György Mizsei (born November 30, 1971, in Kiskunfélegyháza) is a former professional Hungarian

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, who won a

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in the

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division at the

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. He gained the bronze medal at the

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. His son (György Jr.) also professional boxer who won

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European Union lightweight title in 2014.

Amateur Highlights

* 1991 bronze medalist in European Amateur Boxing Championships in Göteborg, Sweden * 1996 bronze medalist in European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark * Representing Hungary, won the Light Middleweight bronze medal at the 1992

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in Barcelona * Member of the Hungarian Olympic Team of Atlanta in Light Middleweights *1992 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Light Middleweight (71 kg) **1st Round - Defeated Fabrizio de Chiara of Italy, 13:4 **Round of 16 - Defeated

Hendrik Simangunsong Hendrik Simangunsong (born 11 July 1969) is an Indonesian boxer. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and comm ...

of Indonesia, 17:5 **Quarterfinals - Defeated

Maselino Masoe Maselino Francis Masoe Fao (born June 6, 1966 in Apia, Western Samoa) is a retired Samoan boxer who represented American Samoa at three Olympics starting with the 1988 Summer Olympics. As a professional, Masoe made history becoming the first Sa ...

of American Samoa, 17:3 **Semifinals - Lost to

Juan Carlos Lemus Juan Carlos Lemus Garcia (born May 6, 1966) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Lemus also was awarded the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American ...

of Cuba, 2:10 *1996 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Light Middleweight (71 kg) **1st Round - Defeated

Richard Rowles Richard Rowles (born 3 January 1973) is a former light middleweight boxer, who represented Australia at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victori ...

of Australia, 10:2 **Round of 16 - Lost to

Markus Beyer Markus Beyer (28 April 1971 – 3 December 2018) was a German professional boxer who won the WBC super middleweight title. As an amateur he represented Germany at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics in the light middleweight division. He also won a ...

of Germany, 6:14

Pro career

In 1997 Mizsei began his professional career, and he had limited success as a pro. After two fights, including a loss to future titlist

Armand Krajnc Armand Krajnc (born 7 August 1973) is a former Swedish professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2004. He held the WBO middleweight title from 1999 to 2002, and challenged once for the unified WBA (Super) and IBF super-middleweight titles in ...

, Mizsei retired with a record of 1-1-0. After more than nine years layoff, Mizsei reactivated his pro career.

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* 1971 births Living people People from Kiskunfélegyháza Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in boxing Hungarian male boxers Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Light-middleweight boxers Sportspeople from Bács-Kiskun County {{Hungary-boxing-bio-stub