Mate Parlov SD15 John Conteh

John Conteh travels to Belgrade to try and wrest the WBC title that was stripped from him from around the waist of former World amateur champion and Olympic Gold medalist Parlov.
A fairly scrappy but intriguing styles clash between the fading boxer puncher Conteh and the awkward southpaw Parlov, Conteh makes up for his legs leaving him and his damaged hands by desperately trying to punch out a decision against the home country favourite. Even with a taller southpaw foe, Conteh's use of the head does not go unnoticed by the referee.
14th round missing.

[@daar5208]

R.I.P. MATE PARLOW , LEGENDE

[@nedadbalavac9469]

Mate Parlov.as.schampion i ljudina.

[@IJ72]

Mate Parlov= LEGENDA

[@DHEMGHJS]

Cheat 3 layers of plastic skin on his eyebrows

[@IJ72]

@@DHEMGHJS be gone!

[@tihomiradamovic302]

Malo je takvih danas,velik čovjek i pravi sportista.Pošten i fer do protivnika,to me je uvijek fasciniralo kod Mate.Nadam se,da če i današnja genercija mladih boksera ponešto naučiti od njega,kako bi se trebalo ponašati u ringu i poštovati protivnika.Da si dobar bokser treba ti puno inteligencije,bez toga si samo obična vreča za udaranje,zato ne može biti svako prvak,ko naš Mate.Počivaj u miru,još si u našim srcima.

[@grosicsgyuszi1]

Everyibody now's, if you want to win the undisputed Champion, you must to be more agressiv, you must to enter a much more pure punchis... I don't see nothing for this element. Parlov is so good. He has fought for the win, they needed! Mate Parlov was a big Champion in the Golden Age of Boxing!!! Nobody gave the world titles, from Parlov! Through hard work he has been to the world's best Champion!!!

[@grosicsgyuszi1]

Pochivaj u miru Veliki Shampione, nyugodj békében!RIP Champion of the World!

[@DavidSmith-fs6pi]

Parlov was a stiff and the Miguel Angel Cuello fight was fixed. Marvin Johnson kicked his ass and so would Matthew Saad Muhammad and Eddie Mustafa Muhammad have kicked his stiff ass also.

[@frankoi7022]

Interesting comments here. Parlov throw far more clean shots, plus Conteh got several warnings. Deserved victory. However, a very good fight.

[@borbazvezdara9782]

bio prisutan i imao čast da sedim u petom redu pored ringa upoznalise kasnije u restoranu sjaj na Zvezdari i tadasamu kazao da sam bio na ovom meču

[@matoblasko4608]

mate parlov bolji 100%

[@dankovasovic499]

Honestly...very close fight..i was reporter for biggest Yugoslav daily newspaper Vecernje Novosti "..but also with Angelo Dundee and Gil Clancy..who were commentators for CBS with Tim Ryan..Both.and Angelo Dundee and Gil Clancy said that Mate Parlov won... mainly cose he collected lot of points with right hand jab...

[@MrAbraxason]

Who won round 14? Without that round i have it 134-130 Parlov, but many close rounds.

[@dankovasovic499]

Yes exactly.. That's it.

[@dusandinic634]

I was there, summer 1976. A clear draw. Very good fight, but no one deserved victory.

[@jela1706]

+Dusan Dinic 17.06.1978. :)

[@dcasey77]

Dusan Dinic How can any fight clearly be a draw??

[@jamesdean1143]

Your memory fails you - June 17th, 1978

[@mladendjokic2404]

MA MATE JE BIO MATE SVE IH MATIRAO 👏👏👏👍😜

[@fitzieo1]

Content was a very good fighter, A real pity that his life out of the ring was very colourful.

[@davesmith8877]

Does anyone have either of the Mate Parlov-Marvin Camel fights?

[@vahidh11]

Vrlo težak meč protiv Conteha koji se bavio i karateom Počivaj u miru i hvala

[@walterhoffman4010]

Good fight. Better than I expected. Parlov was shifty. Conteh was clearly the stronger puncher. Real close. I scored the two rounds where Conteh had points taken away even. Which means I have the fight scored 6-6-2. The 14th round isn't on this tape, so I don't know who won it. Conteh was the better fighter, but just by a hair.

[@travisthechimp7857]

You said he was better by a hair? What, like by a Conteh hair?

[@paulwilliams2663]

Conteh, the better boxer, beautiful jab. Parlov a very accomplished fighter too, olympic gold in Munich. My dad was there. Strange, as not connected, but I've ended up living in Belgrade now, with Serb wife.

[@izydorzeglinski9301]

Nasz kochany Papa Sztam miał rację: lewa prosta lub prawa prosta.

