Slobodan Kačar (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Качар; born 15 September 1957) is a retired Serbian boxer who was the IBF Light-Heavyweight world champion. 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.

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Slobodan Kačar
Born	Slobodan Kačar (1957-09-15) 15 September 1957 (age 66)[1] Jajce, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia[2]
Nationality	Yugoslav-Serbian
Statistics
Weight(s)	Light heavyweight
Height	6 ft 0+1⁄2 in (184 cm)
Reach	74 in (188 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	24
Wins	22
Wins by KO	12
Losses	2
Medal record Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Light Heavyweight World Amateur Championships 1978 Belgrade Middleweight Mediterranean Games 1979 Split Light Heavyweight

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• Compiled a reported record of 241–9
• Bronze Medal (Middleweight) at the 1978 World Championships in Belgrade
• Gold Medal (Light Heavyweight) representing Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
  • Defeated Michael Nassoro (Tanzania) KO 2
  • Defeated David Kvachadze (Soviet Union) points
  • Defeated Herbert Bauch (East Germany) TKO 2
  • Defeated Paweł Skrzecz (Poland) points (4–1)

Kačar turned professional 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.^[3]

In 2003, Kačar became president of the Boxing Association of Serbia.^[1] His elder brother Tadija Kačar won a silver medal in boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His nephew Gojko Kačar is an international football player.^[2]