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István Kovács

1970 - Today

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István Kovács (born August 17, 1970), nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra, is a Hungarian retired world champion boxer. He is a Secretary General of the AIBA. As an amateur, he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in featherweight. He was a world champion as a professional, winning the WBO featherweight title in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). István Kovács is the 355th most popular boxer (down from 294th in 2024), the 950th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 878th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Hungarian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, István Kovács ranks 355 out of 496. Before him are Félix Díaz, Chris John, Joel Casamayor, Alexis Vastine, Rafael Lozano, and Mario González. After him are Tervel Pulev, Muhammad Abdullaev, Paolo Vidoz, Oktay Urkal, Mansueto Velasco, and Maurizio Stecca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, István Kovács ranks 927. Before him are André Steiner, Per Frandsen, Tionne Watkins, Bernardo Segura, Ronaldo da Costa, and Sabrina Lloyd. After him are Cody Cameron, Karen Forkel, Jaime Oncins, Zack Ward, James Lesure, and Amy Hargreaves.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Kovács ranks 950 out of 1,077. Before him are László Nagy (1981), Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth (1968), Anita Görbicz (1983), Enikő Győri (1968), Zoltán Kővágó (1979), and Ádám Hanga (1989). After him are László Fábián (1963), Barnabás Varga (1994), Róbert Fazekas (1975), Krisztina Tóth (1967), Aida Mohamed (1976), and John Komlos (1944).

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Among BOXERS In Hungary

Among boxers born in Hungary, István Kovács ranks 9. Before him are Joe Bugner (1950), Tibor Csík (1927), István Énekes (1911), Antal Kocsis (1905), János Váradi (1961), and Zsolt Erdei (1974). After him are Róbert Isaszegi (1965), and György Mizsei (1971).

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