László Papp (boxer)
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Birth Name | László cardboard |
Weight class | medium weight |
nationality | 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.
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
- UNESCO fair play award
- Honorary World Champion of the professional boxing association WBC (1989)
- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (1996)
- International Boxing Hall of Fame (2001)
- Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2001)
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
- 1962 - Winning the EBU middleweight title against defending champion Christian Christensen
- 1962 - Title defense against Hippolyte Annex
- 1963 - Title defense against George Aldridge
- 1963 - Title defense against Peter Müller
- 1963 - Title defense against Louis Folledo
- 1964 - Title defense against Christian Christensen
- 1964 - Title defense against Mick Leahy
literature
- Kurt Castka: The Laszlo Papp Story , Vienna: Wedl, 1965
Web links
- László Papp in the BoxRec database
- László Papp in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Documentary film about László Papp
personal data | |
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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 |