[@sandirajkovic7237]

parlov the bestt

[@kcatleticos]

Where is the decision???

[@robinevans3440]

Conteh won this fight....Home town verdict.

[@garychapman4294]

Where's round 14?

[@louduva9849]

Missing.

[@zeljkokable]

parlov puno bolji

[@otkrsupporter]

Thanks for this post. I've seen bits and pieces of this fight but i've not seen so much of it in one watch. Both fighters fought tremendous fights but I thought Conteh won it even with the point deductions.

[@dede4224]

Conteh ha vinto questo match. Ma a Belgrado si rubavano i match.

[@kc1973able]

Good old Conteh going in for the kill at the stretch of them last three rounds. Really throwing punches with bad intentions I thought John Conteh won this great scrap. Parlov is tough guy. Maybe a home town decision.....

[@markojolic5408]

It was a mistake giving it to Parlov and he knew it. No shame in losing a fight would have been better than all of the salty taste and bitter comments. We would been seeing more of Parlov.

[@garychapman4294]

144/140,Conteh,even if parlov won the last round,( I scored it 9/9) 143/141, John was robbed

[@TheLutrien]

Sure, Conteh was robbed ! Referee Rudy Ortega gave 147/141 for John Conteh ! And he was close enough to juge right.

[@fitzieo1]

I agree,even with the point deductions,Conteh definitely won.

[@MrAbraxason]

No robbery. It was very close. Parlovs jab was better, conteh had the harder shots.

[@frankoi7022]

Parlov throw more punches through the match, and the result is proper.

[@paulcolville5972]

Conteh clearly was fighting against two people in the ring! Referee a disgrace. Conteh was a talented young world champion but lost his way after. Would've been nice if he'd regained the title, but that's boxing for you!

[@JuliusCappon]

Conteh won the fight but in Belgrade rules different laws

[@SSFFRRJJ]

Dont shit man,everybody knows that Mate was better.

[@Dr.HaroldShipman]

Ply Boy Primes Conteh would beaten Parlov more convincingly.

[@MIRZATAB]

Nick Nazari FYMF

[@davesmith8877]

+Ply Boys Victor Galindez would have beaten both of these fighters

[@walboyfredo6025]

Conteh won this fight - Mate was doing a lot of defensive work.

[@ArchieFatcackie]

Bent as f***. Conteh throws a short right uppercut in the 14th round and they deduct a point for use of the elbow! Conteh was past his best at this point but still won that fight. It was a robbery.

[@paco4716]

bla,bla,bla

[@markojolic5408]

Mate told to Chonte you won... And the parlov corner said we would be more then happy with the draw

[@davesmith6624]

I think Conteh won this and then Marvin Johnson kicked Parlov's ass in the next fight. Marvin Johnson should have been fighting John Conteh instead of Parlov but Marvin would have beaten John Conteh also.

[@ArchieFatcackie]

No he wouldn't

[@BS-jr3dl]

Dave Smith; Very doubtful.

[@andrewanderson8551]

Agreed. Marvin Johnson would have been too much for the 1978 version of John Conteh. Johnson's punching power, aggression and southpaw stance are the big difference between the pair.

[@dcasey77]

Ridiculous refereeing. There was no elbow thrown by Conteh in the 15th.

[@solidcake3401]

The worst decision in boxing history,also parlov was wearing a see through mask over his eyes to stop getting cut

[@travisthechimp7857]

''A see through mask over his eyes''? Wow, is that true? Or do you mean Vaseline?

[@DavidSmith-fs6pi]

@@travisthechimp7857 Plastic mask

[@travisthechimp7857]

@@DavidSmith-fs6pi Yeah thanks Dave I went and looked him up right after I asked the question. That is possible thee strangest thing I've seen in boxing.. lol!

[@DavidSmith-fs6pi]

@@travisthechimp7857 Marshal Tito wasn't going to allow Parlov to lose in Yugoslavia.

[@solidcake3401]

70's British boxers were robbed so many times lol conteh won every round

[@DavidSmith-oh3re]

Parlov won this fight narrowly.

[@markojolic5408]

And to say robbed. Excuse me ther wore allsow fight in England, judged by British judges in GB promotion agencies.. So is it safe to assume that you robbed non British fighter's..boxing was always a shady sport and it will be in the future as well.

[@paulwilliams2663]

@Marko Jolic if you knew the politics of Britain you'd be aware liverpool where John's from, is like a mini Republic. Mostly Irish 70% and the rest are immigrant, John's family from Sierra leone, I was in french legion with his brother Frank. The scousers are not the most liked people in the UK due to their origin, especially then. No favours done for him, unlike Eastern Europe.

[@DavidSmith-fs6pi]

John Conteh was robbed

[@sabicdah3185]

David Smith You are lier!