur boxer who lived from 1952 to 2012, competing from 1966 to 1986 and compiling a record of 302 wins, 22 losses and 8 draws. He won Olympic gold in the heavyweight division at three consecutive Games, in 1972, 1976 and 1980, one of only three boxers ever to achieve that feat, added three World Amateur Boxing Championships gold medals, in 1974, 1978 and 1986, and received the Val Barker Trophy as the outstanding boxer of the 1972 Munich Olympics. He turned down lucrative offers to turn professional, including a reported five-million-dollar offer to fight Muhammad Ali, reportedly asking what a million dollars was worth compared to the love of eight million Cubans.
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Career HighlightOne of only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals 2 Classification
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Why did Teofilo Stevenson never turn professional?
He refused every offer so that he could keep boxing as an amateur for the honor of his country.
Olympedia says American professional boxing promoters coveted his talent, his good looks and his body-builder like physique, but he refused every entreaty to turn professional and remained an amateur to continue boxing for the honor of his country. Its biography also judges that he would likely have won a fourth Olympic gold medal at Los Angeles had Cuba not boycotted the 1984 Olympics.
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Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence (Spanish pronunciation: [teˈofilo steˈβenson]; 29 March 1952 – 11 June 2012) was a Cuban amateur boxer who competed from 1966 to 1986.
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Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence (Spanish pronunciation: [teˈofilo steˈβenson]; 29 March 1952 - 11 June 2012) was a Cuban amateur boxer who competed from 1966 to 1986.
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29 March 1952
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11 June 2012
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March 29, 1952
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June 11, 2012
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was a Cuban amateur boxer
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is one of only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals
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Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence (Spanish pronunciation: [teˈofilo steˈβenson]; 29 March 1952 - 11 June 2012) was a Cuban amateur boxer who competed from 1966 to 1986.
Competed In: 1976 Summer Olympics, Article text (competition)
Stevenson did the same at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, and then in the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal, Stevenson repeated the feat once again.
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