Mária Kovács

Mária Kovács (born May 7, 1981 in Szeged ) is a Hungarian boxer . She is multiple world and European amateur champion.

Career

Mária Kovács, who comes from Szeged, started playing volleyball in her youth and then tried her hand at kickboxing . But she soon switched to Olympic boxing and found it to be the sport that appealed to her best. She has boxed since 1998 and belongs to the boxing club PVSK Szentlörincz . She is trained by Laszlo Gal. Maria Kovacs is employed at the University of Szeged.

She achieved her first successes on the international women's boxer scene in 2001. She started this year at the 1st women's boxing world championships in Scranton / USA . In the heaviest weight class, which at that time had its weight limit of 90 kg, she won her semi-final fight against Maria Reingard from Russia on points, but lost in the final against the American Devonne Canady on points (15:22) and was thus runner-up. World champion. After becoming tournament winner in the weight class over 81 kg at the renowned Witch Cup in Pécs / Hungary in 2002 with a point victory over Oksana Guljajewa from Ukraine , she also started again at the women's world championships, which took place in Antalya . She started there again in the heaviest weight class (up to 90 kg KG) and won her first world title ahead of Marija Jaworskaja from Russia and Devonne Canady from the United States. The individual results of these championships are not known.

In 2003, she also became European champion in the weight class up to 86 kg in Pécs . In doing so, she left Julia Gostraja from Ukraine, Marija Jaworskaja and Adriana Hosu from Romania behind. Her success story continued in 2004, because that year she was again European champion in the class up to 86 kg in Riccione / Italy, ahead of Anna Seltschuk from Ukraine and Marija Jaworskaja. In 2003 and 2004 there were no women's world championships.

In May 2005, Mária Kovács surprisingly failed to defend her European championship title in Tønsberg , Norway , because she lost there after she had safely outdone Maria Reingard (33:12) and Paulina Szmidt from Poland (24:12) in the final against Adriana Hosu ​​just after points, with a tie of 14:14 the so-called auxiliary points decided in favor of Adriana Hosu. She compensated for this loss of title by winning the world title in September 2005 in Podolsk . There she won in the weight class up to 86 kg over Jacynthe Maloney from Canada on points (26:10), over Maria Reingard by breaking off i. d. 2nd round and also about Şemsi Yaralı from Turkey by breaking off i. d. 2nd round. With that she won her second world title.

In 2006, Mária Kovács won the European Championships in Warsaw again in the class up to 86 kg and clearly defeated Şemsi Yaralı on points (20: 8) in the final battle. At the 2006 World Championships in New Delhi , she won over her old rival Adriana Hosu by breaking off i. d. 2nd round, but surprisingly lost in the final fight against the only eighteen-year-old Russian Jelena Vadimowna Surkowa on points (16:20) and was "only" vice world champion.

At the Witch Cup 2007 in Pécs she took revenge for this defeat, because she defeated Jelena Surkowa there clearly on points (15: 4). With another victory over Şemsi Yaralı, she won this tournament. A few months later, at the European Championships in Vejle / Denmark in 2007 , the tide turned again, because Maria Kovacs lost there again in the final against Jelena Surkowa on points (4-8). In December 2007 she won the first time at the championships of the European Union in Lille in the weight class up to 86 kg. With Şemsi Yaralı (7: 5) and Adriana Hosu (11: 2) she defeated two opponents who demanded everything from her. Little did she suspect after this victory that this would be the last start in this weight class. Shortly after this success, she developed major knee problems, which meant that she could hardly exercise in the first few months of 2008 and also lost a lot of weight. At the Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul in 2008, she started in the weight class up to 80 kg for the first time and won this tournament with three wins. At the 2008 World Cup in Ningbo / China, however, Maria Kovacs disappointed, because she was already defeated in the round of 16 by the local Tang Jieli, who had not had any great merits as a boxer, on points (6: 7), was eliminated and only got the ninth place.

In 2009, too, she could not quite build on the successes of earlier years. At the EU Championships in Pazardzhik / Bulgaria, she was defeated in the light heavyweight division (up to 82 kg) in the final of the Bulgarian Desislawa Lazarowa . At the European Championships this year in Mykolaiv / Ukraine she won a bronze medal after losing to Luminata Turcin from Romania, but only because there were only four participants at the start. In 2010 Maria Kovacs caused another surprise, because she continued to train and has therefore started in the middleweight class (up to 75 kg) since the beginning of this year. The purpose of this event will be that she intends to take part in the 2012 Olympic Games in London , where competitions for women in the weight classes up to 51 kg, 60 kg and 75 kg will take place for the first time. At the Hungarian Championships in 2010 she then won the title in the middleweight class with a point victory over the thirteen-time Hungarian champion in this class Anita Ducza (5-0). There was already a clear upward trend in her compared to the two previous years. This trend continued at the championships of the European Union in Keszthely / Hungary, because they won there with points over Nouchka Fontijn, Netherlands (5: 1), Desislawa Lazarowa (3: 0), Elif Guneri, Turkey (9: 3 ) and Alexandra de Hutton, France (6: 2) the title.

