Mirko Puzović (born April 24, 1956 in

Aranđelovac Aranđelovac ( sr-cyr, Аранђеловац, ) is a town and a municipality located in the Šumadija District of central Serbia. , the municipality has a population of 41,297 inhabitants, while the town has 22,881 inhabitants. It is situated ben ...

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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

Steve Larrimore Steve Larrimore (born 14 February 1963) is a Bahamian former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2001. As an amateur, he competed at the 1979 Pan American Games, 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games, 1982 Commonwealth Games, the 198 ...

(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 for 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 Sportspeople from Aranđelovac {{Serbia-boxing-bio-stub