Greatest amateur fighter of all time..

[IamInuit]

Papp probably edges out Savon and Stevenson but the three are actually pretty interchangeable. The much forgotten Henry Mallin of Great Britain is also in the discussion and Donald Curry deserves a mention as he went 400/4 as an amateur and if not for politics would have most likely got Olympic gold.

[Scrap]

Met Papp in 88, in Budapest. One lovely Man, Talked mostly through an interpreter must have been for an Hour, enjoyed. Dont know of anybody Better. Actually in the discussion I asked Him why there was no good Sportsmen, coming through Hungary now. when you think of the 50s, with Boxing and soccer He said the Ruskis [ Russians] had taken the Heart out of the Country.

[Andre]

Met Papp in 88, in Budapest. One lovely Man, Talked mostly through an interpreter must have been for an Hour, enjoyed. Dont know of anybody Better. Actually in the discussion I asked Him why there was no good Sportsmen, coming through Hungary now. when you think of the 50s, with Boxing and soccer He said the Ruskis [ Russians] had taken the Heart out of the Country.

Took a while but this guy looked good till he lost the Wbo title through a upset ko,he never was the same after that.

Hungarian
István Kovács, amateur 282 wins, 14 losses and one draw.

Pro 22. 1. 0

[bigstinkybug]

I was thinking Savone... but this Papp guy sounds like the man.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

Papp defeated Zbigniew Pietrzykowski numerous times, Zbigniew lost to clay in the olympic final on points!! Zbigniew claims papp was "greater than ali".....

Papp also defeated american ellsworth 'Spider' Webb who beat 3 world MW champs as a pro, Dick tiger, the great Joey Giardello (who stopped Rubin Carter and dick tiger!) and Terry Downes.

[Andre]

Papp defeated Zbigniew Pietrzykowski numerous times, Zbigniew lost to clay in the olympic final on points!! Zbigniew claims papp was "greater than ali".....

Papp also defeated american ellsworth 'Spider' Webb who beat 3 world MW champs as a pro, Dick tiger, the great Joey Giardello (who stopped Rubin Carter and dick tiger!) and Terry Downes.

Yeah and that era was the real out to kill your opponent era, tough fighters trying to put poison on every shot.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

Papp defeated Zbigniew Pietrzykowski numerous times, Zbigniew lost to clay in the olympic final on points!! Zbigniew claims papp was "greater than ali".....

Papp also defeated american ellsworth 'Spider' Webb who beat 3 world MW champs as a pro, Dick tiger, the great Joey Giardello (who stopped Rubin Carter and dick tiger!) and Terry Downes.

Yeah and that era was the real out to kill your opponent era, tough fighters trying to put poison on every shot.

Yap.