Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Cuban Olympic boxing great Teofilo Stevenson dies

Teofile Stevenson, earlier this year. PHOTO/Javier Galeano/AP

Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson, the three-time Olympic heavyweight champion with a devastating right hand and a gentlemanly demeanor, has died. He was 60.

"The Cuban sporting family was moved today by the passing of one of the greatest of all time," said a statement read on the news Monday night. He died of heart disease, it added.

Earlier a sports official, speaking on condition of anonymity lacking authorization to

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