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Also known as Laszlo Papp

Hungarian boxer (1926–2003)

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Key facts

Nickname
Laci Papp
Nationality
Hungarian
Born
László Papp , ( 1926-03-25 ) 25 March 1926, Budapest , Hungary
Died
16 October 2003 (2003-10-16) (aged 77), Budapest, Hungary
Height
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight
Middleweight , Light Middleweight
Stance
Southpaw

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Official website
www.papplaszlo.hu
Image
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-34311-0001, Laslo Papp.jpg
Height
165
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number of matches played/races/starts
29
number of wins
27
number of losses
0
Commons category
László Papp
date of birth
1926-03-25
date of death
2003-10-16
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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. There was not another triple gold medalist for 20 years, when Cuba's Teófilo Stevenson won three, followed by another Cuban Félix Savón as the third of the three men to accomplish the feat.

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