Milivoj Labudović

Milivoj (e) Labudović is a former Yugoslavian amateur lightweight boxer and bronze medalist at the 1982 World Cup.

Boxing career

Labudović boxed for Radnički Kragujevac . He was Yugoslav runner-up in 1978, 1979 and 1981. He lost it in the finals of 1979 and 81 against Redžep Jakupi, and in the 1978 final against Ace Rusevski . In 1982 he won the Yugoslav Championships with a final victory over Olympian Dejan Marović.

In 1978 he won the Balkan Championships in Athens , beating Georgios Agrimavakis from Greece in the final. In 1979 he won the Mediterranean Games in Split and took part in the European Championships in Cologne . There he was already defeated in the round of 16 against András Botos from Hungary (1: 4). On December 10, 1981, he beat Vinny Pazienza from the United States in an international match .

In 1982 he took part in the 3rd World Championships in Munich . He won against Róbert Gönczi from Hungary (4: 1), Siegfried Mehnert from the GDR (4: 1) and Werner Schäfer from Germany (3: 2), before he beat Pernell Whitaker from the USA (0: 5) in the semi-finals. lost and retired from the World Cup with a bronze medal.

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