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László Papp

1926 - 2003

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László Papp (25 March 1926 – 16 October 2003) was a Hungarian professional boxer from Budapest. He was left-handed and won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. In his final Olympic competition he became the first boxer in Olympic history to win three successive gold medals. He won 12 of his 13 Olympic fights without losing a round, dropping only one, in his last Olympic final, to American boxer José Torres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. László Papp is the 17th most popular boxer (up from 20th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 156th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, László Papp ranks 17 out of 496. Before him are Floyd Mayweather Jr., Sonny Liston, Rubin Carter, Teófilo Stevenson, Carlos Monzón, and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. After him are Wladimir Klitschko, Jake LaMotta, Nino Benvenuti, Jack Dempsey, Evander Holyfield, and Primo Carnera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, László Papp ranks 100. Before him are Hugo Banzer, Teddy Scholten, John Schlesinger, Hans Werner Henze, David C. H. Austin, and Francisco Rabal. After him are Cloris Leachman, Kim Jong-pil, James Stirling, Alan Greenspan, Gus Grissom, and Joshua Fishman. Among people deceased in 2003, László Papp ranks 61. Before him are Moktar Ould Daddah, William C. McCool, Rasul Gamzatov, John Schlesinger, André Claveau, and June Carter Cash. After him are Edgar F. Codd, Valentin Pavlov, Anna Lindh, Ilan Ramon, Isao Iwabuchi, and Annemarie Schimmel.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, László Papp ranks 159 out of 1,077. Before him are György Sárosi (1912), Béla Miklós (1890), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), Hans Richter (1843), Susan Polgár (1969), and Gyula Gömbös (1886). After him are Ferenc Mádl (1931), Michael Polanyi (1891), Bayan I (600), Lajos Tichy (1935), Péter Nádas (1942), and Béla Balázs (1884).

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Among BOXERS In Hungary

Among boxers born in Hungary, László Papp ranks 1. After him are Július Torma (1922), Joe Bugner (1950), Tibor Csík (1927), István Énekes (1911), Antal Kocsis (1905), Zsolt Erdei (1974), and István Kovács (1970).

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