Sport & Note

Mate Parlov

Male

Light-Heavyweight, Yugoslavia, Split, Croatia
Born: 16 November 1948, Imotski, Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Died: 29 July 2008, Split, Croatia
(some sources report Pula, Croatia)
Height: 6ft 2 1/2in, mt 1,88
southpaw

as an amateur:
1967-1974, eight-times champion of Yugoslavia
1970-1974, five-times champion of the Balkans

amateur record: 310–13-0

Mate Parlov was the first Olympic Gold Medallist at light-heavyweight
to win a professional light-heavyweight world title

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1968
Mexico City, Mexico, Olympic Games quarter-finals, 75 kg
+ Oct. 15	Lahcen Ahidous	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS 5:0
+ Oct. 17	Jan van Ispelen	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS 4:1
- Oct. 22	Chris Finnegan	Mexico City, Mexico	LPTS 5:0
1969
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Dual Match Yugoslavia vs Romania, 75 kg
+ Mar. 9	Ion Olteanu	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WPTS 3
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Dual Match Yugoslavia vs Greece, 75 kg
+ Mar. 23	Athanasios Giannopoulos	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WPTS 3
Bucharest, Romania, European Championships silver medal, 75 kg
+ June 2	Ewald Jarmer	Bucharest, Romania	WPTS
+ June 4	Janusz Gortat	Bucharest, Romania	WPTS 3:2
+ June 6	Reima Virtanen	Bucharest, Romania	WPTS
- June 8	Vladimir Tarasenkov	Bucharest, Romania	LPTS
+ Sept. 23	Athanasios Giannopoulos	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WPTS 3
1970 No results recorded
1971
Titograd, Yugoslavia, Balkan Championships gold medal, 81 kg
+ Apr. 29	Dzhurelov	Titograd, Yugoslavia	WPTS
+ May 2	Misu Banu	Titograd, Yugoslavia	WWO
Madrid, Spain, European Championships gold medal, 81 kg
+ June 12	Anthony Roberts	Madrid, Spain	WPTS
+ June 14	Vladimir Metelev	Madrid, Spain	WRSC 2
+ June 16	Janusz Gortat	Madrid, Spain	WPTS 3:2
+ June 17	Horst Stump	Madrid, Spain	WPTS
+ June 18	Ottomar Sachse	Madrid, Spain	WPTS 5:0
1972
Hannover and Hemsbach, West Germany, Dual Match West Germany vs Yugoslavia, 81 kg
+ Feb. 3	Steinhenberger	Hannover, West Germany	WPTS
+ Feb. 5	Guenther Peter	Hemsbach, West Germany	WPTS
Munich, West Germany, Olympic Games gold medal, 81 kg
+ Sept. 1	Noureddine Aman Hasan	Munich, West Germany	WRSC 2
+ Sept. 4	Imre Toth	Munich, West Germany	WRSC 2
+ Sept. 6	Miguel Angel Cuello	Munich, West Germany	WWO
+ Sept. 8	Janusz Gortat	Munich, West Germany	WPTS 5:0
+ Sept. 10	Gilberto Carrillo	Munich, West Germany	WRSC 2
1973
Svetozarevo, Yugoslavia, Yugoslav National Championships winner, 81 kg
+ Apr. 10	Radovan Bisic	Svetozarevo, Yugoslavia	WPTS
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, European Championships gold medal, 81 kg
+ June 3	Michael Imrie	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WRSC 1
+ June 5	William Knight	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WRSC 2
+ June 7	Oleg Korotayev	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WRSCI 2
+ June 9	Janusz Gortat	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WPTS 5:0
1974
Osijek and Subotica, Yugoslavia, Dual Match Yugoslavia vs West Germany, 81 kg
+ May 30	Hans-Juergen Millich	Osijek, Yugoslavia	WPTS
+ June 2	Guenther Peters	Subotica, Yugoslavia	WPTS
La Habana, Cuba, World Championships gold medal, 81 kg
+ Aug. 23	Constantin Dafinoiu	La Habana, Cuba	WPTS
+ Aug. 26	Gilberto Carillo	La Habana, Cuba	WPTS
+ Aug. 28	Ottomar Sachse	La Habana, Cuba	WPTS
+ Aug. 30	Oleg Karatayev	La Habana, Cuba	WRSCI 2

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1975
+ May 31	Dante Lazzari	Opatija, Yugoslavia	KO 1
+ June 20	Robert Amory	Milano, Italy	TKO 5
+ July 12	Horst Lang	Arenzano, Italy	KO 1
+ Aug. 22	Jose Galvez	Split, Yugoslavia	W 8
+ Sept. 13	Jose Evaristo Gomez	Pula, Yugoslavia	W 8
+ Oct. 6	Johnny Griffin	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	TKO 5 (Rtd)
+ Oct. 30	Karl Zurheide	Milano, Italy	KO 1
+ Nov. 22	Billy Freeman	Skopje, Macedonia	W 10
+ Dec. 26	Onelio Grando	Reggio Emilia, Italy	W 8
1976
+ Feb. 6	Macka Foley	Trieste, Italy	TKO 2
+ Mar. 6	Sentiki Qata	Sydney, Australia	W 10
+ Mar. 20	Maile Haumona	Melbourne, Australia	W 10
- May 21	Matthew Saad Muhammad	Milano, Italy	L 8
+ July 10	Domenico Adinolfi	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	TKO 11
(Won European Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 11	Al Bolden	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	KO 9
+ Oct. 15	Aldo Traversaro	Milano, Italy	W 15
(Retained European Light-Heavyweight Title)
= Dec. 3	Matthew Saad Muhammad	Trieste, Italy	Draw 10
1977
+ Mar. 5	Christian Poncelet	Velenje, Yugoslavia	W 10
+ Apr. 5	Francois Fiol	Morgex, Switzerland	W 15
(Retained European Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ July 9	Harald Skog	Basel, Switzerland	W 15
(Retained European Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Aug. 21	Leo Kakolewicz	Rijeka, Yugoslavia	TKO 6
1978
+ Jan. 7	Miguel Angel Cuello	Milano, Italy	KO 9
(Won WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 28	Tony Greene	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	TKO 6
+ June 17	John Conteh	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	W 15
(Retained WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Dec. 2	Marvin Johnson	Marsala, Italy	TKO by 10
(Lost WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
1979
+ July 28	Joe Maye	Munich, Germany	KO 5
+ Sept. 26	Tony Mundine	Gorizia, Italy	W 12
= Dec. 8	Marvin Camel	Split, Yugoslavia	Draw 15
(For vacant WBC Cruiserweight Title)
1980
- Mar. 31	Marvin Camel	Las Vegas, USA	L 15
(For vacant WBC Cruiserweight Title)

Summary

Total bouts: 29, Won: 24 (12 inside the limit), Lost: 3 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0