Mate Parlov (16 November 1948 – 29 July 2008) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian boxer and Olympic gold medalist who was European and World Champion as an amateur and as a professional.

[citation needed] Mate Parlov was born in Split, the youngest of four children in a Croatian family originally from Imotski.

He participated in the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in the light heavyweight division.

[9] Parlov won twelve of his first thirteen fights as a professional boxer before successfully challenging for the European light-heavyweight title.

Parlov knocked out Cuello in the ninth round to become the first professional world champion from a communist country.