From memory, no. He dined out on his great Olympic feats. He struggled over 15 rounds to beat the very ordinary George Aldridge. He would have required the machinations of a Harry Lime to bridge the Euro to World gap. Remember, he would have had to leave the comforts of Vienna to tangle with the likes of Fullmer, Giardello or Tiger.
As a professional , Papp never beat a top ten ranked middleweight. As a professional Papp never fought; Torres or Webb Jones was 34 years old, having his last fight having won just 1 of his last 6! That was over a nobody. Papp's 29 opponents have a total of 432 losses among them. He made a career out of beating second rate Americans and Euro level fighters. Acitve and ranked during his time were; Gonzalez Torres Giardello Benvenuti Mazzinghi Robinson D Fullmer G Fullmer Webb Scholz Hank Downes Tiger Moyer Carter Boyd Fernadez Pender Mims As a professional he fought none of them!
And if you're ever back in NYC, there is a great jazz/supper club called Smoke on Broadway between 105 and 106 Streets. Superb bands there
Cheers Id like to visit again , I loved the town.Maybe I can combine it with a fight at the MSG or Barclays ,I saw Frampton v Santa Cruz at the Barclays centre, excellent arena.
Plenty of guys deserve to be in front of Papp,imo Shade Bolden Wade Towne Burley Lytell Yarosz McAvoy Harvey Booker Chase Marshall Belloise Sands Richards Lausse Carter Benton Basora Tunero To name just a few.
If I come over I'll give you a heads up,then maybe we can meet in Jimmy's Corner Bar or the Irish pub off Times Sq?
