Svetomir Belić

Svetomir Belić
Svetomir Belić
Born	Svetomir Beljić; 12 October 1946; Smederevo, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	28 July 2002 (aged 55)
Nationality	Serbian
Other names	Belka
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Light middleweight
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Stance	Orthodox
Men’s Boxing
Representing Yugoslavia
European Amateur Championships
Mediterranean Games

Svetomir Belić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Светомир Белић; 12 October 1946 – 28 July 2002)^[1] was a Serbian former boxer. After retiring at the age of 33 in 1980, he was a boxing coach.

He has been called a "legend of Serbian boxing."^[2]

Career

In 1971, as a member of the boxing section of the Partizan Sports Society, he won the silver medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.^[3]

He represented Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated by Anthony Richardson of the Netherlands in a second round bout in the light-middleweight division.

1972 Olympic record

Record of Svetomir Belić at the 1972 Munich Olympics:

Round of 64: defeated Dumar Fall (Senegal) by decision, 4-1
Round of 32: lost to Anthony Richardson (Netherlands) by decision, 2-3

References

^ Slobodan Momčilović, Tempo (1991-07-03). "Šampionu ukrali i prezime! Issue #1323, pgs. 30-31" (in Serbo-Croatian).
^ Dnevni list Danas (2009-04-02). "Polufinale Beogradskog pobednika u Požarevcu" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2011-11-30.
^ Amateur-Boxing. "1979 national champions statistics". Retrieved 2011-11-30.

External links

Svetomir Belić at Olympedia
Official site ^{[
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[1] Slobodan Momčilović, Tempo (1991-07-03). "Šampionu ukrali i prezime! Issue #1323, pgs. 30-31" (in Serbo-Croatian).

[Polufinale_Beogradskog_pobednika_u_Požarevcu-2] Dnevni list Danas (2009-04-02). "Polufinale Beogradskog pobednika u Požarevcu" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2011-11-30.

[1979_national_champions_statistics-3] Amateur-Boxing. "1979 national champions statistics". Retrieved 2011-11-30.

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