Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Cuba bids farewell to former Olympic champion Stevenson (Reuters)

People carry the coffin of Cuban boxing great Teofilo Stevenson, during his funeral at Colon cemetery in Havana June 12, 2012. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba paid its respects on Tuesday to the late boxer Teofilo Stevenson, one of the greatest Olympians of all time who turned down the chance to fight Muhammad Ali at the height of both fighters powers. Stevenson, who won three gold medals as a heavyweight boxer and turned down multi-million dollar offers to turn professional after emerging as a huge talent at the 1972 Munich Games, died of a heart attack on Monday at the age of 60. ...




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