Redžep Redžepovski
Redžep Redžepovski (Macedonian: Реџеп Реџеповски; born 14 December 1962) is a retired Macedonian flyweight boxer of ethnic Macedonian Turkish origin, who won silver medal for Yugoslavia in the flyweight division (< 51 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. In the final he was defeated by Steve McCrory of the United States.
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Born | Kumanovo, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia | 14 December 1962||||||||||||||
Medal record
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During the preliminary rounds of the 1984 Olympics, Redžepovski scored a controversial win over Australia's Jeff Fenech, a future World Champion in four weight divisions. Fenech was initially given the decision, but after intervention by the Olympic Boxing Committee and a total recount, the decision was reversed with Redžepovski being awarded the win. Many of the other boxers and those in the press felt that Fenech had been unfairly robbed of a chance to win an Olympic medal and most boxing writers noted how political amateur boxing was, especially at the Olympic Games.
Olympic results
- Defeated Sanguo Teraporn (Thailand) 3–2
- Defeated Pat Clinton (Great Britain) KO 2
- Defeated Jeff Fenech (Australia) 4–1
- Defeated Ibrahim Bilali (Kenya) 5–0
- Lost to Steve McCrory (United States) 1–4