absolutely!! Commentator's Madness!!!!!

Agree with you. He was sky high

Right? Good footwork, nice quick and crisp punches, moved very fluidly. Idiots.

Who?

Wonder if he would has taken the decision to turn proffesional, no mike tyson, evander or lennox could match this beast in his prime.

Niko Bellic He's one of the greatest heavyweights of all time without having to turn pro.

He was one of the greatest heavyweights of all times. Or, is money what makes a good boxer?

A great amateur career doesn't automatically translate to a great pro career, no matter how great he was as an amateur. Just like a great college football player doesn't mean he will be a great pro.

@@IceveinsProductions you are right but you made a really bad comparsion.

@@emilpashov1040 It's the exact comparison that needs to be made. Amateur competition is different than professional competition the same with boxing as it is for every single other sport. The pros have different rules, much better competition, more pressure, more adversity, require more mental strength...I can go on.

Kareem Sharif Teofilo Stevenson.A legendary amateur boxer.

Yea I know. Only saying Ali and Stevenson look a lot alike

Kareem Sharif That is true.

Kas Shar ahahah me too!

i did as well

"WHAT YOU EAT I EAT CHAMP"

The Derroll Wilson ko made him panic ,cut and eat humble pie.

Only if he had fought Tyson in '88 under amateur rules They could have classified it as an "exhibition" One of the best fights ever that never happened!

Bahahaha!

Cubans also dance better than monocultured citizens

​@@joeblough261Why??? Wanna punch on u mate? ☠️

Russians 😂

​@malcolmdeboo3794 So what?Soviets(plenty of them were Russians) have produced some of the best amateur boxers ever,great techniasuans as well.

😂😂😂

wlcsp Loyalität für sein Land.

Castro.

They cant. Cuba isnt a free country and they had (and still have) to represent the country. To turn pro, they have to defect.

Pro isn't everything

Yup, it’s surprising the Cubans fail to recall how much more free they were under the American backed Batista. No education, health care or access to the beaches…for example. In fact it’s amazing they have so many successful sports people; could it be they actually enjoy it?

Estoy de acuerdo contigo pero tenía una debilidad la quijada

La mandíbula era de cristal

Савону предлогали 10 миллионов долларов чтобы он вышел против Тайсона, но условия были такие чтобы он отказался от Кубинского гражданства и стал подданным США, Савон отказался, думаю что он мог бы побить Тайсона.

Tayson cortaba muy bien el paso a estos hombres con estatura,con esos movimientos de torso que tenía muy expectaculares,hubiera sido muy interesante ver combate de Savon y Esteveson ,con Tayson,pero nunca quisieron probarse al más alto nivel.mucho miedo y compromiso con el sistema.

He had to make 201

randy johnson ask Mark Breland

@randy johnson it doesn't always translate but I most people agree that Savon would have fought for the world title at some point. He had a lot of skill and his right hand was just terrifying. Those two things alone wild have gotten him far in the pros

randy jonhson it's not the same being a good amateur as being olympic champion. The examples you gives were just "good amateurs". Savon was three times Olympic Champion. Teofilo Stevenson was also three times Olympic Champion and even better than Savon, he knocked out Tyrell Biggs and other good american amateur champions who later became pro. By that time there were also very good boxers from former USSR and eastern europe countries who did not jump to pro. Stevenson got his first olympic gold in Munich'72 when he was 20, the second in Montreal'76(24 years old)and his third Moscow'80 at 28. He didn't got 5 olympic gold medals deu to political boicots to LA'84 and Seoul'88 but he continued being the best amateur heavyweight of the world until he retired in 1989. It was normal to stay as amateur with more than 30 but he was the best since was 20, fighting against older boxers. Try to see him here in youtube and give your opinion.

@randy johnson Biggs was a good pro though, however he had substance abuse and mental problems and also was physically broken down by the Tyson fight. Still a successful career.

PREFERIRAM VIVER EM AMOR COM O SISTEMA SOCIALISTA. QUE QUE VALE GANHAR MUITO DINHEIRO E PERDER O AMOR DE 11 MILHÕES DE CUBANOS. ASSIM DISSE TEÓFILO

@@marcosalmeidajilvale4010 Meu DEUS !!!! Perderam a chance enquanto os da família Castro são bilionários !!!!! Infelizmente não foi só em Cuba não !!!!!

Um 'If' is meaningless, and his weight wasn't Heavyweight of Pro, just cruiserweight.

Styles made fights, and Lennox had the power, size, and skill set to best Savon; and by the way, people tend to forget that Lennox demonstrated that he was simply physically stronger than every fighter he ever faced.

@@worldline7147 I think Savon is even something very different than Tyson, Klitschko or Hollyfield. Therefore I would say it would be very hard for Lewis to go the complete distance against Savon.

