Mate - Teo Parlov
Light-heavyweight Boxing Champion
Two-time Golden Glove Winner
Eight-time Champion of Jugoslavia
Five-time Champion of the Balkans
Two-time Amateur Champion of Europe
Olympic Champion
Amateur Champion of the World
Professional Champion of Europe
Professional WBC Champion of the World
Croatia Sportsman of the 20th Century
WBC Hall of Fame Member
The First Ever Amateur World Champion
Mate Parlov is the only boxer in history to have won in
the same weight class division the European, Olympic
and World gold medal as an amateur boxer, and a
European and a WBC World title as a professional
one.
About Mate
He was born in Split on November 16, 1948...
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His favourite part of the career was the amateur one...
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In his professional career, he had twenty-nine matches...
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Two-time Golden Glove Winner...
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The Best Ever Croatia and Yugoslavia Boxer
He was undefeated for six years and two months (March 1970 – May 1976).
At the same time he was an amateur and professional Champion of the World (January - May 1978).
He was the first boxer from a socialist country to win a professional World Title.
Welcome to Mate at the Arena amphiteatre in Pula 1972
