András Botos (born March 6, 1952) is a retired

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, who won a bronze medal in the men's

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division (– 57 kilograms) at the

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. He also competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics as a lightweight boxer.

1972 Olympic results

Below is the record of András Botos, a Hungarian featherweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics: *Round of 64 - Defeated Nopparat Preecha of Thailand by decision, 5-0 *Round of 32 - Defeated Michael Andrews of Nigeria by decision, 5-0 *Round of 16 - Defeated Louis Self of United States by decision, 3-2 *Quarterfinal - Defeated

Royal Kobayashi , better known as Royal Kobayashi, is a retired Japanese boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games in the featherweight division, and won the Lineal and WBC junior featherweight titles in 1976. He is an alumnus of the Takushoku Univ ...

of Japan by decision, 4-1 *Semifinal - Lost to Boris Kuznetsov of Soviet Union by decision, 0-5 (was awarded a bronze medal)

1976 Olympic results

Below is the record of András Botos, a Hungarian lightweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: defeated David Ssensonjo (Uganda) by walkover * Round of 16: defeated Georgios Agrimavakis (Greece) by decision, 4-1 * Quarterfinal: lost to Vassily Solomin (Soviet Union) by decision, 0-5

Life after boxing

He is currently the trainer of Hungarian boxer Vilmos Balog.

References

* 1952 births Living people People from Salgótarján Olympic boxers of Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Hungarian male boxers Featherweight boxers Sportspeople from Nógrád County {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub