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  Matthew Saad Muhammad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His first fight with Parlov, in Milan, was also his first fight abroad.
After returning to Italy for a rematch with Parlov, he and Parlov struggled to a ten round draw.
The Lopez fight, their first of two, was considered a classic by boxing experts, and Saad Muhammad survived a relentless attack by Lopez to retain the belt with an 11th.
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 Marvin Camel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He holds the distinction of being the first person recognized as Cruiserweight boxing champion of the world by two different professional sanctioning bodies.
Camel beat Mate Parlov for the vacant WBC world Cruiserweight title in 1980, losing the title in his first defense, to Carlos De Leon.
After losing in a rematch to De Leon, he became, in 1983, the IBF's first world champion, by becoming world Cruiserweight champion for the second time when he claimed that organization's title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marvin_Camel   (129 words)

  
 Official web page of VMRO-DPMNE
In his days there was a great development of boxing in Macedonia; he managed to provide for many sponsorships, organized a lot of matches, tournaments, and sent a lot of boxers to the Olympic Games and to European and world championships.
He was the one who brought Mate Parlov on a boxing match in Shtip, his native town, and he also brought Benesh and many other boxers, all of whom were his close friends.
I remember that he had been very proud to be greeted on television by Mate Parlov personally, right before the start of the match in Sicily, where Parlov defended his champion’s title.
www.vmro-dpmne.org.mk /english/Vesti/vest.asp?id=131   (2199 words)

  
 Matthew Saad Muhammad -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
In 1976, Saad Muhammad had a major step up in opponent quality: He faced future world champions (additional info and facts about Marvin Camel) Marvin Camel and Mate Parlov, both of them twice.
His first fight with Parlov, in (The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages) Milan, was also his first fight abroad.
After returning to (A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD) Italy for a rematch with Parlov, he and Parlov struggled to a ten round draw.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/matthew_saad_muhammad.htm   (1206 words)

  
 KNOCK-OUT.DK - No. 1
New weight divisions might not be what boxing needs but the European Boxing Union might introduce jr flyweight (108 lbs) to Europe and also a brandnew Junior Cruiser class with 185 lbs as maxweight.
When Universum promoted in Pula, Croatia, June 18, most of the country´s great boxing stars such as Zeljco Mavrovic and Marijan Benes were ringside but Mate Parlov - possibly the best of them all - didn´t attend.
Parlov, who these days owns a café in Pula, didn´t attend.
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Conteh was stripped of his title when he pulled out of a fight with lightly regarded Miguel Cello, Conteh was fit to fight but his temperament got the better of him.
Now he was forced to fight as a challenger and was unable to win the title in 3 attempts, against Mate Parlov once and Matthew Saad Muhammad the first time he had come close to winning on points in their home towns.
He would state that he was a beaten man before he ever fought the champions with his concentration and dedication to the sport now gone.
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 IBHOF / Matthew Saad Muhammad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
He took an aggressive path to the top and after just 18 pro fights he was saddled with three losses and two draws.
His losses were to future champions Marvin Camel and Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and one of the draws came against another future champ, Mate Parlov.
In 1977, in just his 21st pro fight, Matthew knocked out veteran Marvin Johnson in the 12th round to win the NABF light heavyweight crown.
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 eBay.co.uk - mate, PDA Accessories, Mobile Phone Accessories, Mobile Phones items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
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 HP d.d.- Stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
At the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Mate Parlov, member of the Boxing Club from Pula, won the gold medal in the light-heavyweight division.
At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Damir Škaro won the bronze medal for the Croatian boxing in the distinguished light-heavyweight division.
Croatian boxers Mate Parlov and Marijan Beneš have won titles of world and European champions in amateur boxing, and titles of professional world and European boxing champions have been won by Mate Parlov, Ivan Prebeg, Marijan Beneš, Željko Mavrović and Stipe Drviš.
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 Boxing News : Cruising in Obscurity
Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox were patrolling California’s highways, Blondie ruled the airwaves, America prepared to swap a peanut farmer for an actor in the Oval Office, and boxing was about to crown a champion in its newest division.
On March 31 of that year, Marvin Camel bested Mate Parlov in the Las Vegas desert to become the World Boxing Council cruiserweight champion.
Actually the first cruiserweight title bout was held three months earlier when Camel and Parlov squared off in Croatia.
www.maxboxing.com /Stowell/stowell010403.asp   (1109 words)

