I was a great amateur fighter. Could have been champion as a pro, but fate wouldn't allow it. Who am I ?
SS, you are right Laszlo Papp of Hungary.Papp won 3 Olympic titles in a row, beating Jose Torres for a title..As a pro he won 27 fights without a loss..He beat Tiger Jones dropping Jones 3 times in the process. But the communist party ended his pro career, not allowing Papp to leave the country.:good
only unbeaten amatuers that were notable pro's that i can think of were robinson, charles and kid chocolate...all pro champs though
papps amatuer record was 288-12...wasnt it ??...he was great though....just the unbeatable as amatuer i'm picking up on
He was brilliant, its a disgarce he never got a shot at the title, he could of been one of the great champions :-(
I am pretty sure Papp wasn't undefeated as an armature. If he was i will stand corrected but i am sure he had amature losses.
By "unbeatable" I don't think he was necessarily meaning "unbeaten". Perhaps he was just alluding to the fact that Papp was unbeatable on the world stage. His trifecta of Olympic Golds would attest to that.
EB,you are correct .I was using a metaphor,in saying he was unbeatable in never having lost a contest. He was so superior to all his amateur opponents in accomplishments..Thanks,EB...
