László Papp (boxer)

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Data
Birth Name László cardboard
Weight class medium weight
nationality HungaryHungary Hungarian
birthday March 25, 1926
place of birth Budapest
Date of death October 16, 2003
Place of death Budapest
style Legal display
size 1.65 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 29
Victories 27
Knockout victories 21st
Defeats 0
draw 2
Profile in the BoxRec database

László Papp [ ˈlaːsloː ˈpɒp ] (born March 25, 1926 in Budapest ; † October 16, 2003 there ) was a Hungarian boxer .

Career

amateur

Papp was the first boxer to win gold medals in three consecutive Olympic Games ( 1948 middleweight, 1952 and 1956 light middleweight). He is considered to be one of the most internationally successful amateur boxers of all time. His match record included 312 fights, including 301 wins, six draws and five defeats. He was also European champion in 1949 and 1951 .

In the course of his amateur career he beat Ivano Fontana , Stig Sjölin , Jens Andersen , Theunis van Schalkwyk , Zbigniew Pietrzykowski and José Torres .

professional

In 1957, Papp became the first official professional boxer of a socialist country, albeit with an Austrian license; therefore he regularly traveled to Vienna for training and competitions . Despite these restrictions, he won the European middleweight title in 1962, which he then defended six times. After the Hungarian authorities refused to approve a World Cup fight, Papp resigned as reigning European champion at the end of 1964 and ended his professional career. Overall, Papp remained unbeaten as a professional in all of his 29 fights and left the ring as a winner 27 times. The Hungarian faced the German Peter Müller three times . In one of the two draws, Papp had to survive seven rounds with a broken hand. In 1989 the boxing organization WBC named him honorary world champion and two years later declared him the world's best amateur and professional middleweight boxer of all time.

László Papp (right) in November 1951 during the international match between Hungary and the GDR

Trainer

1969 to 1992 Papp coached the Hungarian national team; In 1972 , the light flyweight György Gedó won Olympic gold under his leadership. After retiring as national coach, Papp set up a boxing school in Budapest.

László Papp died on October 16, 2003 in Budapest.

Awards

László Papp 1955

Success as an amateur boxer

  • 1946 - Hungarian Middleweight Champion
  • 1947 - Hungarian Middleweight Champion
  • 1948 - Olympic Champion (Middleweight)
  • 1949 - European champion (middleweight)
  • 1951 - European champion (light middleweight)
  • 1952 - Hungarian champion (light middleweight)
  • 1952 - Olympic champion (light middleweight)
  • 1953 - Hungarian champion (light middleweight)
  • 1954 - Hungarian Middleweight Champion
  • 1955 - Hungarian champion (light middleweight)
  • 1956 - Hungarian champion (light middleweight)
  • 1956 - Olympic champion (light middleweight)

Success as a professional boxer

literature

  • Kurt Castka: The Laszlo Papp Story , Vienna: Wedl, 1965

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personal data
SURNAME Papp, László
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 2003
Place of death Budapest