She also fought successfully at the 2010 World Championships in Bridgetown / Barbados and reached the semi-finals with points wins over Andreia Bandeira, Brazil (7: 5), Erika Guerrier, France (18: 2) and Nouchka Fontijn (19: 7) met the reigning world champion Li Jinzi from China. In the end the fight was tied at 14:14. However, the auxiliary points decided in favor of Li Jinzi. Maria Kovacs won a world championship bronze medal. In November 2010 she was still in the United States and was attending the 1st Women's Intern for four consecutive days. Dual Series in Oxnard and won there twice over Alysia Defazio (19: 9 and 10: 5), over Lisbet Vargas (10: 0) and without a fight over Kalita Marsh, all boxers from the United States.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2001	2.	World Cup in Scranton / USA	up to 90 kg	after winning points over Maria Reingard, Russia (16: 3) and Point defeat to Devonne Canady , USA (15:22)
2002	1.	Witch Cup in Pécs / Hungary	over 81 kg	after a point win over Oksana Guljajewa, Ukraine (5-0)
2002	1.	World Cup in Antalya	up to 90 kg	in front of Marija Jaworskaja , Russia, Devonne Canady u. Jytsana, Indonesia
2003	1.	Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul	up to 86 kg	after a demolition victory i. d. 2nd round over Özlem Bayraker, Turkey
2003	1.	EM in Pécs	up to 86 kg	before Julia Gostraja, Ukraine, Marija Jaworskaja u. Adriana Hosu , Romania
2004	2.	Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul	up to 86 kg	after a point defeat against Marija Jaworskaja (11:13)
2004	1.	Torneo Italia in Cascia	up to 86 kg	after a demolition victory i. d. 2nd round over Ekaterini Papakonstantinou, Greece
2004	1.	Witch Cup in Pécs	up to 86 kg	after the demolition victory in the 2nd lap over Maria Reingard
2004	1.	EM in Riccione / Italy	up to 86 kg	before Anna Seltschuk, Ukraine, Marija Jaworskaja u. Ekaterini Papakonstantinou
2005	2.	EM in Tønsberg / Norway	up to 86 kg	after winning points over Maria Reingard (33:12) and Paulina Szmidt, Poland (24:12) and a point defeat against Adriana Hosu (24: 24+)
2005	1.	World Cup in Podolsk	up to 86 kg	after winning points over Jacynthe Maloney, Canada (26:10) and Demolition turns in the 2nd round via Maria Reingard u. Şemsi Yaralı , Turkey
2006	1.	EU championship in Porto Torres / Sardinia	up to 86 kg	after a demolition victory i. d. 1st round about Adriana Hosu u. a point win over Smesi Yarali (23:18)
2006	1.	Witch Cup in Pécs	up to 86 kg	without a fight
2006	1.	EM in Warsaw	up to 86 kg	after demolition victory i. d. 2nd round about Ewelina Sienkiewicz, Poland a. Point wins over Albina Wascheikina, Russia (24: 6) u. Şemsi Yaralı (20: 8)
2006	2.	World Cup in New Delhi	up to 86 kg	after a demolition victory i. d. 2nd round about Adriana Hosu u. a point defeat against Jelena Vadimowna Surkowa , Russia (16:20)
2007	5.	Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul	up to 86 kg	after a point defeat in the quarter-finals against Adriana Hosu (10:16)
2007	1.	Witch Cup in Pécs	up to 86 kg	after winning points over Jelena Surkowa (15: 4) u. Şemsi Yaralı (5: 3)
2007	2.	EM in Vejle / Denmark	up to 86 kg	after a demolition victory i. d. 2nd round about Adriana Hosu u. a point defeat against Jelena Surkowa (4: 8)
2007	1.	EU championships in Lille	up to 86 kg	after winning points over Şemsi Yaralı (7: 5) u. Adriana Hosu (11: 2)
2008	1.	Ahmet Comert Cup in Istanbul	up to 80 kg	after a point win over Irina Komar, Ukraine (7: 0) u. Demolition victories in the 1st round over Nadja Abdelhamed, Egypt ui d. 2nd round over Catalina Stanga, Romania
2008	1.	Witch Cup in Pécs	up to 80 kg	after a point victory over Anna Gladkitsch, Russia
2008	9.	World Cup in Ningbo / China	up to 80 kg	after a point defeat in the round of 16 against Tang Jieli, China (6-7)
2009	5.	Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul	Semi-difficult	after an abortion failure i. d. 4th round in the quarterfinals against Luminata Turcin , Romania
2009	2.	EU championships in Pazardzhik / Bulgaria	Semi-difficult	after a demolition win in the 2nd round over Hatice Tokur, Turkey a. a point defeat against Desislawa Lazarowa , Bulgaria
2009	3.	EM in Mykolaiv / Ukraine	Semi-difficult	after a point defeat against Luminata Turcin (1: 5)
2010	9.	Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem	medium	after a point defeat in the round of 16 against Irina Sinezkaja , Russia (3: 9)
2010	1.	EU championships in Keszthely / Hungary	medium	after winning points over Nouchka Fontijn, Netherlands (5: 1), Desislawa Lazarowa (3: 0), Elif Guneri, Turkey (9: 3) and Alexandra de Hutton , France (6: 2)
2010	3.	World Cup in Bridgetown / Barbados	medium	after winning points over Andreaia Bandeira, Brazil (7: 5), Erika Guerrier, France (18: 2) and. Nouchka Fontijn (19: 7) and a point defeat against Li Jinzi , China (11: 11+)
2013	1.	EU championships in Keszthely / Hungary	Semi-difficult	after winning points in the final over Sarah Scheurich , Germany (3-0 RS)

Hungarian championships

(as far as known)

year	space	Weight class	Result
2008	1.	up to 80 kg	after abandoning victory in the 1st round in the final over Lilla Sandor
2009	1.	Semi-difficult
2010	1.	medium	after winning points in the final over Anita Ducza

Explanations

• WM = world championships, EM = European championships
• EU = European Union
• KG = body weight
• Medium weight, up to 75 kg, light heavy weight up to 81 kg body weight
• Until 2008 there were up to 15 weight classes for women in boxing; after a weight class reform, only 10 weight classes have existed since 2009, which are largely similar to those of men and have the same names

swell

• Box Sport magazine
• Website http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl