István Lévai (born July 23, 1957) is a former
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
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from
Hungary, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in
Moscow. There he was defeated in the semifinals by titleholder
Teófilo Stevenson of
Cuba.
Amateur career
Lévai was a nine-time Hungarian amateur champion.
Olympic Results
1980 Olympic Results - Boxed as a heavyweight
*Round of 16: bye
*Quarterfinals: Defeated
Anders Eklund (Sweden) by majority decision, 4–1
*Semifinals: Lost to
Teófilo Stevenson (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 0–5 (was awarded bronze medal)
Boxing coach
Lévai is currently the trainer of
IBO super welterweight champion
Attila Kovács.
profiboksz.hu: Kovács Attila: Régen voltam ilyen jó formában!
References
External links
* ttp://www.databasesports.com/olympics/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=L%C9VAIIST01 Profile on databasesports.com
1957 births
Living people
Olympic boxers for Hungary
Heavyweight boxers
Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in boxing
Hungarian male boxers
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian people
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