Who is the greatest amateur boxer of all time?

Question

I can think of 3 i would put up there.

1.Teofilo Stevenson- no U.S fighter could beat him and he won 3 gold medals.

2. Laszlo Papp- Great Hungarian 2 time gold medalist.

3. Mark Breland- 110-1 avenged his only defeat to Daryl Anthony with 3 round ko in pros.gold medalist.

Answer 1

i agree pretty much with that list, but cassius clay had a 100-5 amateur record.

Answer 2

me....of course

Answer 3

Mark Breland  

Answer 4

ROCKY!

Answer 5

Great list Frank.

Actually, Laszlo Papp won 3 gold medals-1948 London (middleweight) - 1952 Helsinki (light Middleweight) - 1956-Melbourne (light middle) Also another feather in Papp's cap is he beat the great Jose Torres in his final Olympic competition. Papp's record-W-27 - D-2  -L-0

Stevenson was another gold and amateur great, with a career record of - W-302 - L-22

Also one could add on this list Felix Savon - Won 3 olympic gold medals. 6-World Amateur championships (and 1 silver.) 3-gold in the Pan American Games. And 3-gold in the Central/Caribbean Games. With a career record of - W-362 - L-21.

Answer 6

Frank youve named good men, the cubans pretty well take most of the honours in this one, Felix Savon is up there,Breland's has only an 18-0 international fights, which six are at the 1984 Olympic Games  

Answer 7

Don't no his name bt the cuban fighter who beat mir Khan to take gold at the last olympics must be one of them

Answer 8

Its got to be Mark Breland.  Stevenson was great and is probably number 2, but nobody and I mean nobody completely dominated their division the way Breland did.  Guys were purposefully avoiding the New York area just so that they wouldn't fight him.  I would also have Felix Savon in that list as well, but Breland is by far the number 1 guy in my eyes.