"We plan to use this money for social problems," an INDER official said at the time. Back in the gym Chervonenko and leading Cuban boxing coach Alcides Sagarra worked on Stevenson's jab, which became his ultimate weapon, and paid dividends when the Cuban easily defeated East Germany's Bernd Anders in front of a surprised Berlin crowd. He started to work as a boxing trainer and sports functionary. HAVANA (AP) — Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson, the three-time Olympic heavyweight champion with a devastating right hand and a gentlemanly demeanor, has died. (Papp won as a middleweight and light middleweight in the 1940s and ’50s.) Although the score was 3:2, the pace of the fight forced Teófilo to take two necessary breaks to retie his gloves. The newspaper believed that the motives for the alleged provocation were somehow to cast a shadow upon a Cuban sports star.[20]. When I was shown the plans, I said, ‘What is this? Proceeding to the quarter finals, Stevenson met American boxer Duane Bobick. We first met at the “Córdova Cardín” tournament in 1973 in Cuba. Cuba followed the Soviet lead, and Stevenson did not compete. Duane Bobick received an inordinate amount of press coverage in the time leading up to the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. An older brother to José Manuel Ribalta, a boxer who is known for his 1986 fight versus Mike Tyson. Bobick, a gold medalist at the 1971 Pan American Games, had beaten Stevenson previously. Stevenson, now twenty, joined the Cuban boxing team for the Munich Olympics of 1972. It also established Stevenson as the world's premier amateur heavyweight boxer. Teofilo passed away on June 11, 2012 at the age of 60 in Cuba. Teofilo Stevenson, who won three Olympic gold medals while boxing for Cuba and was considered one of the greatest heavyweights ever, died from a heart attack … Eventually Teófilo Sr. broke the news to his wife, who was furious; but she agreed to acquiesce on the provision that the boy was accompanied by his father. One, he became a world champion, winning the IBF’s version of the heavyweight title. ESB EXCLUSIVE Interview! In 1999, Stevenson was arrested for an altercation incident at Miami International Airport where, before boarding a United Airlines chartered jet of the Cuban national boxing team, he allegedly headbutted a 41-year-old United Airlines ticket counter employee, knocking him off several teeth in the process. American boxing promoters could have profited hugely from a cold war-era matchup pitting Stevenson, the product of a Communist sports system, against Ali. The victory made the entire amateur boxing world take notice of Stevenson as a serious heavyweight contender.[7]. He scored knockouts or technical knockouts in nine of his Olympic bouts, won two others by a three-round decision and won the final in 1972 when his Romanian opponent defaulted because of an injury. “I didn’t need the money because it was going to mess up my life,” he told The Tribune in 2003. But we'll never know," said Don King.[8]. Felix Savon of Cuba, who idolized Stevenson while a young boxer, won three Olympic heavyweight titles from 1992 to 2000. Payne also defeated Cuban boxing legends Teofilo Stevenson at the 1983 North American Championships in Houston, Texas, and Félix Savón [citation needed].. Professional career. Not so much because of their accomplishments – Stevenson won three Olympic gold medals for Cuba and Rigondeaux had won two but was widely expected to be the first to win four. When George Foreman was asked at the 1976 Olympics: 'What would happen if Teofilo Stevenson came to the United States to turn pro?' The cause was a heart attack, the government-run Radio Havana Cuba said. [11], Stevenson might have won a fourth gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but the Soviet Union boycotted the games, which were hosted by Los Angeles, in retaliation for the American boycott of the 1980 Moscow competition. [2]>, Stevenson was born in Puerto Padre, Cuba. Cuba's three-time Olympic heavyweight champion Teofilo Stevenson has died at the age of 60, according to reports. Rumors that he had been murdered by gangsters added to his mystique, but the cause of death was thought to be a brain edema, possibly resulting from an adverse reaction to medication. In 1980, Stevenson joined Laszlo Papp of Hungary as the second boxer to win gold at three separate Olympic Games. [4], Teófilo junior was a shiftless but bright child who at nine years old soon found