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Olympic boxer Teofilo Stevenson dies
AP via Yahoo ^ | June 11, 2012 | Anne-Marie Garcia

Posted on 06/11/2012 7:07:21 PM PDT by EveningStar

Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson, the three-time Olympic heavyweight champion with a devastating right hand and a gentlemanly demeanor, has died. He was 60.

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KEYWORDS: boxing; cuba; obituary; olympics; teofilostevenson
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1 posted on 06/11/2012 7:07:28 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Probably the greatest boxer I ever saw. I think he would have kicked Ali’s ass.


2 posted on 06/11/2012 7:09:09 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: EveningStar
In January, Stevenson spent 15 days in intensive care after doctors detected a clot in an artery near his heart. He was released in early February and was surprised at the outpouring of media reports that his condition was grave.

But at least the healthcare was free.

3 posted on 06/11/2012 7:12:12 PM PDT by dfwgator
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He dies, and neanderthal Castro still lives, Someone please explain that one to me.


4 posted on 06/11/2012 7:13:19 PM PDT by LibFreeUSA (Pick Your Poison)
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I’m sure Castro took very good care of Stevenson, if he defected, it would have been devastating to Castro.


5 posted on 06/11/2012 7:14:33 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: EveningStar
American boxers had no chance against him and I knew it. He was my sports nemesis.

RIP

6 posted on 06/11/2012 7:16:24 PM PDT by Dysart
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The fight would be going on, nothing really big happening and then WHAM!........that right hand, and that was all she wrote.


7 posted on 06/11/2012 7:22:09 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Dysart
This how I remember him. His reach was incredible, and he was lean, fast and powerful. Confident. He knew he was going to win everytime he stepped in the ring.


8 posted on 06/11/2012 7:24:23 PM PDT by Dysart
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To: Dysart

Watch him destroy Big John Tate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW7MkLz6vxs&feature=related


9 posted on 06/11/2012 7:26:21 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: EveningStar

The Greatest Fight that never happened was him and M. Ali in their prime.


10 posted on 06/11/2012 7:30:12 PM PDT by AU72
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To: dfwgator

I hated it every time he won...when I was young and dumb. Now that I have grown to appreciate the sport, I have grown to appreciate this guy. Deeply saddened to hear of his passing.


11 posted on 06/11/2012 7:37:47 PM PDT by guido911 (Islamic terrorists are members http://www.freerepublic.com/foof the "ROP", the "religion of pu*&ies")
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Yep. That’s him. What brutal punch he could pack with that long right. He had plenty of muscle mass/power- it was just distributed over a larger than avg arm area, so his power was possibly unexpected to some. Wonder where Big John Tate is today?...almost afraid to ask.


12 posted on 06/11/2012 7:39:29 PM PDT by Dysart
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Wonder where Big John Tate is today?

He died in 1998, he had ballooned to over 400 pounds, and became a big-time cokehead.

13 posted on 06/11/2012 7:41:05 PM PDT by dfwgator
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It was so much fun to hate the dirty communist. I didn’t want to believe he could whip Ali, but down deep I knew he could. The man was bad!


14 posted on 06/11/2012 7:42:16 PM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: dfwgator
Err, re John Tate: Tragic Death
15 posted on 06/11/2012 7:42:39 PM PDT by Dysart
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To: Dysart

Found this Wiki info on Big John Tate: On April 9, 1998, Tate died of injuries sustained following a one-car automobile accident. It was determined that he suffered a massive stroke, caused by a brain tumor, while driving. The pickup truck crashed into a utility pole. Two other passengers were not seriously injured. The Knox County medical examiner stated that Tate “had been using cocaine regularly in the last 24 hours of his life.”


16 posted on 06/11/2012 7:45:01 PM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: dfwgator

When I was a kid I didn’t want to believe that because he was a commie. But he was unstoppable in the Olympics and he was a joy to watch. RIP, you commie.


17 posted on 06/11/2012 7:45:21 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: EveningStar

He was good. I always thought that he seemed beatable—but he always won. He was deceptively good. I think that Ali in his prime, before the three-year layoff, would have beaten him more often than not. After the three-year layoff, I would have given the advantage to Stevenson.


18 posted on 06/11/2012 7:47:49 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands (Mitt Romney is a handbasket driver. I refuse to ride.)
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To: rabidralph

I am just as saddened at hearing this as I was when I heard last year that the great Vasily Alexeyev had passed. The Olympics were so much better back when you had guys to root against.


19 posted on 06/11/2012 7:48:12 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: EveningStar

60?....yikes.....way too young....RIP....


20 posted on 06/11/2012 7:48:12 PM PDT by cherry
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