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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 20th most popular boxer, the 156th most popular biography from Hungary and the most popular Hungarian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, László Papp ranks 17 out of 496. Before him are Teófilo Stevenson, Carlos Monzón, and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. After him are Wladimir Klitschko, Jake LaMotta, Nino Benvenuti, Jack Dempsey, Evander Holyfield, Primo Carnera, Ingemar Johansson, Floyd Patterson, and Larry Holmes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, László Papp ranks 100. Before him are Heikki Hasu, César Pelli, Shigeo Sugimoto, Hugo Banzer, Teddy Scholten, John Schlesinger, Hans Werner Henze, David C. H. Austin, and Francisco Rabal. After him are Cloris Leachman, Kim Jong-pil, and James Stirling. Among people deceased in 2003, László Papp ranks 63. Before him are Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Michael P. Anderson, Georg Henrik von Wright, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Uday Hussein, and Bob Hope. After him are June Carter Cash, Elem Klimov, John Schlesinger, Ilan Ramon, Vasil Bykaŭ, and Miloš Milutinović.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, László Papp ranks 156 out of 1,077. Before him are Gusztáv Jány (1883), Ferenc Mádl (1931), Magda Szabó (1917), Béla Balázs (1884), Ferenc Bene (1944), and Gyula Gömbös (1886). After him are Edgar Ætheling (1051), Lajos Tichy (1935), Miklós Zrínyi (1620), Árpád Göncz (1922), Coloman of Galicia (1208), and Yolanda of Poland (1235).

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Among BOXERS In Hungary

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

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