1984 Olympic Games - Boxing 81kg Awards Ceremony - Anton Josipovic YUG and Evander Holyfield USA

After American Evander Holyfield was disqualified in his semifinal match against New Zealand's Kevin Barry, Yugoslav Anton Josipovic won the gold medal via walkover. A memorable moment after the Yugoslav national anthem.

[@stevanmedojevic5055]

Kod mene Anton nikad ne placa pivu... Toliko mogu.

[@barknturna7476]

ANTON JOSIPOVIC yarı final maçında EVANDER'ın bile bile hakkının yendiğini biliyordu ve sadece O'nu 1.lik kürsüsüne davet ederek bu hakkı O'na teslim etti. Büyük bir sporcusun Josipov 👏👏👏👏

[@harrypeters8306]

And the truth will set you free...

[@isis2658]

Kevin Barry don't deserve that MEDAL and he knows it.lol

[@bremCZ]

Puufa Puti Well he did admit immediately after that fight that Holyfield beat him up however based on the rules of the fight he absolutely deserved the medal.

[@cquilty1]

+Brem "Rules? Please clarify. Interesting how you claim Barry deserved the medal, yet based on Barry's body language at the ceremony, he would beg to differ with your Quixotic stance...

[@isis2658]

cquilty1 so true.

[@cquilty1]

Puufa Puti Exactly. And Holyfield knew he was the real winner here.

[@bremCZ]

cquilty1 The rules which state that punching after a stop can draw a DQ. He was not the better fighter and he knew it. His bodylanguage was that of someone who knew he wasn't the better fighter but he did indeed deserve the medal based on the fact that the other fighter was DQ'd. If any fighter does something to be DQ'd then the other fighter absolutely deserves the W.

[@HerbEVore-ti6hs]

Nice gesture from the olympic gold medalist

[@TALI_NZMUSIC2024]

Holyfields humble... went all the way to the top and became world champion more than once..

[@nm-ix7dz]

great sportsmanship by the boxers

[@STASHYNSKYI]

Hej Sloveni...

[@charliebronx295]

Anton Josipovic is still alive and he lives in Banja Luka. During the war in Bosnia his health was damaged and he took alot of abuse. Nowadays local people are just passing around him and they dont even know who Josipovic is. It is so sad that one boxing name like he is haves 0 meaning in his hometown.

[@sylezmakefightz9727]

He’s a hero in my eyes to do that for Holyfield shows his tremendous heart

[@miloslazic5588]

@@sylezmakefightz9727 Lot years later, some idiot tried to assasinate Josipovic, shot him... almost kill him, he was in hospital... and Hollyfield offered him help

[@sidonijajosipovic6502]

veliki pozdrav za naseg olimpijca, velikog sportistu i covjeka

[@jimpowers0810]

Why did the ref start a count if the punch came after he said break?

[@georginahepi372]

cos hes a dickhead

[@猿飛佐助-m3s]

Evander Holyfield has two names goes by, One is the real deal you know, and the other is the Patient. If you watch this video, you'll see why he was called the Patient.

[@ivansantek8420]

10. years later , during war in ex YU , Anton Josipvoč was stabed by knife of serbian guy ! Holyfield , took him in USA for operation and recovering in his home - thats sport-human spirit !

[@fraouimadjid1886]

he stabbed him just because he is Bosnian .!maybe he stabbed him from behind

[@JerryDrake1000]

No. That is not true. First, he was not stabed but shot in Coffe shop when he drinks a coffe with Serbian friends.(by some scum bag who supposed to be a Serb). Second, Evander offered him to pay medical treatment in US but Josipovic stayed in hospital in Bosnia for 6 months, he was in bad shape for any transport to the US. The wound was close to his heart, and it tooks him 2 years to ''fully'' recovered.It is a sad story . Josipovic was Olympic champion, he was not nationalist and always decleres himself as a Yugoslavian. Today he lives in Bosnia-Repubic of Srpska entity in the same town with a same friends. And everybody loves him and respects him!

[@75jjj]

Ne laži,Anto nije zboden nego ga je idiot upucao iz pištolja i to 1997. godine u kafani. Prva,hitna operacija koja mi je spasila život,bila je u Banja Luci a onda je nastavljeno liječenje u Zagrebu. Nikakav Holifild i nikakva Amerika... Ante je i danas danas u Banjaluci,svi mi normalni ljudi ga volimo i cijenimo. Ante je bio i ostao najiskreniji i pravi Jugoslaven

[@75jjj]

This is lie. Reed my coment please,all of you

[@stankoradulovic389]

@@75jjj Sam Josipović je priznao da mu je Holifild ponudio liječenje u SAD i plaćanje svih troškova tog liječenja...

