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Two new Derkovbois songs up on the myspace one about Papp Laci, and another about moving from Hungary to Dublin called "Derkovits" named after the suburb in Pest where the lads are from. Both songs were recorded by the very talented dudes at the Hive studios. Papp Laci used to train by cutting cutting down trees with an axe all day. What a legend. Anyway check it ooot and sing along.
http://www.myspace.com/derkovbois
Hey ya Antifascist skins and punx and everyone who likes our sound!
Enjoy the new song in the Derkovbois profile about our hero Papp Laci.
Let us introduce this great man for You.
László Papp (March 25, 1926 – October 16, 2003) was a Hungarian boxer, born in 1926, in Budapest. He won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics, in Helsinki and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. In his final Olympic competition, he beat José Torres for the gold medal, to become the first boxer in Olympic history to win three successive gold medals.
Papp also was the European middleweight champion as a middleweight in 1949 at Oslo and at light middleweight at Milan 1951. He scored 55 first round knockouts as an amateur.
Papp, despite having hand trouble, turned professional in 1957, and immediately began rising in the Middleweight ranks. However, Hungary was under a so-called "Communist" dictatorship at the time and professional boxing was not permitted. Papp had to travel to Vienna, in Austria, for training and for his fights. In spite of this disadvantage, he beat several top-ranking contenders for the European Middleweight title, including veteran Tiger Jones and Chris Christensen. After Christensen, Papp defeated Randy Sandy of the United States. In 1964, after Papp had already signed up for the world championship title bout, Hungary's "Communist" leadership brought his professional career to an end by denying him an exit visa. The reason for this was that professional boxing was not permitted in "Communist" Hungary and the government resented Papp's successful by-passing of the restriction by staging his fights abroad.
Papp was undefeated in the ring. His fighting record was 27 wins, 2 draws, and no losses. 15 of his wins were with knockouts.
Papp was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2001. In 1989 WBC President Jose Sulaiman gave Papp an award for 'Best amateur and professional boxer of all time and granted him honorary champion status of the World Boxing Council.
László Papp died in Budapest in 2003.
He was not just a professional boxer. We have lots of great story how kind he was with the people in everyday life, how to identifyed himslef with the poor people, how to resist against the opression. Many great story about his excelent sense of humor what he used for cheer up the people or talk against the dictatorship.
this way he never was the favourite of the hungarian state that time, but the people loved him much, and gonna love him forever!
http://www.myspace.com/derkovbois
Hey ya Antifascist skins and punx and everyone who likes our sound!
Enjoy the new song in the Derkovbois profile about our hero Papp Laci.
Let us introduce this great man for You.
László Papp (March 25, 1926 – October 16, 2003) was a Hungarian boxer, born in 1926, in Budapest. He won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics, in Helsinki and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. In his final Olympic competition, he beat José Torres for the gold medal, to become the first boxer in Olympic history to win three successive gold medals.
Papp also was the European middleweight champion as a middleweight in 1949 at Oslo and at light middleweight at Milan 1951. He scored 55 first round knockouts as an amateur.
Papp, despite having hand trouble, turned professional in 1957, and immediately began rising in the Middleweight ranks. However, Hungary was under a so-called "Communist" dictatorship at the time and professional boxing was not permitted. Papp had to travel to Vienna, in Austria, for training and for his fights. In spite of this disadvantage, he beat several top-ranking contenders for the European Middleweight title, including veteran Tiger Jones and Chris Christensen. After Christensen, Papp defeated Randy Sandy of the United States. In 1964, after Papp had already signed up for the world championship title bout, Hungary's "Communist" leadership brought his professional career to an end by denying him an exit visa. The reason for this was that professional boxing was not permitted in "Communist" Hungary and the government resented Papp's successful by-passing of the restriction by staging his fights abroad.
Papp was undefeated in the ring. His fighting record was 27 wins, 2 draws, and no losses. 15 of his wins were with knockouts.
Papp was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2001. In 1989 WBC President Jose Sulaiman gave Papp an award for 'Best amateur and professional boxer of all time and granted him honorary champion status of the World Boxing Council.
László Papp died in Budapest in 2003.
He was not just a professional boxer. We have lots of great story how kind he was with the people in everyday life, how to identifyed himslef with the poor people, how to resist against the opression. Many great story about his excelent sense of humor what he used for cheer up the people or talk against the dictatorship.
this way he never was the favourite of the hungarian state that time, but the people loved him much, and gonna love him forever!
