Who is significant in Hungarian boxing currently? Erdei definitely, but he is having his last fights. Who else?
Significant in terms of challenging for a title and being a player in his division you mean, or significant to his fans? Because Zoltan Petranyi is still hugely popular with the people of Hungary from what I hear. http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?cat=boxer&human_id=7450
I don't think he is that well known... He has become a promoter lately organizing smaller events. Significant in my eyes means someone who we should watch out for, who could be good enough for a title challenge and also has some sort of support in the background.
My friend was an exchange student in Hungary, and she said that he was pretty popular, at least in that town that she was in, can't remember the name of it though...
Off the top of my head. Balzsay at super middle is decent about 25 fights and 2 losses. Balog is another one, undefeated around 30ish fights but only fights bums.
Based on the subject of this thread, a, thought you might get a kick outta this story I've posted before: Boxing teams in a gym have distinct personalities, some gregarious 'n outgoing, some focused on the work, but Eastern Euros are like a police state, suspicious 'n tight-lipped. So, one day at Wild Card a new Eastern Euro heavy came to train 'n I watched him spar; 'n his coach gave me a big wave 'n smile, which was so outta character, I kept lookin' around, sure it was meant for someone else. He pointed at me to the other members of his team, 'n they were all smiles and waving. Think Charles Bronsons turned to Roberto Benignis. After the sparring session, the coach rushed over 'n gave me a bear hug, "Laszlo!" He'd mistaken me for Laszlo Papp, the great Hungarian Olympian. Soon as he learned I wasn't, the Iron Curtain slammed shut.
