István Lévai

István Lévai (born July 23, 1957) is a former boxer from Hungary, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the semifinals by titleholder Teófilo Stevenson of Cuba.

Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Heavyweight

Amateur career

Lévai was a nine-time Hungarian amateur champion.[1]

Olympic Results

1980 Olympic Results - Boxed as a heavyweight

  • Round of 16: bye
  • Quarterfinals: Defeated Anders Eklund (Sweden) by majority decision, 4–1 (Eklund knocked down at 2:55 of the 3rd rd[2])
  • Semifinals: Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 0–5 (was awarded bronze medal)

Boxing coach

Lévai is currently the trainer of IBO super welterweight champion Attila Kovács.[3]

References
  1. womanbox.hu: Az UTE Ökölvívó Szakosztály története (in Hungarian)
  2. Can he nab another gold? Stevenson says he is ready By ED SCHUYLER JR. (AP Sports Writer), Nashua Telegraph, July 30, 1980, p. 25.
  3. profiboksz.hu: Kovács Attila: Régen voltam ilyen jó formában! (in Hungarian)
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