Criji Jimenez Aguilera Si porque tipo es bugarron

His opponents do not look fluid when they fall down

briggs was 20, savon was 24

panamericanos del 91 en la habana

Jose Miguel Arias Really tienes que cagarla con tú lema. Eso es un encuentro de deporte no de política pero tú comandante te dice que es política

pffff, Savon eats Lewis all day everyday for breakfast launch and dinner. I consider Lewis one of the alltime greats, but Savon is just in his own league!

Sorry, but no chance. Savon didn't even have the balls to fight at super heavy. Lewis would have crushed him.

@@crn_411 With all respect to Savon, Lewis has a 40 pound advantage. He would have been better off fighting Evander Holyfield or Michael Moorer

Savon's system seems to be to knock the other guy out silly

@@DanielSong39 Dig deeper. Look at his fight against a very green Ray Mercer. Or his fight against Danell Nicholson. He was far more experienced than both of those guys, and greatly struggled with them. In the pro game, he would have been roughed up, and likely would have reacted the same way Jorge Luis Gonzalez did.

@@johnulmer1622 He had a few hundred fights, everyone has an off day, especially for 3 rounds under amateur rules. We don't know what would have happened if he had turned pro. By all accounts he was treated very well by the Cuban government and had a decent life. He's an all-time great, let's just leave it at that.

@@DanielSong39 A few hundred fights, and he needed referee intervention to help him survive an inexperienced Ray Mercer. I'll leave it at he would have fared no better than Gonzalez.

@@johnulmer1622 Savon knock out David Tua with one punch !!!! He would have been heavyweight champion if he turned pro !!!!

So retarded that you waste your talent to some fkd up ideological, political BS, so you can receive all the perks while your countrymen live like dogs in the gutter

​​@@benadams1661 in that case, all the ret@rds who volunteer for the us army and die so that someone fu.ks their widows/girlfriends as they rot in soil are even worse off. They wasted their lives for some fu.ked up ideological, political bs while others received all the perks of the booties of their thicc lovers. You know, like Donald Trump did when he dodged the Vietnam War, must have had so much pu$$y with all those young men gone to their death or worse and having left behind horny chicks.

Si vete para cuba que alla te necesitan

Alexander Valladares he did win a version of the world heavyweight title

No hubo, ni en norteamericano que.....le rosara el osico al sabon

El problema es que usted ve la historia de esos hombres hecho en toda su plenitud. Esta comparado unas personas llenas de anabolicos como lo puedes ver en esa pelea. Ese americano subió a mas de 50 libras con sólo anabolicos, como lo fueron todos esos que dijiste. Mira los niveles, y no veas un amateux vs un profesional.

Hollyfield perdio con el pinareno de los 81 Pablo Romero en las olimpiadas, de que tu hablas!!

@@Ivan-hh1ed Iván si claro perdio con pablo Romero imaginate holyfield tenia 19 años y 40 o 50 peleas de experiencia como amateur ROMERO tenia mas de 25 años con 300 peleas de experiencia como amateur no hay comparacion lo que pasa que en cuba la gente lo unico que veia eran muchachos sin experiencia competir con deportistas cubanos que eran profesionales porque vivían del deporte nada mas entonces dejemos ya el fanatismo yo soy cubano también pero no dejo de reconocer que no estábamos preparados para pelear con gente de un boxeo muchísimo mas superior que el de nosotros

dejen la excusa ya con 20 anos Savon era Savony le ganaba ha cualquiera

@@donnarivero9106 si le ganaba a los muchachitos de poca edad sin experiencia y savon con muchisimas mas peleas de diferencias dime de algún peso pesado de cuba que tenga un campeonato mundial a nivel profesional

It wasnt in an olympics, it was de panams in Cuba!!!

I'd imagine due to the fact they cannot fight at home. Always on the road, left family and friends behind. If they were allowed to fight and train and live in Cuba they would be unstoppable in the pros. Look at the world series boxing. No other country comes close

Rory Cunningham I believe that you are partially correct. I believe their expertise in boxing has to do with the popularity of boxing,no pro sports to compete with their boxing program for recruits the initial injection of Soviet sport expertise and adding their own unique twist. In addition to the extraordinary amount of experience their amateurs receive compared to some other countries. Especially the United States. Their transition to pro boxing has been especially difficult for most of them.

Spade Sounds like the best explanation so far.

Brandon Green Guillermo Rigondaeux, Yoan Pablo, Luis Ortiz, Yurorkis Gamboa, and Ramses Barthelemy are not lousy pros at all lol

***** he said "on the whole" the percentage of world champions to pro cuban boxers is very low

They are great boxers and you should be proud but what you say about WBC is bullshit your evil satanist piece of shit dictator wouldnt let them turn pro.

Imagine Savon on steroids

@john doe Tua was 19 when he got knocked out by Savon.