Félix Savón

Félix Savón Fabre, born on 22 September 1967, is a Cuban former amateur boxer who competed from 1980 to 2000 and is considered one of the all-time greatest amateurs. He won three Olympic gold medals and six consecutive world championships, all in the heavyweight division, and shares the feat of three Olympic golds with only László Papp and his compatriot Teófilo Stevenson, who inspired him to box. In 1988, when he was favoured by many to win the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics, the Cuban government boycotted the event, and he could otherwise have been a four-time champion. He won the junior world championships in 1985 and the Cuban heavyweight title every year except 1999 and 2000. He won his third Olympic gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, beating the American Michael Bennett 23 to 8, and announced his retirement at the age of 33, afterwards helping to train Cuba's boxers for the 2004 Athens Olympics.