himself sparring at the makeshift open-air gym his father had frequented. At the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he won the super heavyweight gold, defeating Alex Garcia from the United States in the final. Despite his growing involvement in the sport, Stevenson had yet to tell his mother about his activities. The fight was stopped moments later due to a large cut next to the Pole's eye. Teofilo Stevenson. Teofilo Stevenson died at 60 years old. Stevenson retired in 1987. He was admitted to a hospital in Phoenix this week after suffering from respiratory problems, but the official cause of death was 'septic shock due to unspecified natural causes', a family spokesman revealed. Various western estimates totaling his record to 500+ fights,[16] including there hundreds of unaccounted tough sparrings with a degree of aliveness outstanding for amateur boxing, which paid off with such an excellent career (his fearsome reputation alone brought him 22 walkover wins, and a number of byes to skip unnecessary encounters with a limited opposition. His victories drew the attention of Andrei Chervonenko, a head coach in Cuba's newly implemented state sports system. In the third, I beat Stevenson on points. BOXING legend Teofilo Stevenson was forced to pull out of a fundraising dinner after being barred from leaving Cuba. In each stanza, Stevenson took a count, while in the final three minutes, I knocked him out. ), Stevenson might have captured more gold medals for his country, but the Cuban government for purely political reasons boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Games and refused to attend the 1988 Seoul Games because North Korea was not allowed to cosponsor the event. In October 1999, Stevenson, who was coaching a Cuban boxing team, was arrested at Miami International Airport while returning home after he had head-butted a ticket agent, the police said. Teofilo's cause of death was heart attack. [4] Under the tutelage of former national light heavyweight champion John Herrera, Teófilo junior began his career fighting far more experienced boxers, but according to Herrera, "had what it took". Both were as famous as someone can be on an island. "I will not trade the Cuban people for all the dollars in the world," Stevenson was heard to say. "Stevenson would have been phenomenal as a pro, he could have been in the same class as Muhammad Ali or Joe Frazier. In the semifinals at Montreal, Stevenson knocked out John Tate, a future World Boxing Association heavyweight champion. Local match-up (71 kg), Las Tunas, Cuba, October 1966 (debut): National Youth Championships (+81 kg), Camagüey, Cuba, 1968. Less than two years after his successful performance at the Munich Olympics, Stevenson, then 22-year-old, was rewarded with a house for himself in Havana and another for himself and his family in Delicias. He became the first Olympic boxer to capture three gold medals in the same division. Bobick became a leading pro heavyweight. Central America and the Caribbean Championships, (Bobick knocked down twice in the 3rd rd), (Hussing knocked down twice in the 2rd rd), (Brown knocked down at 1:19 of the 3rd rd), (Clark was given a standing eight count at 2:12 of the 1st rd; Clark knocked down at 1:55 of the 3rd rd; Cuban referee Romelio Santiago repeatedly issued warnings for lunging to Clark), (Biggs knocked down at 2:05 of the 3rd rd; Biggs suffered three ribs broken). Some news media reports said he was a native of Jamaica, but he said in a 2003 interview with The Chicago Tribune in Havana that he was born in the Cuban town of Puerto Padre. After knocking out three opponents at the Munich Olympics in September 1972, including Duane Bobick of the United States, Stevenson was approached by an American promoter, who offered him $1 million to turn pro on the spot. Too bad Teofilo Stevenson died so young, only sixty. He was 60. He worked at the National Institute for Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (INDER,) also he served as vice president of the Cuban Boxing Federation. [18] When the aging Ali was going to fight Larry Holmes in 1980, and Stevenson was making his way to the third gold medal in Moscow, Stevenson commented to the press that now it was Ali who should have insisted on a three- or four-round fight. [9] It was first reported by Cuban state media,[21] stating that "the Cuban sporting family was moved today by the passing of one of the greatest of all time". Jackie Robinson / Cause of death Jackie Robinson, who