The Hungarian László Papp, the first three-time olympic champion boxer was born 95 years ago
One of the world’s top boxers of all time, László Papp, was born ninety-five years ago today. He was born in Budapest’s 13th district. Initially, Papp preferred football, but, thanks to his father, he soon came to know boxing. After World War II, he worked for the state railway company and trained at the state […]
István Kovács appointed Secretary General of AIBA
Two-times AIBA World Champion and Olympic champion István Kovács was appointed as a Secretary General of the International Boxing Association (AIBA). The decision was taken by the AIBA Board of Directors on Monday, March 22nd, during a meeting via videoconference. ‘The fate of our organization has to be decided and will be decided by the boxers themselves. […]
Strong Hungarian activities in the recent weeks and many upcoming plans including the Bornemissza Memorial Tournament
The Hungarian Boxing Association arranged several competitions and activities already in the year of 2021 and there is not any stoppage in their projects. Following the Bocskai, the Enekes and the Akos Toth Memorial Tournaments, their traditional Bornemissza Youth & Junior Memorial Tournament are scheduled. The 65th edition of the Istvan Bocskai Memorial opened the […]
Mrs. Zsuzsanna Tóth becomes the Vice-Chair of the AIBA Competitions Committee
Mrs. Zsuzsanna Tóth was elected to Vice-Chair of the AIBA Competitions Committee. She has been a Director of International Relations of Hungarian Boxing Association Position from 2014 to 2020 and a Secretary General of Hungarian Boxing Association since 2020. The Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons of the seven established AIBA Committees were appointed by the AIBA Board […]