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István Kovács

1970 - Today

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István Kovács (born August 17, 1970), nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra, is a Hungarian retired world champion boxer. He is a Secretary General of the AIBA. As an amateur, he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in featherweight. He was a world champion as a professional, winning the WBO featherweight title in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. István Kovács is the 332nd most popular boxer (down from 294th in 2019), the 931st most popular biography from Hungary (down from 878th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Hungarian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, István Kovács ranks 332 out of 496. Before him are Volodymyr Sydorenko, Félix Díaz, Chris John, Joel Casamayor, Alexis Vastine, and Rafael Lozano. After him are Tervel Pulev, Muhammad Abdullaev, Oktay Urkal, Mansueto Velasco, Maurizio Stecca, and Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, István Kovács ranks 824. Before him are Walt Dohrn, Svetla Dimitrova, Per Frandsen, Tionne Watkins, Bernardo Segura, and Sabrina Lloyd. After him are Cody Cameron, Karen Forkel, Jaime Oncins, Zack Ward, James Lesure, and Amy Hargreaves.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Kovács ranks 931 out of 1,077. Before him are Júlia Sebestyén (1981), László Nagy (1981), Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth (1968), Anita Görbicz (1983), Zoltán Kővágó (1979), and Ádám Hanga (1989). After him are Barnabás Varga (1994), Róbert Fazekas (1975), Krisztina Tóth (1967), Aida Mohamed (1976), John Komlos (1944), and Ádám Pintér (1988).

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Among BOXERS In Hungary

Among boxers born in Hungary, István Kovács ranks 8. Before him are Július Torma (1922), Joe Bugner (1950), Tibor Csík (1927), István Énekes (1911), Antal Kocsis (1905), and Zsolt Erdei (1974).

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