Imre Szellő (born July 27, 1983) is a Hungarian

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who has qualified for the

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Career

2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships

At the

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Szellő missed out on a bronze medal after he was defeated by

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in the quarter finals, Beterbiev went on to win the

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. However Szellő qualified for the 2008 Olympics by virtue of getting to the quarter finals. 2007 (in Chicago) *Defeated Lennon Bannis (

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walkover John Baxter Taylor and William Robbins (athlete)">William Robbins to refuse to race in protest. A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over"), is awarded to the opposing team/player, etc., if there are no other players avail ...

*Defeated

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) - RSCR2 (10-1) *Lost

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2008 Olympics

*KO Luis González *Lost to

Tony Jeffries Tony David Jeffries (born Tony David Bryce; 2 March 1985) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2011. As an amateur, he won the light-heavyweight bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. In 2012, Jeffries was forced to re ...

2:10 England

World Series of Boxing record

Professional record

External links

AIBA results for Olympic qualification at World Championships

Bio
Living people Light-heavyweight boxers 1983 births Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Hungary Hungarian male boxers Sportspeople from Cegléd Sportspeople from Pest County 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Hungary-boxing-bio-stub