made history in 1947 by becoming the first black baseball player in the major leagues, suffered a heart attack in his home in Stamford, Conn., yesterday morning and died at Stamford Hospital at 7:10 A.M. Teófilo senior arrived in Cuba in 1923, finding work wherever he could, before settling in Camagüey with Dolores, where he gave English lessons to top up his meagre earnings. He was 60. His survivors include two children. He grew up in Cuba and began boxing as a teenager at a gym where his father, who loaded sugar onto ships, sparred recreationally. He won the Val Barker Trophy (1972) and was honoured with the Olympic Order (1987). Over tea in his office in Havana's Sports City Coliseum, INDER President Conrado Martínez Corona defended the local practice of giving cars and apartments to top athletes. Muhammad Ali v Teofilo Stevenson. His mother Dolores Lawrence was a native Cuban, but her parents were immigrants from the Anglophone island of Saint Kitts. He is arguably the greatest heavyweight boxer who never became world champion. (AP Photo, file) Apart from that attempt, Arum used a Jamaican promoter, Lucien Chen, as a mediator, to propose a $1 million fight against Leon Spinks. [3] His father, Teófilo Stevenson Patterson, was an immigrant from Saint Vincent. The money always goes into other people’s hands.”, Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban Boxing Great, Dies at 60. Stevenson got his name into the history books in two ways. Vysotsky was the only boxer out of hundreds of Stevenson's opponents to ever stop him, let alone by knockout, and to defeat him twice, both times in his prime, without being avenged. RIAN archive 581839 Boxer Teofilo Stevenson talks with journalist.jpg 1,024 × 714; 233 KB Teófilo Stevenson 1996 stamp of Nicaragua.jpg 274 × 410; 207 KB Александр Кашин, Теофило Стивенсон.jpg 1,784 × 1,212; 208 KB A forthcoming documentary by Brin-Jonathan Butler, Split Decision, contains the last known interview with Stevenson. Boxing great Teófilo Stevenson turned down $5 million to stay in Cuba; Yasiel Puig took $42 million to leave. There were reports that Stevenson was offered millions to fight in the United States. This fight ended an eleven-year unbeaten run by Stevenson and was the only occasion that he did not win the gold medal at the World Championships when he entered the competition. View their obituary at Legacy.com But money is a small part of the dilemma facing Cuban athletes. A bunker?’" AIBA President Anwar Chowdhry, when asked did the Cuban authorities acted properly in giving Stevenson two houses and two cars, said: "These things should not be allowed. (AP Photo, file) FILE - In this Aug. 2, 1980, file photo, after winning his third Olympic heavyweight championship gold medal, Cuba's Teofilo Stevenson waves to the crowd at the Moscow Olympic Games. Teófilo Stevenson was born on March 29, 1952, one of five children. Stevenson was a formidable heavyweight fighter, standing 6 feet 5 … And on top of it, Vysotsky scored his first victory over Stevenson at the Córdova Cardín, Cubans' home tournament, where they do their best to never let any foreigner get into the finals. It had been reported earlier by an anonymous sports official that Stevenson had suffered a heart attack. Teófilo Stevenson, one of the greatest amateurs in boxing history, the winner of three Olympic gold medals for Cuba and a national hero who shunned the prospect of turning pro, possibly fighting Muhammad Ali and becoming rich in the United States, died on Monday in Havana. Stevenson's second loss to Vysotsky happened six weeks before his knockout winning streak at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, which ended up with a victories over John Tate and Mircea Șimon. He has it all. The Games were marred by a terrorist attack in which Palestinian militants held members of the Israeli team hostage. Félix Savón is the Cuban boxer who won three Olympic gold medals as the dominant amateur heavyweight of the 1980s and 1990s. Stevenson died on Monday, June 11, 2012, at the age of 60. They remain as powerful a testament to the nature and character of the Cuban Revolution today as they did when spoken over 30 years ago. Stevenson was often dubbed by the American media as Ali's "Communist twin", and speculations went back and forth as to their much anticipated fight if Stevenson would accept an offer to turn pro (which in essence meant to defect and to leave Cuba permanently). [4], The young Stevenson continued to improve