  
 Croatian Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Iva Majoli is only 21, and has already been a member of TOP 10 for a long time, and another young talent, Mirjana Lucic, who is only 16, still has a lot of place and time to progress in the world of tennis.
Croatia had many good boxers in past, best of those were Mate Parlov, Marijan Benes, and Zeljko Mavrovic.
Zeljko is still fighting, and he was undefeated for five years of his professional career.
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 JE Boxing: April 2005
The first title bout in the division, which until recently was set at a limit of 190-pounds, was between two veteran light-heavyweight campaigners, Marvin Camel and former WBC light-heavweight champion Mate Parlov on Dec. 8, 1979.
Their first meeting, as in auspicious as it was, resulted in a draw.
Camel captured the belt Mar. 24, 1980 in a rematch with Parlov with a 15-round decision.
jeboxing.blogspot.com /2005_04_01_jeboxing_archive.html   (6980 words)

  
 Boxing: A Brief History of the Cruiserweight Division
The more champions with green belts around their wastes, the more money the WBC reels in.
Regardless, in 1979 Marvin Camel signed to fight Mate Parlov for the first cruiserweight title fight in history.
Their first encounter was a 15 round draw, but a rematch held 4 months later had Camel coming away as the first ever cruiserweight champion.
ringsidereport.com /Wilbur3152005.htm   (1545 words)

  
 The New Cruiserweight Division | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
The first title bout in the division, which until recently was set at a limit of 190-pounds, was between two veteran light heavyweight campaigners, Marvin Camel and former WBC light heavyweight champion Mate Parlov on December 8, 1979.
Their first meeting, as inauspicious as it was, resulted in a draw.
In the years that followed, the only stellar names that stood out besides Holyfield and Qawi were Carlos DeLeon, a three-time champion in the division, power punchers Lee Roy Murphy and S.T. Gordon, and recent “names” Vasily Jirov and James Toney; except for Toney, not household names but able fighters.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1976/boxing-news-wire.php   (1177 words)

  
 The Fighters
From...Indianapolis, IN The Facts...A bronze medalist at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, this aggressive southpaw light-heavyweight champ threw punches from bell to bell.
He K0d Mate Parlov in 1978 in Sicily to win the WBC title, then lost it to Matthew Saad Muhammad in 1979.
Later that year he won the WBA version at 175 pounds when he broke down Victor Galindez in 11 rounds in New Orleans.
www.peltzboxing.com /halloffamefighters.cfm   (3408 words)

  
 CageWarriors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Very simple and inteligent person outside of the ring but real warrior inside, promise to give his life time fight and real war for all 12th rounds.
After famous Mate Parlov his wish is to bring this prestigeous title for the first time in Indenpendent Republic of Croatia.
For sure great fight between technical fighters where the winner will gain good position for further advance on world rankings.
www.cagewarriors.com /page.asp?ID=973   (400 words)

  
 :: - Updates & News - Legends Update
He made three successful defences in the succeeding years against Americans Lonnie Bennett (w rsf 5), Yaqui Lopez (w pts 15) and Len Hutchins (w rsf 3).
However, he was stripped by the WBC for failing to see through a contracted defence against Miguel Cuello and later lost three WBC title shots against Yugoslavian Mate Parlov (l pts 15) and Matthew Saad Muhammad (l pts 15, l rsf 4).
Conteh, who had a 34-4-1 record as a professional and also held the British, European and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles, is, however, modest when fight fans call him one of the great British fighters.
www.secondsout.com /Legends/update.cfm?ccs=233&cs=8511   (416 words)

  
 Stirpes - Bulgaria vs. Croatia (1st half)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
More important stuff if you ask me happened this weekend.
Did you know that Croats have world boxing champion after almost 30 years and Mate Parlov?
Stjepan Bozic won yesterday against Australian Nader Hamdan in Super Middleweight world title match.
forum.stirpes.net /printthread.php?t=3833   (563 words)

  
 HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000; January 1, 1999; 266 Words
Mate Parlov (WBC); Marvin Johnson (WBC)1979 Matthew Saad Muhammad (WBC); Victor Galindez (WBA); Marvin Johnson (WBA)1980 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (WBA)1981 Michael Spinks (WBA); Dwight Braxton (WBC)1983-1985 Michael Spinks*1985 J. Williamson (WBC)1986 Marvin...
Parlov (WBC); Marvin Johnson (WBC) 1979 Matthew Saad Muhammad (WBC); Victor Galindez (WBA); Marvin Johnson (WBA) 1980 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (WBA) 1981 Michael Spinks (WBA); Dwight Braxton (WBC) 1983-1985 Michael Spinks* 1985 J. Williamson (WBC) 1986 Marvin...
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