[@vinodkarikala4837]

Anton was very humble without support 🙏🏼 . Respect Anton .

[@karimcherfi224]

🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🥊🥊🥊🥊

[@limalima6037]

The Evander Holyfield robbery was psychotic bulljive from the referee. One more reason to self control your spending and saving when you are from the hood!

[@denismilovanovic9678]

Holyfield great sportsman!!!

[@tazunkavitko8743]

JUGOSLAVIJA💓💓💓💓🥇🥇🥇

[@silviopereira6233]

Roubado, Holyfield deveria ter ganhado.

[@StormFive]

Josipovic covered himself in glory with that classy gesture, no doubt. How about Kevin, also? He straight up called the DQ a terrible decision and said Holyfield should have at least taken his own silver medal. This entire recognition ceremony was everything right and good and honorable about these men.

[@fraouimadjid1886]

mustapha moussa un gros espoire de boxe algerien tout ses vœux et ses rêves sont gâchés par une négligence total .

[@GhaniOran-od6gb]

Le médaillon bronze le champion Moustapha moussa algerien

[@jealousmeister8317]

Became greater than most

[@ruzcelbeltran]

Holyfield was robbed at this

[@tuusharptuloose7275]

Barry should have been disqualified for his constant holding onto Holyfield.

[@sylezmakefightz9727]

You can see it on all there faces they knew in there heart of hearts Holyfield was supposed to be number 1

[@plutoniusis]

You would never know it , yes Holyfield had excellent talent and was superior fit , however they had same weight and I wouldn't underestimated Josipovic at that time who had Lion hearth , You never know because didn't happen .

[@AJK_I]

This is my grandpa's cousin. So basically my cousin. Just figured this out. I am astounded

[@AJK_I]

@Whitemug Collectives Post-production Services cares

[@AJK_I]

@Whitemug Collectives Post-production Services my grandpa is Marko

[@AJK_I]

@Whitemug Collectives Post-production Services yea, I got pictures of it too

[@latinobandido7471]

I care. That is amazing!

[@AJK_I]

@@latinobandido7471 thank you ☺️

[@salahferah5948]

The final should have been Holyfield vs the Algerian Mustapha Moussa.

[@trucking-usaa]

Respect for Anton

[@barneyboy2008]

Wasn't robbed he knocked a man out after the ref said stop and the other man dropped his guard.

[@gabegarcia6425]

all class

[@cosmoscosmos250]

Moussa is Algerian and he was the best boxer in Africa and Arabic we still have better professional boxers

[@LanceBoyle-z2g]

Why we take this rubbish 🗑 seriously. Dat ref should be banned for life, basically he became the show.

[@Doomai-q2j]

Ref was right.

[@replicacity92]

great sportsmanship

[@tihomirvukovic1499]

bravo!!! veliko srce

[@azizdz216]

تحية كبيرة البطل الجزاءري موسى مصطفى ...طلبه دون كينج في نفس المرحلة مع هولي فيلد التوقيع على عقد الاختراق مع الاسف الاتحادية الحزاءرية لم تعطي لموسى رخصة الاحتراف بحجة السن

[@johnberry1204]

Sorry Holyfield wasn't robbed the ref clearly said stop before he punched Barry and carried on this kind of stuff through his pro career I'm not hating them facts

[@kidmack1121]

JOHN BERRY!!! finally someone else with functioning vision and hearing. I was just thinking about how Tyson complained about that very thing.

[@fraerot]

Ante has suffered great at civil war in Bosnia

[@seal869]

what's he saying about dan gable before that?

[@bretthansen4773]

Robbed...

[@mackamacak8097]

banja luka forever

[@SA77888]

Kevin Barry - Joseph Parker's trainer

[@1966cain]

Two losers together !

[@bremCZ]

1966cain Don't bring the world down by being a douche. Make it better. One won an Olympic Medal and the other won a heavy weight belt. 2 great athletes while neither is close to Holyfield, they sure aren't losers.

[@bremCZ]

1966cain He will hold Parker back if he is allowed to, but right now he isn't. Parker hasn't outgrown him just yet. Barry told the world even before the medal ceremony that Holyfield beat him up. Barry openly admits that Holyfield spanked him, so I doubt Parker is under any illusion otherwise. Good try, can you come up with any more nonsense?

[@scorpion5700]

I hate to admit that I heard the ref say stop before the knock out.

[@westnyacktwins]

He said it once before and once after. It’s still a shame we never got to see Holyfield and Josipovic fight for gold.