Mate Parlov

Mate Parlov
Mate Parlov
Statistics
Real name Mate Parlov
Rated at light heavyweight, cruiserweight
Height 1.84m
Nationality Croatian
Born November 16, 1948(1948-11-16)
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Died July 29, 2008(2008-07-29) (aged 59)
Pula, Croatia
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 29
Wins 24
Wins by KO 12
Losses 3
Draws 2
No contests 0
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold 1972 Munich Light Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold 1974 Havana Light Heavyweight

Mate Parlov (November 16, 1948 – July 29, 2008) was a Croatian boxer, and an Olympic gold medalist for former Yugoslavia. As a professional, he won the European light heavyweight title in 1976 and WBC light heavyweight world title in 1978.

In 1988 and 1994 he was received a golden badge Sport award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Parlov is universally regarded as the greatest Croatian boxer of all time, as well as one of the greatest Croatian sportspeople of the 20th century.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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Professional career

Mate Parlov was born in Split, but his origins were from the village of Ričice near the town of Imotski, Croatia.

Parlov turned professional in 1974 and won the European light heavyweight champion title in 1976.

In 1976 he faced the future world champion Matthew Saad Muhammad. In their first fight, in Milan, he was defeated by an eight round decision. In a rematch with Muhammad, he and Muhammad struggled to a ten round draw.

He won the WBC light heavyweight title in 1978. He lost the WBC light heavyweight version title by defeat from Marvin Johnson with a 10th-round KO in Italy (December 2, 1978). As a professional he had 29 fights; 24 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws.

Amateur

In his amateur career he participated in 310 matches and lost only 13. During his amateur career, Parlov was an eight-time champion of Yugoslavia in the light heavyweight category (1967-1974), five-time champion of the Balkans (1970-1974), two-time champion of Europe (1971 in Madrid, and 1973 in Belgrade) and the world champion at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba. He won the Golden Glove award two times, in 1967 and 1969. He participated in the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the light heavyweight division.

1968 - Olympic Games, Mexico City, Mexico: Quarter Finals (Middleweight)

1971 - European Championships: Gold Medal (Light Heavyweight)

1972 - Olympic Games, Munich, Germany: Gold Medal (Light Heavyweight)

  • W-KO 2 Nouredine Aman Hassan (Chad)
  • W-KO 2 Imre Toth (Hungary)
  • W- Forfeit Miquel Angel Cuello (Argentina)
  • W-PTS Janusz Gortat (Poland)
  • W-TKO 2 Gilberto Carrillo (Cuba)

1973 - European Championships: Gold Medal (Light Heavyweight)

1974 - World Championships, Havanna, Cuba: Gold Medal (Light Heavyweight)

After boxing

His final contact with boxing was in 1984 Olympics, when he was the Yugoslav coach. At those Olympics, Yugoslav boxers achieved their best results ever: one gold, one silver and two bronzes.

After he ended his active boxing career, he moved to Fažana near Pula, away from boxing and the public. He ran his coffee bar in Pula. Periodically he appeared on Croatian national TV as guest-commentator during matches of Željko Mavrović and Stipe Drviš.

Death

In March 2008, Parlov was diagnosed as having lung cancer. Four months later, he died on the way to hospital in Pula, where he had lived with his family after retiring from boxing in 1985.

Awards

References

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Preceded by
Miguel Angel Cuello
WBC Light Heavyweight Champion
7 January 1978 – 2 December 1978
Succeeded by
Marvin Johnson
Awards
Preceded by
Sreten Damjanović
Marijan Beneš
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia
1972
1974
Succeeded by
Marijan Beneš
Nenad Stekić

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