BOXER

Antal Kocsis

1905 - 1994

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Antal Kocsis (17 November 1905 – 25 October 1994) was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he won the gold medal in the flyweight class after winning the final against Armand Apell of France. He was born in Budapest-Kispest and died in Titusville, United States. His character plays a small but memorable role in Vilmos Kondor's 2012 novel Budapest Noir. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antal Kocsis is the 138th most popular boxer (up from 151st in 2019), the 654th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 720th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Antal Kocsis ranks 138 out of 496Before him are Samuel Berger, Boris Lagutin, Alfredo Porzio, George Hunter, Henry Cooper, and Antonio Roldán. After him are Wolfgang Behrendt, Anthony Joshua, Gerald Dreyer, Josef Němec, Cosimo Pinto, and Corrie Sanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Antal Kocsis ranks 316Before him are Pedro Solé, Xian Xinghai, Zakaria Goneim, Frank Hussey, John Peters Humphrey, and Ray Barbuti. After him are György Kulin, José Nehin, Andy Devine, Inger Hagerup, Arturo Coddou, and Harry Lundahl. Among people deceased in 1994, Antal Kocsis ranks 281Before him are Serge Blusson, Dack Rambo, Charles Mathiesen, Bud Houser, Lennart Klingström, and Ernst Lörtscher. After him are Ira Murchison, Alfredo Pérez, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Jacques Dimont, Alan Helffrich, and John Smith.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Antal Kocsis ranks 654 out of 1,077Before him are Andor Földes (1913), Ferenc Sipos (1932), Tamás Gábor (1932), Ödön Tersztyánszky (1890), Gyula Szapáry (1832), and Samu Fóti (1890). After him are György Sarlós (1940), Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles (1924), Frigyes Hidas (1928), Géza Kádas (1926), József Szlávy (1818), and János Pilinszky (1921).

Among BOXERS In Hungary

Among boxers born in Hungary, Antal Kocsis ranks 6Before him are László Papp (1926), Július Torma (1922), Joe Bugner (1950), Tibor Csík (1927), and István Énekes (1911). After him are Zsolt Erdei (1974), and István Kovács (1970).