Mirko Puzović (born April 24, 1956 in Аranđelovac,

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) is a retired

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from

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. At the

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he won the bronze medal in the men's light welterweight division (– 63.5 kg). In the semifinals he was beaten by eventual winner

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of the

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. He did the same two years earlier at the

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Olympic results

*1st round bye *Defeated Denis Lambert (Canada) 5–0 *Defeated

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(Bahamas) 5–0 *Defeated Jean Mbereke (Cameroon) 5–0 *Lost to

(United States) 0–5

External links

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1956 births Living people Serbian male boxers Light-welterweight boxers Olympic boxers of Yugoslavia Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in boxing Yugoslav male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games {{Serbia-boxing-bio-stub