Sreten Mirković

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]

Sreten Mirković
Mirković in 1996
Statistics
Nickname(s)Srele
Weight(s)Welterweight
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
NationalitySerbian
Born(1958-02-15)15 February 1958
Priština, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died28 September 2016(2016-09-28) (aged 58)
Požarevac, Serbia
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights498
Wins480
Losses18
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing  Yugoslavia
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 1979 Cologne Welterweight

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 on 28 September 2016 after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He is interred in the Požarevac Old Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. Dnevni list Danas (2 April 2009). "Polufinale Beogradskog pobednika u Požarevcu" (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  2. Amateur-Boxing. "1979 national champions statistics". Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  3. Večernje novosti (28 September 2016). "Preminuo Sreten Mirković: Legenda zauvek napustila ring" (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 September 2016.


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