- Papp László tér
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47.524406, 19.067518 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Monument to an athlete
- Maximum year of those mentioned on the monument
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2016
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Historical background
Papp Laslo was once a downtown boy who used his fists only in backyard boxing championships. But after WWII Papp started as a trainee on the Optical Instruments Plant, where was an amateur boxing group. There strated his glorious path to the Olympics. Papp was an Olympic gold medalist three times, at middleweight in London in 1948, then as a light middleweight in Helsinki in 1952 and in Melbourne in 1956. Papp also was the European middleweight champion as a middleweight in 1949 at Oslo and at light middleweight at Milan 1951. He scored 55 first round knockouts as an amateur. His only dream was to win the World Championship as a professional boxer. But the dream stayed unaccomplished, the Communists didn't let him to fight as a professional for the Hungary on the championships.
Present in routes of categories Atlas
Passed by: 17/21 (81%).
By categories:
- Atlas: 17/21 (81%)