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Bennett can't stay with favored Savon
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SYDNEY, Australia The prison-to-pride tale of Chicago heavyweight
Michael Bennett ended abruptly today when he couldn't survive the
third round against gold-medal favorite Felix Savon of Cuba.
The four-round Olympic quarterfinal fight was stopped by referee
Peter Ajtai with four seconds left in the third round, with Bennett
trailing 23-8. Afterward, Savon danced through the tunnel of the
boxing venue with his hands raised and a wide smile on his face. But
he knew he didn't have it easy...
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Michael Bennett finally gets his wish _ to fight Cuba's Felix Savon.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; SYDNEY, Australia _ Michael Bennett was all dressed up with no one to punch. It was time for the heavyweight gold medal fight in the 1999 World Boxing Championships in Houston. Bennett was eager to show what he could do against Cuba's Felix Savon, perhaps the best amateur fighter in the world.
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Bennett shows class of a champion in loss.(SPECIAL)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; Michael Bennett was walking toward a locker room. The 190-pounder on the United States boxing team had his fight against Cuba's Felix Savon stopped late in the third round. The gold medal that he wanted to bring home to his mother in Chicago was no longer a possibility. Savon, advertised as 33 in
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Savon draws Samaranch eyes, up next is Bennett.(The Dallas Morning News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; SYDNEY, Australia _ Juan Antonio Samaranch made his Olympic boxing debut on Thursday. The International Olympic Committee president didn't have to say why he was there. His actions told the story. Samaranch took his ringside seat at the Sydney Exhibition Centre as Cuban heavyweight Felix Savon made
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Savon too tall, too quick, too good for U.S.'s Bennett.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; SYDNEY, Australia _ If you appreciate boxing, you appreciate Felix Savon. Savon is the best amateur heavyweight in the world, and has been 14 years. He is 6-6 and 201 pounds, has long, long arms and knows how to use them. His jab snaps, his right hand ends fights and he has the savvy of a
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SAVON'S SUPERIORITY SHINES THROUGH IN BENNETT BATTLE
The Boston Globe
; SYDNEY - The fight had a buildup far bigger than any normal quarterfinal Olympic heavyweight bout. Felix Savon, two-time Olympic gold medalist and six-time world champion representing Cuba, versus Michael Bennett, defending world champion and Olympic gold-medal hopeful, representing the United
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