That's hard to say. And after Griffith came Ernie Lopez, who earned his title shot by beating Hedgemon Lewis (future newly and briefly re-instated NYSAC World Welterweight Champion).But then there was a bump in the road, a bump named Billy Backus.
No list of Cuban Boxing greats would be complete without this legend. His first great victory was the Olympic title in Barcelona Games, back in 1992, where he won his four fights, with 91 punches scored and barely 13 received. As an amateur fight, he had a record of 114 wins and only one defeat. Gavilan first met Robinson in a 10 round non-title bout that sent his fans in an uproar when he was announced the loser. This followed a 2nd round KO by Tony Canzoneri 2 fights before. Napoles took a tune up fight before the rematch, but when it happened he returned the favor and stopped Backus on cuts.Mantequilla's second reign as champion lasted quite a bit longer, including 2 defenses against Hedgemon Lewis, another defense against Ernie Lopez, and 2 defenses against WBHOFer Armando Muniz, among others. Olympic Games results. The Kid successfully defended this crown twice, against Fidel La Barba and British Seamond Watson.“Mantequilla” Nápoles is described as one of the most technical Cuban boxers of all time. Neither was champion back then so they just had a standard 10 rounder (which Griffith won). He held the WBA interim heavyweight title from 2015 to 2016, and has challenged twice for the WBC heavyweight title in 2018 and 2019. But he could certainly produce a career as good as Sugar Ramos or Joel Casamayor. And that, combined with his resume, is the deciding factor that tells me Gavilan is the greatest Cuban pro fighter of all time.
Fortunately for you, you might actually learn something.Gaspar Ortega, who dropped back to back decisions to Fernandez, was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995. What Gavilan did do is perform the best out of all of Robinson's welterweight foes, along with Fritzie Zivic and Marty Servo. No list of Cuban Boxing greats would be complete without this legend. Wilder was hurt badly in round 7 by a right hook and left hand from Ortiz. The official time of the stoppage was at 2:05 of round 10.At the time of stoppage, all three judges had their scorecards 85–84 in favor of Wilder.On 7 July 2018, it was rumored that Ortiz would return in a 10-round bout on 28 July, on the undercard of the WBC and IBF On 24 October 2018, Ortiz's manager Jay Jimenez announced that a deal had been reached for Ortiz to fight American boxer On 16 January 2019, it was announced that Ortiz would next fight German heavyweight contender In September 2019, it was announced that a rematch between Ortiz and Wilder had been confirmed on the 23rd November 2019. But hey, this is all just speculation and you shouldn't really care about my ratings in the first place. While Gavilan didn't invent the "Bolo punch", he did make it famous. So clearly he's a future hall of famer in my book too. It was intense, skillful, and fought at a pace typical of wild brawls. List of famous boxers from Cuba, listed alphabetically with photos of the boxers when available. In 1972, Teofilo Stevenson of Cuba became a heavyweight Olympic champion, capturing his first ever gold medal. That is why he was given the “Val Baker” award, as the finest boxer in the Olympic event. The 6-ft 3-in (1.9-m) Stevenson shocked the boxing world in the quarterfinals of the 1972 Olympic Games in
Guillermo Rigondeaux, 12-0 (8 KOs), is a 32 year old, unified super bantamweight world champion coming off the biggest win of his career after trouncing Nonito Donaire.
Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Stevenson won three world amateur titles (as a heavyweight in 1974 and 1978 and as a super-heavyweight in 1986), a mark matched only by fellow Cubans Adolfo Horta and The World Junior Championship was held in Havana and the fighter easily conquered the gold medal. If he had better luck he could have walked away with victories over all of them, but had to make due with 2 over LaBarba. These stoppage defeats were the only ones of Chocolate's career but signaled a steady decline in his ring abilities. The blood obstructed Mantequilla's vision and he kept getting caught with heavy shots over and over again. He really was as smooth as butter.A friend of mine made a tribute video for him a few years back, enjoy:In any event Berg gave Chocolate his 1st loss. He didn't just dominate guys, he looked good doing it. Balado stood out for his great moves on the ring, excellent techniques and powerful punches.