Redžep Redžepovski ( mk, Реџеп Реџеповски; born 14 December 1962) is a retired Macedonian

flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb). Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of bo ...

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, who won silver medal for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

in the flyweight division (< 51 kg) at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

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. In the final he was defeated by Steve McCrory of the

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. During the preliminary rounds of the 1984 Olympics, Redžepovski scored a controversial win over

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Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech (born 28 May 1964) is an Australian former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2008. He won world titles in three weight divisions, having held the IBF bantamweight title from 1985 to 1987, the WBC super-bantamweight ...

, a future World Champion in four weight divisions. Fenech was initially given the decision, but after intervention by the Olympic Boxing Committee and a total recount, the decision was reversed with Redžepovski being awarded the win. Many of the other boxers and those in the press felt that Fenech had been unfairly robbed of a chance to win an Olympic medal and most boxing writers noted how political amateur boxing was, especially at the

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Olympic results

*Defeated

Sanguo Teraporn Teraporn Sang-Ano (born 3 November 1962) is a Thai boxing, boxer. He competed in the Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Flyweight, men's flyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. References

1962 births Living people Thai male ...

(Thailand) 3–2 *Defeated

Pat Clinton Patrick "Pat" Clinton (born 4 April 1964) Was a Scottish former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1994. He held the WBO flyweight title from 1992 to 1993. At regional level, he held the British flyweight title from 1988 to 1999, and ...

(Great Britain) KO 2 *Defeated

(Australia) 4–1 *Defeated

Ibrahim Bilali Ibrahim Bilali (born July 21, 1965) is a retired flyweight boxer from Kenya, who won a bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. In the semifinals he was defeated by R ...

(Kenya) 5–0 *Lost to Steve McCrory (United States) 1–4

External links

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