Having great amateurs doesn't translate into having great pros because there is a difference in styles, but also the age differences aren't so drastic. Americans turn pro younger, get more experience as pros so you bring up good names like Savon and Stevenson and they were great amateurs, but if they fought pros their own age I'm not so certain they would have been that great. Look at Odlanier Solis, and look at the failed fighters from the former Soviet states....they put out some duds as well.

George Foreman had been boxing for only 1 year when he won Gold in 1968 and he hammered the absolute dog crap out of Ionas Chepulis. So it wouldn't be all sunshine and lollipops for the Commie's in the Pro ranks.