Svetomir Belić (

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: Светомир Белић; 12 October 1946 – 28 July 2002) was a Serbian former boxer. After retiring at the age of 33 in 1980, he became a boxing coach. He has been called a "legend of Serbian boxing".

Career

In 1971, as a member of the boxing section of the Partizan Sports Society, he won the silver medal at the

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. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated by Anthony Richardson of the

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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

Death

Belić died on 28 July 2002.

References

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* (archived) 1946 births 2002 deaths Sportspeople from Smederevo Serbian male boxers Yugoslav male boxers Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for Yugoslavia Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1975 Mediterranean Games {{Serbia-boxing-bio-stub