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István Kovács (boxer)

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István Kovács, born on 17 August 1970 and nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra, is a Hungarian retired world champion boxer who serves as Secretary General of the AIBA. As an amateur he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in featherweight. He also became a world champion as a professional, winning the WBO featherweight title in 2001, so his career spans both the Olympic amateur ranks and the professional ring, and he later moved into the administration of international amateur boxing.

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    born August 17, 1970
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    István Kovács (born August 17, 1970), nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra, is a Hungarian retired world champion boxer. He is a Secretary General of the AIBA.
  • Plays: Boxing, lead paragraph, plays
    István Kovács (born August 17, 1970), nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra, is a Hungarian retired world champion boxer.
  • Competed In: 1996 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
    He is a Secretary General of the AIBA. As an amateur, he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in featherweight.
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