Mirko Puzović
Mirko Puzović (Serbian: Мирко Пузовић; born April 24, 1956 in Kragujevac, Yugoslavia ) is a former Yugoslav amateur boxer in the Light Welterweight (60 to 63.5 kg ). He was 1981 and 1983 Vice European Champion, 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 Olympic Games in 1984.
He trained at the boxing club Radnički Kragujevac and was founded in 1973 Yugoslavian junior flyweight champion and 1974 Yugoslavian Junior Featherweight Champion.
In 1978 he became Yugoslav vice-champion as well as, inter alia, 1981, 1982 and 1987 Yugoslav champion in the light welterweight division.
Results of international championships
- 4th European Junior Championships in 1976 in Izmir, Turkey
- Round: defeat by Tuncay Sipahi (Turkey)
- 24 European Championship 1981 in Tampere, Finland
- Result: 2nd place in the Light Welterweight
- Preliminary round; Victory against Dragomir Ilie (Romania )
- Quarterfinals; Victory against Bohumil Nemecek (Czech Republic)
- Semis; Victory against Dietmar Schwarz (DDR )
- Finale; Defeat by Vasily Schischow (Soviet Union)
- 3rd World Cup 1982 in Munich, Germany
- Result: 3rd place in the Light Welterweight
- Preliminary Round: Win against Luis Garcia ( Venezuela)
- Preliminary Round: Win against Dietmar Schwarz (DDR )
- Quarterfinals: Victory against Joni Nyman (Finland )
- Semi-finals: defeat against Carlos Garcia ( Cuba)
- 9th Mediterranean Games in 1983 in Casablanca, Morocco
- Result: 2nd place in the Light Welterweight
- 25 European Championships 1983 in Varna, Bulgaria
- Result: 2nd place in the Light Welterweight
- Quarterfinals: Mirosław Piotrowski win against (Poland )
- Semi-final: Victory against Siegfried Mehnert (DDR )
- Final: defeat by Vasily Schischow (Soviet Union)
- 23 Summer Olympic Games in 1984 in Los Angeles, USA
- Result: 3rd place in the Light Welterweight
- Preliminary round: win against Denis Lambert ( Canada )
- Preliminary Round: Win against Steven Larrimore (Bahamas )
- Quarterfinals: Victory against Jean -Pierre Mbereke - Baban (Cameroon)
- Semi-finals: defeat Jerry Page (USA)
- 26 European Championship 1985 in Budapest, Hungary
- Result: 3rd place in the Light Welterweight
- Preliminary Round: Win against Konstantinos Tzozos (Greece )
- Quarterfinals: Victory against Dragomir Ilie (Romania )
- Semi-finals: defeat Bacskai Imre (Hungary )
- 4th World Cup 1986 in Reno (Nevada ), USA
- Result: 3rd place in the Light Welterweight
- Preliminary round: win against Christopher Ossai (Nigeria )
- Preliminary Round: Win against Wilberforce Kiggundu (Uganda)
- Quarterfinals: victory against Alexander Künzler ( Germany )
- Semi Finals: Defeat against Vasily Schischow (Soviet Union)
- 27 European Championships 1987 in Turin, Italy
- Round: defeat by Borislav Abadzhiew (Bulgaria)
- 5th World Cup 1987 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
- Result: 2nd place in the Light Welterweight
- Quarterfinals: win against David Kamau (Kenya )
- Semi-final: Victory against Candelario Duvergel (Cuba)
- Final: defeat by Vyacheslav Janowski ( Soviet Union).