Three boxers represent Hungary in the Paris Olympics

The Hungarian boxers bagged three quotas for the Paris Olympics which are their best performance in the recent 12 years.

The Hungarians competed first at the 1924 Olympic Games when one of their hopes joined to the Paris boxing event after he was supported by a private company.

Hungary attended 22 editions of the boxing events of the Olympic Games until 2021, and their team missed only the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics which was boycotted by the Eastern bloc countries.

The Hungarians are in the Top10 of the overall ranking of the Olympic boxing medal table with 10 impressive titles. Hungary earned altogether 10 gold, two silver and eight bronze medals in the boxing history of the Olympic Games.

After the United States, Cuba, Great Britain, Italy, Soviet Union and Russia, the Hungarians are the most successful boxing country in the Olympic Games.

Hungary’s Laszlo Papp is the first three-time Olympic Champion in boxing and only two Cubans were able to repeat that performance later, legendary Teofilo Stevenson and Felix Savon.

The European Games was a great success for the country, two of their boxers claimed bronze medals in Poland one year ago and both have qualified for the Paris Olympics.

The number of the quotas have been increased up to three in the 1^st World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Busto Arsizio this March. The Uzbek head coach of the national team, Mr. Hamid Tangribergenov arranged the preparation plans for the Olympics.

Luca Hamori is the first ever Hungarian female boxer who qualified for the Paris Olympics following her bronze at the European Games and she recovered from her injuries in time to make a strong preparation.

Richard Kovacs claimed three bronze medals in the recent three top European events between 2022 and 2024 and the 27-year-old boxer will be competing at the busy men’s light welterweight (63.5kg).

Akilov Pylyp, the ex-Ukrainian, switched to Hungary in 2022 and he won all of his four contests in Busto Arsizio unanimously to qualify for Paris.