Sreten Mirković
Serbian boxer
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Sreten Mirković (Serbian Cyrillic: Сретен Мирковић; 15 February 1958 – 28 September 2016) was a Serbian boxer. He had been referred to as a "legend of Serbian boxing".[1]
Mirković in 1996 | |||||||||||||||
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Nickname | Srele | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 1958 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 September 2016 (aged 58) Požarevac, Serbia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 498 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 480 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 18 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
In 1979, as a member of the Mladi Radnik Sports Society from Požarevac, Mirković won the silver medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.[2]
Coaching
Mirković was a coach in the Kostolac Boxing Club and was a coach of the Mladi Radnik Boxing Club in Požarevac.
Death
Mirković died of lung cancer on 28 September 2016 after a long illness. He is interred in the Požarevac Old Cemetery.[3]
