Bosnia and Herzegovina Boxers - Marijan Bene, Hamid Guska, Anton Josipovi? (Paperback)

Chapters: Marijan Bene, Hamid Guska, Anton Josipovi?. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Marijan Bene (Serbian Cyrillic: ) (born June 11, 1951 in Belgrade) is a former Yugoslavian boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, still considered one of the best in the Yugoslavian history. After a brilliant amateur career, culminating in the gold medal in European Amateur Boxing Championships in Belgrade, he turned professional in 1977, and won the European Boxing Union title in the light welterweight in 1979. Bene withdrew from the ring in 1983, after a severe eye injury. Marijan was born in Belgrade to Croatian parents, Josip and Marija. Under the influence of his father a music teacherMarijan played piano and violin in his childhood. He had three brothers and one sister. He spent his childhood in Tuzla. However, his life will take a radical turn when he (allegedly) entered the ring at the age a 10 and won against an 18 year old opponent. When he was 16, he signed for the Slavija boxing club in Banja Luka, where he would stay during his amateur career. During his amateur career, Bene has won 9 titles of Bosnian champion, 4 titles of Yugoslavian champion, and a number of other competitions. In 1973, he won the European title in light welterweight in Belgrade. However, soon after he caught hepatitis, a fact that could mean the end of the career. "Radically stubborn" (as he said himself), and devoted to boxing, he decided to continue. He also participated in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, but lost in the second round. 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 fo...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=13355849