Honors and Awards
- Golden Gloves: 1967, 1969
- Croatian Sportsman of the Year: 1971, 1972, 1973
- Yugoslavian Sportsman of the Year: 1971, 1972, 1974
- Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia: 1972, 1974
- Croatian Sportsman of the 20th century
- Lifetime Honorary President of Croatian Boxing Federation
- WBC Honorary Champion: 2006
- Croatian Walk of Fame: 2008
- Mate Parlov Sport Centre
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“Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)