under Herrera in the mid 1960s, winning a junior title and gaining additional training in Havana. [2] King's top rival Arum almost succeeded and came the closest to pulling off an Ali-Stevenson matchup when the Cubans accepted his $1 million offer for five three-round exhibition fights. Clyde McPhatter was one of the most influential R&B singers of the '50s and early '60s. Best known as: The Cuban … Amateur career. Born: March 29, 1952. After being stopped by future heavyweight title challenger Ron Lyle in 1970, he […] [2], At his prime in the 1970s, Stevenson dominance in the amateur heavyweight division coincided with Muhammad Ali's reign as the world's heavyweight champion in professional boxing. We had a saying in the USSR, “It’s easier to win the World championships than it is to win ‘Córdova Cardín’.” The second time was at a class A International tournament in Minsk, in March 1976. [8], Nevertheless, Stevenson's professional debut never did happen, because he remained loyal to the Cuban revolutionary ideals, never accepting any payday for himself, no matter how big it appeared. 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. He won the last of his three world titles, at Reno, Nev., in 1986, when he was 34. Félix Savón was born in rural Cuba and grew up watching legendary heavyweight (and fellow Cuban) Teófilo Stevenson win Olympic gold three times. Died: June 11, 2012 ( heart failure) Birthplace: Puerto Padre, Cuba. He became a Cuban junior champion, then began his long international reign when he won Olympic gold at Munich, fighting out of an upright style with an effective jab and his right hand cocked, waiting for an opening. His boxing career started with a captured bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, losing to Olympic boxing legend Teófilo Stevenson. [9] If he had accepted, it would have made Stevenson the second boxer to go straight from the Olympics into a professional debut with the world's Heavyweight crown on the line, after Pete Rademacher. "The Cuban sporting family was The cause was a heart attack, the government-run Radio Havana Cuba said. ... a banned substance which can cause blindness and death. "Stevenson is a champion in all kinds of ways. The situation ended in numerous deaths. He had 301 victories in 321 bouts over a 20-year career, according to Radio Havana Cuba. According to Stevenson, an "agitator" approached him at the airport shouting insults against the Cuban government and other things, which are sensitive to any Cuban. Cuba, he said. I fought Teofilo twice. The Cuban state newspaper Trabajadores blamed what it described as the "Miami mafia" (i.e. ... and was an icon for Cuba and the revolution right up until his death in 2012. Vysotsky later revealed in his interview to East Side Boxing:[13]. Celebrities, actors, musicians, artists, politicians and famous people who died in 2012.By clicking on each name from the below list, you can find their biography, birthday, age at death, date of death, location of death and even cause of their death. Although he hailed from the tiny town of Bowlus, Minnesota, he had honed his boxing skills in the U.S. Navy. Stevenson participated at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Munich, but lost to the eventual silver medalist and future professional world champion Francesco Damiani from Italy. He might have become a five-time Olympic champion had the Cuban authorities allowed the Cuban boxing team to participate in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, which they boycotted. DM Photo: Retired triple Olympic champion Teofilo Stevenson talks to … Eventually Ali spent one week in Cuba with Stevenson, but their matchup would never happen. It was first reported by Cuban state media, stating that "the Cuban sporting family was moved today by the passing of one of the greatest of all time". You make a lot of money, but how many boxers in history do we know that died poor? Field: Sports: Info: Cuban boxer who won three Olympic heavyweight gold medals: Date of Birth: 03/23/1952: Date of Death: 06/11/2012: Age at Death: 60: Cause of Death: Heart attack: Link(s) with more info: (opens in a new window) "I envisioned a fight that would be attended by the two presidents, Fidel Castro and Jimmy Carter," Chen said. He was 60. The Munich games established Cuba's dominance over the amateur sport that was to last decades. [22] He is survived by his two children.