Editing Teófilo Stevenson (section)

===Munich Olympics 1972===
Stevenson, now twenty, joined the Cuban boxing team for the [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich Olympics of 1972]]. His opening bout against experienced Polish fighter [[Ludwik Denderys]] began dramatically when Stevenson knocked the other man down within thirty seconds of the opening bell. The fight was stopped moments later due to a large cut next to the Pole's eye.

Proceeding to the quarter finals, Stevenson met American boxer [[Duane Bobick]]. Bobick, a gold medalist at the [[Boxing at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971 Pan American Games]], had beaten Stevenson previously. After a close first round, Stevenson lost the second, but a ferocious display in the third round knocked Bobick to the canvas three times and the contest was stopped. The victory was viewed on television throughout Cuba, and is still considered Stevenson's most memorable performance.

Stevenson easily defeated German [[Peter Hussing]] in the semifinal by TKO in the second round, and received his gold medal after Romanian [[Ion Alexe]] failed to appear in the final due to injury. The Cuban boxing team won three gold medals, their first in Olympic boxing history, as well as one silver and one bronze. The Munich games established Cuba's dominance over the amateur sport that was to last decades. It also established Stevenson as the world's premier amateur heavyweight boxer.

Less than two years after his successful performance at the Munich Olympics, Stevenson, then 22-years-old, was rewarded with a house for himself in Havana and another for himself and his family in [[Delicias, Cuba|Delicias]]. Stevenson later recalled: "I had no idea the house in Delicias was going to be so big. When I was shown the plans, I said, 'What is this? A bunker?{{'"}} AIBA president [[Anwar Chowdhry]], when asked did the Cuban authorities acted properly in giving Stevenson two houses and two cars, said: "These things should not be allowed. If gifts are to be given it should be for everybody—not for a few." Over tea in his office in Havana's [[Sports City Coliseum]], INDER president Conrado Martínez Corona defended the local practice of giving cars and apartments to top athletes. "Our country has the obligation of solving the problems of all citizens—the problems of their nourishment, housing, education and health", he said. "It's a pity we can't solve this problem in the way we need to for everybody."<ref name="Brubaker">{{cite news |last= Brubaker|first= Bill|author-link= Bill Brubaker|date= 21 February 1986|title= A Boxer to Whom Money Didn't Talk|newspaper= [[The Washington Post]]|pages= A1}}</ref>