Teofilo Stevenson

“What is one million dollars compared to the love of eight million Cubans?” The famous words by one of the greatest boxers to have ever contested in the Olympics, the late Teofilo Stevenson, who turned down a 5-million USD deal to fight Mohammad Ali.

Teofilo Stevenson is one of the three boxers to have ever won three gold medals. Stevenson never turned professional and ended his boxing career as an amateur boxer. It would have been really interesting had he turned professional as he was considered to be the best at the time and who knows, the Cuban may have made it among the biggest names of the sports. Teofilo Stevenson becomes one of the greatest Olympians in the world.