Slobodan Kačar ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Качар; born 15 September 1957) is a retired

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who was the IBF Light-Heavyweight world champion. He won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the same year, Kačar was named as the best athlete of Yugoslavia.

Amateur career

*Compiled a reported record of 241–9 *Bronze Medal (Middleweight) at the 1978 World Championships in

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*Gold Medal (Light Heavyweight) representing Yugoslavia at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow **Defeated Michael Nassoro (Tanzania) KO 2 **Defeated David Kvachadze (Soviet Union) points **Defeated Herbert Bauch (East Germany) TKO 2 **Defeated

Paweł Skrzecz Paweł Ludwik Skrzecz (born 25 August 1957 in Warsaw) is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the silver medal in the light heavyweight division (– 81 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. In the final ...

(Poland) points (4–1)

Professional career

Kačar turned professional in 1983 and won his first 21 fights, including a victory over Eddie Mustafa Muhammad to capture the vacant IBF Light Heavyweight Title. Kačar lost his next fight, a defense against Bobby Czyz in 1986, via 5th-round TKO. Kačar retired the next year with a record of 22–2–0.

Professional boxing record

Personal life

In 2003, Kačar became president of the Boxing Association of Serbia. His elder brother

Tadija Kačar Tadija Kačar (born 5 January 1956 in Peručica, near Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a retired Bosnian Serb boxer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the light middlew ...

won a silver medal in boxing at the

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. His nephew

Gojko Kačar Gojko Kačar ( sr-Cyrl, Гојко Качар, ; born 26 January 1987) is a former Serbian footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Kačar played for Vojvodina's youth academy before being promoted to the first team. In January 2008, h ...

is an international football player.

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''Blic'', December 7, 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kacar, Slobodan 1957 births Living people People from Central Bosnia Canton Yugoslav male boxers Serbian male boxers Bosnia and Herzegovina male boxers Light-heavyweight boxers World light-heavyweight boxing champions International Boxing Federation champions Olympic boxers of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina