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Place of Birth: Guantánamo Province, Cuba
About Félix Savón
- Félix Savón Fabre (born September 22, 1967) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1980 to 2000.
- Considered one of the all-time greatest amateur boxers, he became three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the World Champion six times in a row, all in the heavyweight division.
- In 1988, when he was favored by many to win the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Cuban government boycotted the event.
- Savón is particularly known for having rejected numerous multimillion-dollar offers to defect, leave Cuba permanently to fight Mike Tyson as a professional.
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