Milorad Mišković: how a Serbian developer is reshaping Prague — and opened a boxing club on the side

Serbian entrepreneur Milorad "Miško" Mišković has spent over twenty years building a career in Prague, establishing himself as one of the key players on the local development scene. Recently, an unexpected new passion has entered his life: his own boxing club.

Mišković came to Prague from Belgrade in the 1990s to study at university and gradually put down roots here. Together with well-known developer Serge Borenstein, he helped transform the look of Karlín, and today he's involved in redeveloping part of Rohanský ostrov and other areas of Prague 8. His upcoming plans include restoring the run-down Vyšehrad train station.

Alongside his development projects, the 55-year-old businessman recently took up boxing — introduced to the sport by a business partner. As he puts it, he rarely turns down a new challenge, whether in business or in life. Together with former Soviet national boxing team member Alexander Wertheiser and a few other partners, he founded Tanga Boxing Club Praha — a gym deliberately far removed from the polished fitness-studio look, styled instead after old-school Bronx boxing halls. Around fifty people train there now, including five members of the Czech junior national team and several well-known MMA fighters.

Boxing holds particular significance for Mišković: between 2014 and 2015, he beat cancer twice, fighting off a tumor near his face and nose, and part of his face is now held together with titanium plates. Despite this, he trains without a headguard, even though a direct hit to the face could theoretically cause serious injury.

The club has become a place for him to unwind from the daily grind of development work — a way to switch off completely. As he explains, it's precisely the lack of polish and the raw, "sporty" atmosphere of the gym that helps him fully disconnect from business concerns.