Marijan Beneš (11 June 1951 – 4 September 2018) was a Yugoslav

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from

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. He is considered one of the best boxers in Yugoslav history. After a brilliant amateur career, culminating in the gold medal in

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in Belgrade, he turned professional in 1977, and won the

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title in the

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s in 1979. Next year he fought for the WBA World

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title but lost to title holder

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on points. Beneš withdrew from the ring in 1983, after a severe eye injury. In 2020 he was named as the best Bosnian boxer in 20th century.

Biography

Beneš was born in

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father Josip and

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mother Marija (née Vukić). Under the influence of his father, a music teacher, Beneš played piano and violin in his childhood. He had three brothers and one sister. He spent his childhood in

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. Marijan was one of the famous four Beneš brothers (Antun, Ivica, Josip, Marijan) that competed for Sloboda Tuzla. His life took a radical turn when he (allegedly) entered the ring in

at the age of 10 and won against an 18-year-old opponent. His first coaches were Bego Huseljić and Miloš Todorović. When he was 16, he left Bokserski klub Sloboda Tuzla and joined Bokserski klub Slavija in

, where he would stay during his entire amateur career. Beneš described himself as being staunchly opposed to " Greater Serbs" and " Greater Croats", maintaining a Yugoslav identity.

Career

During his amateur career, Beneš won nine titles in Bosnia, four titles of Yugoslav champion, and a number of other competitions. In 1973, he won the European title in light welterweight in

and he received the "

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", an award for the Best Athlete of the year in

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. Soon after he caught

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, which could have meant the end of the career. "Radically stubborn" (as he said himself), and devoted to boxing, he decided to continue. He also participated in the

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, but lost in the second round.

Highlights

1973

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* 1/8: Defeated

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(England) TKO 2 * 1/4: Defeated Paul Dobrescu (Romania) TKO 2 * 1/2: Defeated Ulrich Beyer (East Germany) TKOI 2 * Finals: Defeated Anatoli Kamnev (Soviet Union) TKOI 2 1973 Balkan Championships,

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* 1/2: Defeated Calistrat Cutov (Romania) 3:2 * Finals: Defeated

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(Greece) 5:0 1976 Balkan Championships,

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* 1/4: Defeated

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(Turkey) 5:0 * 1/2: Defeated Viktor Tushev (Bulgaria) 5:0 * Finals: Defeated Vasile Cicu (Romania) 5:0 He turned professional in 1977, rising quickly to the European top. On 17 March 1979, in his hometown Banja Luka, he won the EBU title knocking down the defender, French boxer Gilbert Cohen, in the fourth round. He defended the title successfully four times, and lost on points in 1980 to then WBA world junior middleweight champion

, for the WBA's world championship in a match regarded as one of toughest in

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ever. He eventually lost the EBU crown to Louis Acaries in 1981. A severe injury of his left eye effectively sealed his career. It is not exactly known which match caused it; by one account, it was a match with

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in 1983, and by another, it originated from the 1979 match with Sandy Torres in

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, and the condition worsened since. During the career, he had a number of other injuries: 26

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s and damaged

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, that caused him to speak quietly and slowly. He withdrew from the ring in 1983, fighting only two more exhibition matches in 1990s. The ring injury eventually left Beneš blind in his left eye.

After boxing and death

Beneš's brother was killed in 1992, during the

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. Beneš also participated in the war. At the end of the war in 1995, he was forced to leave Banja Luka after a number of threats. He sold his possessions cheaply, and during the war he stayed in

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and

, in

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, in poverty. He divorced his wife Stana, who moved to

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, Serbia, with their daughters Žanet and Marijana. As he put it, "everything turned around; people started hating each other overnight…there are great people, but the war helped me realize who is the real people and who is scum." He returned to Banja Luka in 1996, after the end of the war, continuing to live modestly. "I lived in Croatia, people respected me, but I'm used to the old friends". In 2004, a

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of Beneš's life, titled ''Bio jednom jedan šampion'' (''Once Upon a Time There Was a Champion'') was recorded in the production of Independent Television Banja Luka. Despite modest ambitions, it toured all over the former Yugoslavia, and Beneš was frequent guest on promotions. Beneš lived the rest of his life in Banja Luka under modest circumstances, mostly financed by his sister Ljiljana. He published a book of poems ''Druga strana medalje'' (Another Side of Coin), devoted to sports, and he said that he had written a dozen more, and that he planned to publish them. Despite regular physical activity and a healthy diet, his boxing career and advanced age caused some health complications. In 2017, Beneš had

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and was a wheelchair user. He died on 4 September 2018 at the age of 67.

Boxing record as a professional

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Biography

Career

Highlights

After boxing and death

Boxing record as a professional

See also

References

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