The legendary boxer, Marian Beneš, died today at the 67th anniversary of Banjaluka.

Benes was born in Belgrade, was undisputed in Yugoslavia with 272 career victories, in addition to 16. defeats and 11. rehearsal, and is considered, together with Mat Parlov, the best Yugoslav boxer of all time.

At the European Amateur Boxing Championship, held in Belgrade in 1973, he won the championship title in the lightweight-velter category, and was named an athlete of the year, and six years later as a professional he won the European title in the version of the European Boxing Union in the same category.

He withdrew from the boxing in 1983, after which you only have two exhibition battles.

Marijan Beneš, one of the best European boxers of all time, died today in Banja Luka at the age of 67, according to the Banja Luka media.

He had 299 matches in his career, 272 finished with a win, lost 16, and 11 ended without a decision.

He became a champion of Europe. He defended this title 4 times, and on the domestic scene, in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Yugoslavia, he was inviolable.


In 15 professional matches, at the beginning of the cooperation with Zeler, Beneš achieved 14 victories and gained the reputation of a fighter who can not lose. Then in 1979 came the day of the fight for the title of professional champion of Europe. In Banjaluka "Borik" was knocked out by Frenchman Gilber Koen.

He went to the professionals, and Sister Ljiljana, who lived in Germany at that time, merged with manager William Zeler, reports "Srpskainfo".

This meeting later marked Benešov's life and in some ways showed all the roughness of boxing, professional boxing in general, drawing the character of Marijan Beneš, in the same way that the best scriptwriters and directors of the world would not do it.