Milorad Gajović

Milorad Gajović (born July 27, 1974 in Nikšić ) is a boxer from Montenegro . He won, at that time still starting for Yugoslavia , a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the European Championships in 2000 .

Career

Milorad Gajović comes from the Montenegrin Podgorica . He started boxing in what was then Yugoslavia in his youth. He did not appear at international championships until 2000, when he was already 26 years old. Right at his first start at an international championship, the European Championship 2000 in Tampere , he achieved his greatest success of his boxer career. He won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division there. In the semifinals he was defeated by the Russian Alexander Lebsjak .

At the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis , he had another success. He won the heavyweight tournament there and won the final over Omar Bellaouati from France . He also showed good fights at the 2003 World Cup in Bangkok . He beat there György Hídvégi from Hungary by breaking off in the third round and defeated Vyacheslav Uselkow from Ukraine on points. In the quarter-finals, he gave the high favorite Odlanier Solís from Cuba an evenly balanced fight over long distances and was only barely defeated with 17:20 points. He finished fifth at this world championship.

In 2004 he won the Beogradski Pobednik tournament in Belgrade in the heavyweight division with a final victory over Christos Filippou from Cyprus . Milorad Gajović had no success at the 2006 European Championships in Plovdiv , because he was eliminated in the first preliminary round with a defeat against József Darmos from Hungary.

At the 2007 World Cup in Chicago , Milorad Gajović achieved three wins. He won against Ali Mazaheri from Iran (20: 9) and Vedran Đipalo from Croatia (22:12) on points and defeated the Scottish Stephen Simmons by abandoning in the fourth round. Only in the quarterfinals he was eliminated from the eventual world champion Clemente Russo from Italy with a point defeat (2:15). He finished fifth again.

In 2008 he first tried in Pescara to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing . After a point win over Lukáš Viktora from the Czech Republic (18: 9), he failed there with a point defeat in the next fight against Elchin Alisade from Azerbaijan (9:17). At the next European qualifying tournament in Athens , he used the last available opportunity and qualified with points wins over Mihalis Filippou from Cyprus (22: 1), Zolak Ananikjan from Armenia (19:14), Elchin Alisade (29:16) and Helias Pavlidis, Greece (4: 3) for participating in the 2008 Olympic Games.

In Beijing he met the Greeks Pavlidis again in the first round, lost with 3: 7 points and was eliminated from the tournament early.

International success

(WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Hs = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight, up to 81 kg or 91 kg body weight)

• 2000, 3rd place , EM in Tampere , Hs, behind Alexander Lebsjak , Russia a . Claudio Rasco, Romania , together with Ali Ismailow, Azerbaijan ;

• 2001, 1st place , Mediterranean Games in Tunis , S, ahead of Omar Bellaouati, France , Mohamed Homrami, Tunisia a . Ahmet Aksu, Turkey ;

• 2003, 5th place , World Cup in Bangkok , S, behind Odlanier Solís , Cuba , Alexander Alexejew , Russia, Steffen Kretschmann , Germany a . Wiktor Sujeu , Belarus ;

• 2004, 1st place , Beogradski Pobednik tournament in Belgrade , S, ahead of Christos Filippou, Cyprus , Ivica Bačurin, Croatia and Muminovič, Slovakia ;

• 2006, 1st place , 50th Golden Gloves in Kraljevo / Serbia , S, ahead of Terwel Pulew, Bulgaria ;

• 2007, 5th place , World Championships in Chicago , S, behind Clemente Russo , Italy , Rachim Tschachkijew , Russia, John M'Bumba , France a. Nijati Yushan, China ;

• 2008, 1st place , Beogradski Pobednik tournament in Belgrade, S, ahead of Borut Slapnik, Slovenia and Miloš Cvetković, Serbia ;

• 2008, 9th place , Olympic qualification tournament in Pescara , S, winner: Wiktar Sujeu, Belarus, ahead of Olexander Ussyk, Ukraine;

• 2008, 1st place , Olympic qualification tournament in Athens , S, ahead of Helias Pavlidis, Greece , Elçin Əlizadə, Azerbaijan and Petrişor Gănănău, Romania

swell

• Box Sport trade journal from 2000 to 2008,
• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Website "sports123.com",
• Website "www.serbia-info.com"

Web links

• Profile of Milorad Gajović in the database of the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateurs (English)
• Milorad Gajović in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )