After a brilliant amateur career, culminating in the gold medal in European Amateur Boxing Championships in Belgrade, he turned professional in 1977, and won the European Boxing Union title in the light welterweight in 1979.
He turned professional in 1977. This was after a brilliant amateur career. A brilliant amateur career was culminating in the gold medal in European Amateur Boxing Championships in Belgrade. He won the European Boxing Union title in the light welterweight in 1979. This was after a brilliant amateur career. A brilliant amateur career was culminating in the gold medal in European Amateur Boxing Championships in Belgrade.