Mirko Puzović
| Mirko Puzović medal table |
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| bronze | 1984 Los Angeles | Light welterweight |
| World Championship | ||
| bronze | 1982 Munich | Light welterweight |
| bronze | 1986 Reno | Light welterweight |
| World cup | ||
| silver | 1987 Belgrade | Light welterweight |
| European Championship | ||
| silver | 1981 Tampere | Light welterweight |
| silver | 1983 Varna | Light welterweight |
| bronze | 1985 Budapest | Light welterweight |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
| silver | 1983 Casablanca | Light welterweight |
Mirko Puzović (Serbian: Мирко Пузовић; born April 24, 1956 in Kragujevac , Yugoslavia ) is a former Yugoslavian amateur boxer at light welterweight (60 to 63.5 kg). He became Vice European Champion in 1981 and 1983, won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in 1983, bronze medals at the World Championships in 1982 and 1986, the silver medal at the World Cup in 1987 and the bronze medal at the 1984 Olympic Games.
He trained at the boxing club Radnički Kragujevac and was Yugoslav junior flyweight champion in 1973 and Yugoslav junior champion in featherweight in 1974 .
In 1978 he was Yugoslav runner-up and u. a. 1981, 1982 and 1987 Yugoslav light welterweight champions .
Results of international championships
- 4th European Junior Championship 1976 in Izmir , Turkey
- Preliminary round: loss to Tuncay Sipahi (Turkey)
- 24th European Championship 1981 in Tampere , Finland
- Result: 2nd place in the light welterweight division
- Preliminary round; Victory against Ilie Dragomir (Romania)
- Quarterfinals; Victory against Bohumil Němeček (Czech Republic)
- Semifinals; Victory against Dietmar Schwarz (GDR)
- Final; Defeat against Vasily Shishov (Soviet Union)
- 3rd World Cup 1982 in Munich , Germany
- Result: 3rd place in the light welterweight division
- Preliminary round: win against Luis Garcia (Venezuela)
- Preliminary round: Victory against Dietmar Schwarz (GDR)
- Quarter-finals: win against Joni Nyman (Finland)
- Semi-finals: loss to Carlos Garcia (Cuba)
- 9th Mediterranean Games 1983 in Casablanca , Morocco
- Result: 2nd place in the light welterweight division
- 25th European Championship 1983 in Varna , Bulgaria
- Result: 2nd place in the light welterweight division
- Quarter-finals: Victory against Mirosław Piotrowski (Poland)
- Semi-finals: Victory against Siegfried Mehnert (GDR)
- Final: defeat against Vasily Shishev (Soviet Union)
- 23rd Summer Olympics 1984 in Los Angeles , USA
- Result: 3rd place in the light welterweight division
- Preliminary round: win against Denis Lambert (Canada)
- Preliminary round: win against Steven Larrimore (Bahamas)
- Quarter-finals: win against Jean-Pierre Mbereke-Baban (Cameroon)
- Semi-finals: loss to Jerry Page (USA)
- 26th European Championship 1985 in Budapest , Hungary
- Result: 3rd place in the light welterweight division
- Preliminary round: win against Konstantinos Tzozos (Greece)
- Quarter-finals: win against Ilie Dragomir (Romania)
- Semi-finals: loss to Imre Bacskai (Hungary)
- 4th World Championship 1986 in Reno (Nevada) , USA
- Result: 3rd place in the light welterweight division
- Preliminary round: win against Christopher Ossai (Nigeria)
- Preliminary round: Victory against Wilberforce Kiggundu (Uganda)
- Quarter-finals: Victory against Alexander Künzler (Germany)
- Semi-finals: defeat against Vasily Shishov (Soviet Union)
- 27th European Championship 1987 in Turin , Italy
- Preliminary round: defeat against Borislaw Abadzhiew (Bulgaria)
- 5th World Cup 1987 in Belgrade , Yugoslavia
- Result: 2nd place in the light welterweight division
- Quarter-finals: win against David Kamau (Kenya)
- Semi-finals: win against Candelario Duvergel (Cuba)
- Final: defeat against Vyacheslav Janowski (Soviet Union).
Web links
- Mirko Puzović in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Results of the Junior European Championship 1976, Boxing-Strefa
- Results of the EM 1981, Boxing-Strefa
- Results of the 1982 World Cup, Boxing-Strefa
- Results of the EM 1983, Boxing-Strefa
- Results of the 1984 Olympic Games, Boxing Strefa
- Results of the EM 1985, Boxing-Strefa
- Results of the 1986 World Cup, Boxing-Strefa
- Results of the EM 1987, Boxing-Strefa
- Results of the WC 1987, Boxing-Strefa
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Puzović, Mirko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kragujevac |