[23]. Munich 1972 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Munich that took place August 26–September 11, 1972. VI Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Guantánamo, Cuba, November 1968: VII Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Nueva Gerona, Cuba, December 1969: Local match-up (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, 1970: I Central America and the Caribbean Championships (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, September 1970: III Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, October 1970: VI Friendship Youth Tournament (+81 kg), Vidin, Bulgaria, October 1970: Cuba–Czechoslovakia Duals (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, March 1971: Czechoslovakia–Cuba Duals (+81 kg), Prague, Czechoslovakia, March 1971: Yugoslavia–Cuba Duals (+81 kg), Titograd, Yugoslavia, April 1971: Austria–Cuba Duals (+81 kg), Vienna, Austria, May 1971: IV Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, June 1971: Panama–Cuba Duals (+81 kg), Panama City, Panama, June 1971: Cuba–Bulgaria Duals (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, July 1971: Pan American Games (+81 kg), Cali, Colombia, August 1971: Local match-up (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, September 1971: III TSC Tournament (+81 kg), Berlin, East Germany, October 1971: Cuba–USSR Duals (+81 kg), Berlin, East Germany, October 1971: IX Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Nueva Gerona, Cuba, October–November 1971 (no medal awarded): II Central America and the Caribbean Championships (+81 kg), San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 1971: VII Friendship Youth Tournament (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, December 1971: Cuba–USSR Duals (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, January 1972: X Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, February–March 1972: Cuba–Romania Duals (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, April 1972: Czechoslovakia–Cuba Duals (+81 kg), Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, April 1972: GDR–Cuba Duals (+81 kg), Berlin, East Germany, 1972: III Chemistry Cup (+81 kg), Halle, East Germany, May 1972: Local match-up (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, May 1972: V Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, July 1972: XX Summer Olympics (+81 kg), Munich, West Germany, September 1972: III Central America and the Caribbean Championships (+81 kg), San José, Costa Rica, November 1972: XI Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, February 1973: Golden Belt Tournament (+81 kg), Bucharest, Romania, April 1973: VI Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+81 kg), Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, July 1973: IV Central America and the Caribbean Championships (+81 kg), Mexico City, Mexico, November 1973: XII Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, January 1974: 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games (+81 kg), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, March 1974: Golden Belt Tournament (+81 kg), Bucharest, Romania, May 1974: VII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+81 kg), Camagüey, Cuba, July 1974: World Championships (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, August 1974: V Central America and the Caribbean Championships (+81 kg), Caracas, Venezuela, December 1974: XIII Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, January 1975: INDER Anniversary Festival (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, February 1975: XV Honvéd Cup (+81 kg), Budapest, Hungary, March 1975: Golden Belt Tournament (+81 kg), Bucharest, Romania, April 1975: VIII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+81 kg), Las Villas, Cuba, July 1975: Pan American Games (+81 kg), Mexico City, Mexico, October 1975: Local match-up (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, December 1975: XIV Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Camagüey, Cuba, January 1976: Jamaica–Cuba Duals (+81 kg), Kingston, Jamaica, February 1976: Usov Memorial Tournament (+81 kg), Minsk, Belarus SSR, April 1976: IX Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+81 kg), Pinar del Río, Cuba, May 1976: XXI Summer Olympics (+81 kg), Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal, Canada, July 1976: Local match-up (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, February 1977: Local match-up (+81 kg), Camagüey, Cuba, April 1977: Local match-up (+81 kg), Matanzas, Cuba, April 1977: Local match-up (+81 kg), Bayamo, Cuba, April 1977: I Battle of Carabobo International Tournament (+81 kg), Caracas, Venezuela, June 1977: X Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+81 kg), Matanzas, Cuba, July 1977: VIII Central America and the Caribbean Championships (+81 kg), Panama City, Panama, August 1977: XVI Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Camagüey, Cuba, January 1978: Cuba–USA Duals (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, February 1978: XXIX Strandzha Cup (+81 kg), Sofia, Bulgaria, March 1978: Golden Belt Tournament (+81 kg), Bucharest, Romania, March 1978: XI Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+81 kg), Cienfuegos, Cuba, April 1978: World Championships (+81 kg), Belgrade, Yugoslavia, May 1978: National Team Championships (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, September 1978: USA–Cuba Duals (+81 kg), Madison Square Garden, New York City, October 1978: XVII Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Guantánamo, Cuba, January 1979: Cuba–USA Duals (+81 kg), Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva, Havana, Cuba, February 1979: VIII Chemistry Cup (+81 kg), Halle, East Germany, March 1979: Golden Belt Tournament (+81 kg), Bucharest, Romania, March 1979: XII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+81 kg), Havana, Cuba, May 1979: VIII Pan American Games (+81 kg), Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 1979: National Team Championships (+81 kg), Puerto Padre, Cuba, September 1979: XVIII Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Pinar del Río, Cuba, January 1980: USA–Cuba Duals (+81 kg), Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina, February 1980: XI Ústí nad Labem Grand Prix (+81 kg) Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, April 1980: XX Honvéd Cup (+81 kg), Budapest, Hungary, April 1980: XIII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+81 kg), Holguín, Cuba, May–June 1980: XXII Summer Olympics (+81 kg), Moscow, Soviet Union, July–August 1980: XIX Playa Girón National Championships (+91 kg), Matanzas, Cuba, January–February 1981: Local match-up (+91 kg), San José, Cuba, June 1981: XX Playa Girón National Championships (+91 kg), Cienfuegos, Cuba, January 1982: XI Chemistry Cup (+91 kg), Halle, East Germany, March 1982: XV Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+91 kg), Guantánamo, Cuba, May 1982: World Championships (+91 kg), Munich, West Germany, May 1982: XIV Central American and Caribbean Games (+91 kg), Havana, Cuba, August 1982: USA–Cuba Duals (+91 kg), Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, November 1982: XXI Playa Girón National Championships (+91 kg), Las Tunas, Cuba, January 1983: XVI Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+91 kg), Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, August 1983: North American Championships (+91 kg), Houston, Texas, September 1983: XXII Playa Girón National Championships (+91 kg), Manzanillo, Cuba, January 1984: USA–Cuba Duals (+91 kg), Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, February 1984: XIII Chemistry Cup (+91 kg), Halle, East Germany, March–April 1984: AIBA International Challenge (+91 kg), Los Angeles, California, April 1984: Intercup (+91 kg), Karlsruhe, West Germany, May 1984: Cuba–USSR Duals (+91 kg), Havana, Cuba, August 1984: Friendship Games (+91 kg), Havana, Cuba, August 1984: III TSC Tournament (+81 kg), Berlin, East Germany, September 1984: XXIII Playa Girón National Championships (+91 kg), Nueva Gerona, Cuba, January 1985: VI Military Spartakiad of the Friendly Armies of the Socialist Countries (+91 kg), Bydgoszcz, Poland, August 1985: IV TSC Tournament (+91 kg), Berlin, East Germany, September 1985: XXI Vaclav Prochazka Memorial (+91 kg), Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, October 1985: XXIV Playa Girón National Championships (+91 kg), Havana, Cuba, January 1986: XXXVII Strandzha Cup (+91 kg), Sofia, Bulgaria, February 1986: XV Chemistry Cup (+91 kg), Halle, East Germany, March 1986: XVII Ústí nad Labem Grand Prix (+91 kg) Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, March 1986: XIX Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+91 kg), Guantánamo, Cuba, April 1986: World Championships (+91 kg), Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, May 1986: He finished his twenty-years-long career having 332 fights under his belt, with a record of 302 wins, 22 losses (only 1 by 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