Gyula Török (boxer)

Gyula Törok
Data
Birth Name	Gyula Törok
Weight class	Flyweight bantamweight
nationality	Hungarian
birthday	January 24, 1938
place of birth	Kispest
Date of death	January 12, 2014
size	1.61 m

Gyula Török (born January 24, 1938 in Kispest ; † January 12, 2014 ) was a Hungarian boxer . He was Olympic champion in 1960 in the flyweight .

Career

Gyula Török started boxing as a teenager. He started first for the Tatabánya Bányász Sport Club , then for Vörös Lobogo Budapest and finally for MTK Budapest . He was one of the outstanding Hungarian boxers of those years even in the junior division. Since 1958 he started with great success at the Hungarian championships for senior citizens. At a height of 1.61 meters, he first started in the flyweight (class up to 51 kg body weight) and from 1961 in the bantamweight (class up to 54 kg body weight).

His international career began in 1959. He started this year at the European Championships in Lucerne , where he defeated the Soviet champion Vladimir Stolnikov in the semifinals . Only in the final did he find his master in the German Manfred Homberg , who beat him on points and relegated him to 2nd place.

In 1960 he celebrated the greatest success of his career at the Olympic Games in Rome . He became an Olympic flyweight champion. Before he could take this success, he had to beat five strong competitors. He won over Lasso Mesa from Spain by knockout in the first round, over Rocco Gattelari from Australia (5: 0), Miguel Angel Botta from Argentina (5: 0) and Abdelmoneim El-Guindi from Egypt (4: 1) on points . In the final battle he had to break the toughest resistance against Sergei Siwko , the Soviet starter, before he was declared winner of the points with 3-2 judges' votes and was Olympic champion.

In 1961 he started bantamweight at the European Championships in Belgrade . He won his first fight there against Johansen from Norway , but lost in the quarterfinals against Primo Zamparini from Italy and came in 5th place.

In 1964 Gyula Török tried his luck again at the Olympic Games in Tokyo , but already lost his first fight by technical knockout in the 2nd round against Oleg Grigoryevich Grigoryev from the Soviet Union when he was unable to continue boxing because of a gaping eyebrow injury did not even reach the round of 16. Together with the losers of his round, he came in 17th place.

In 1966 Gyula Török ended his boxer career. He completed training as a trainer and became a trainer at Csepel Budapest .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, Fl = flyweight, Ba = bantam weight, up to 51 kg or 54 kg body weight)

1959, 2nd place , EM in Lucerne , Fl, with victories over Charles Reiff, Luxembourg , Paolo Curcetti, Italy a . Wladimir Stolnikow , USSR a . a loss to Manfred Homberg , Federal Republic of Germany ;
1960, 1st place , Honved Cup in Budapest, Fl;
1960, gold medal , OS in Rome , Fl, with victories over Lasso Mesa, Spain , Rocco Gattelani, Australia , Miguel Angel Botta, Argentina , Abdelmoneim El-Guindi , Egypt a . Sergei Sivko , USSR ;
1961, 5th place , EM in Belgrade , Ba, with a point victory over Johansen, Norway a . a point loss to Primo Zamparini , Italy ;
1964, 17th place , OS in Tokyo , Ba, after a loss to Oleg Grigoryevich Grigoryev , USSR

Hungarian championships

(as far as known)

1961, 1st place, Ba,
1962, 1st place, Ba,
1964, 1st place, Ba

International battles

1956 in Rzeszów , Poland against Hungary (Juniors), Fl, point defeat against Adam Romaniszyn,
1957 in Budapest , Hungary against Poland , Fl, points victory over Dazimierz Rzesnikiewicz,
1958 in Wrocław , Poland against Hungary, Fl, point defeat against Henryk Kukier ,
1958 in Budapest, Hungary against GDR , Fl, point defeat against Otto Babiasch ,
1958 in Moscow , USSR against Hungary, Fl, point defeat against Miron Mucha,
1959 in Berlin (East), GDR against Hungary, Fl, points winner over Harry Schwer,
1961 in Budapest, Hungary against Bulgaria , Ba, points winner over Kostadin Georgiev,
1962 in Budapest, Hungary against Poland, Ba, points winner over Brunon Bendig ,
1962 in Sofia , Bulgaria against Hungary, Ba, points winner over Michailo Mitsew,
1962 in Plovdiv , Bulgaria against Hungary, Ba, point winner over Kostadin Georgiev,
1962 in Budapest, Hungary against Czechoslovakia , Ba, demolition winner 1st round over P. Chochola,
1962 in Lodz , Poland against Hungary, Ba, points winner over Brunon Bendig,
1962 in Kalisz , Poland against Hungary, Ba, point defeat against Stanislaw zydaczek,
1964 in Budapest, Hungary against Yugoslavia , Ba, draw against Dragan Rankovic,
1964 in Budapest, Hungary against England , Ba, points winner over Jimmy Isaac