Ace Rusevski is a retired Macedonian

Macedonians (ethnic group)

The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

 boxer

Boxing

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, who represented Yugoslavia

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 at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...

 in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the lightweight

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 division (– 60 kg) after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Howard Davis Jr.

Howard Davis Jr.

Howard Edward Davis, Jr. is a retired world-class American amateur and professional boxer. Growing up on Long Island as the eldest of 10 children, Davis first learned boxing from his father. After being inspired by a movie about Muhammad Ali, Davis embarked on his amateur career. He won the 1976...

 of the United States

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Professional career

Rusevski turned pro in 1981 and had limited success. He never fought for a major title and retired in 1987 with a career record of 18-2-3 with 8 KO's.

Amateur career

• 1977 - European Championships, Halle, Germany: Gold Medal (Lightweight)
• 1978 - World Championships, Belgrade, Yugoslavia: (Lightweight)

Defeated Moilanen (Finland)

Lost to Davison (Nigeria)

Olympic Results

• 1976 - Olympic Games, Montreal, Canada: Bronze Medal (Lightweight)
  • Defeated Gerard Hamill (Ireland) 4-1
  • Defeated Roberto Andino
    Roberto Andino
    Roberto Andino is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the men's lightweight division . He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada. Andino captured the silver medal at the 1979 Pan American Games.-References:*...
    
     (Puerto Rico) RSC 3
  • Defeated Reinaldo Valiente (Cuba) 5-0
  • Defeated Yves Jeudy (Haiti) RSC 2
  • Lost to Howard Davis, Jr. (United States) 0-5

• 1980 - Olympic Games, Moscow, Russia: (Lightweight)
  • Defeated Margarit Anastasov  (Bulgaria) (4-1)
  • Defeated Boualem Belaouane (Algeria) 5-0
  • Lost to Patrizio Oliva
    Patrizio Oliva
    Patrizio Oliva is an Italian former boxer, who won the gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as an amateur and the WBA World light welterweight title as a professional....
    
    (Italy) 2-3