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Slobodan Kačar (born September 15, 1957) is a retired Bosnian Serb boxer, born in Perućica near Jajce in Bosnia and Herzegovina, then SFR Yugoslavia. He won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the same year, Kačar was named as the best athlete of Yugoslavia. He is the younger brother of boxer Tadija Kačar, who won a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Kačar turned pro in 1983 and won his first 21 fights, including a victory over Eddie Mustafa Muhammad to capture the vacant IBF Light Heavyweight Title. Kačar lost his next fight, a defense against Bobby Czyz in 1986 via 5th round TKO. Kačar retired the next year with a record of 22–2–0.
| Preceded by Michael Spinks Vacated |
IBF Light Heavyweight Champion 21 Dec 1985–6 Sep 1986 |
Succeeded by Bobby Czyz |
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| Preceded by Miodrag Perunović |
The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1980 |
Succeeded by Borut Petrič |
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