Mate Parlov was a Croatian-Yugoslavian boxer, born in Split on 16 November 1948 and raised in Pula, who died on 29 July 2008. As an amateur light heavyweight he lost only 13 of 310 bouts, won eight Yugoslav titles between 1967 and 1974, took the European title in 1971 and 1973 and won the world title at the first World Championships, held in Havana in 1974. He won the Olympic gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1972 Munich Games. He went on to become European and world champion as a professional as well, and he was voted Best Balkan Athlete of the Year for 1974.
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was a Croatian-Yugoslavian boxer and Olympic gold medalist
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Mate Parlov (16 November 1948-29 July 2008) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian boxer
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He participated in the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in the light heavyweight division.
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