Lakatosh, Pal

Pal Lakatos was born on June 7, 1968 in Vasharoshnamena , Hungary .

In 1990, he made his debut in the national team of Hungary in the weight category up to 48 kg (throughout the amateur career he performed in this category) ^[2] .

In 1991, he won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Gothenburg , Sweden , reached the quarterfinals of the World Championships in Sydney ( Australia ) ^{[3] [4]} .

On May 21, 1999, in the second part of the Hungary - USA match , Lakatos defeated his opponent in the weight category up to 48 kg , the future world champion in professional boxing Brian Vilorius ^[5] .

In 1992, he qualified for the Olympic Games in Barcelona , was a participant in the quarterfinal stage of the Olympic tournament ^{[6] [7]} .

In 1993, he won the silver medal of the European Championship in Bursa ( Turkey ), reached the quarter finals of the World Championships in Finnish Tampere ^{[8] [9]} .

In 1994, he played at the World Cup in Bangkok ( Thailand ) ^[10] .

In 1995, he participated in the World Cup in Berlin ^[11] .

In 1996, he reached the quarter - finals of the European Championships in Veil ( Denmark ), failing to pass the qualifying round for the Olympic Games in Atlanta ^[12] .

In 1997, he participated in the home world championship in Budapest ^[13] .

In 1998, he won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Minsk ( Belarus ) ^[14] .

In 1999, he participated in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in American Houston ^[15] .

In 2000, he won the “bronze” European Championship in Tampere , took part in the Olympic tournament in Sydney ^{[16] [17]} . After the Olympics he moved to professional boxing .

In 2001, he had his first professional fight.

In 2004, he completed his sports career.

After finishing his career, he opened the Boxing School Pal Lakatosha School Boxing Club in Szigetszentmiklos ^[18] .

1990-1992

Pal Lakatos played for the Vashash boxing club from Budapest ^[19] .

In 1990, Lakatos began playing for the Hungarian national team in international tournaments in the weight category up to 48 kg.

In May 1991, Lakatos first became one of the winners of the European Championship, held in Gothenburg, Sweden . In the 1/8 finals, he won against Turk Assar Jirithli (by points, 48: 9), in the quarterfinal he outboxed an opponent from the USSR Nshan Munchyan (by points, 23:19). In the semifinals, Lakatosh lost to the titled Bulgarian boxer Ivaylo Marinov (on points, 15:24), thus winning the bronze medal of the championship .

In November of the same year, the Hungarian made his debut at the World Cup . At the tournament held in Sydney (Australia), Lacatos in the first round was stopped by Fausto del Rosario from the Dominican Republic (on points, 22: 9). In the 1/8 finals, Lakatosh defeated Filipino Roel Velasco (on points, 25:15), but lost to Daniel Petrov ( Bulgaria ) in the quarterfinal stage (on points, 12:30).

In March 1992, Lakatos passed the Olympic selection, having successfully performed in the qualification competitions held as part of the annual Chemistry Cup tournament in Halle ( Germany ). The Hungarian boxer successively defeated the Irishman John McQuillan (for a clear advantage in the first round), Vladimir Ganchenko ( USSR ) and Romanian Valentin Barbu (on points, 16: 5), becoming the owner of a ticket to the Olympics . The defeat in the final by Jan Kuast of Germany (on points, 3:14) was no longer decisive.

At the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Lakatosh reached the quarter-finals, beating Vladimir Ganchenko (for a clear advantage in the second round) and defeating South Korean Cho Don Boom (on points, 20:15). But at the quarterfinal stage, Lakatosh again failed to overcome the barrier in the person of Daniel Petrov , losing to him on points with a score of 8:17 ^{[2] [3] [4] [6] [7]} .

1993-1996

In May 1993, at the World Championships in Tampere (Finland), the Hungarian boxer lost to Petrov for the third time in major international tournaments. Starting the competition with a victory over Cha Kwan Chul from South Korea (on points, 23:15), Lakatosh met in the quarterfinals with the Bulgarian and lost on points with a score of 15:23.

In September 1993, Lakatosh won the silver medal at the European Championships in Bursa (Turkey) . In the 1/8 finals, he went through Pole Rafala Nidbalski (an early victory in the third round due to injury by an opponent), in the quarterfinals he defeated Huseyn Mammadov ( Azerbaijan ) (by points, 13: 3), and in the semifinal he defeated Russian Eduard Gaifullin (by points) , 8: 2). In the final, Lakatosha was expected by Petrov , to whom the Hungarian, by the prevailing sad tradition for him, lost by points with a score of 4:10.

In 1994, he participated in the World Cup in Bangkok ( Thailand ), but lost in the first fight to the competition's owner Pramunasak Phosuvan (on points, 8: 9).

In 1995, Lakatosh unsuccessfully performed at the World Championships in Berlin , losing to Nshan Munchyan ( Armenia ) in the first round by a decision of the judges in a draw that ended in a draw (11:11).

In 1996, the Hungarian did not pass the quarterfinal stage of the European Championship in the Danish Weil . Having won in the eighth finals against Pole Andrzej Rzhani (by points, 9: 2), he then lost to the Romanian boxer Sabin Bornei (by points, 7:19) and was left without a ticket to the Olympic Games in Atlanta ^{[8] [9] [ 10] [11] [12]} .

1997-2000

In 1997, Lakatos failed to achieve significant success at the World Championships in Budapest (Hungary) . In the first round of the tournament, Pal Lakatos defeated the Colombian Wilfredo Valdes in a difficult battle (by points, 15:16), but in the 1/8 finals he lost to his regular opponent in major international competitions, Daniel Petrov from Bulgaria (by points, 1: 8).

In 1998, the Hungarian boxer won the second bronze medal of his European championships in his career. At the continental championship in Minsk (Belarus), Lakatosh reached the semifinals in a difficult fight. In the 1/8 finals, he won by one point behind Estonian Sergei Tasimov (9: 8), and in the quarterfinals with a similar difference - against Rudolf Dudi from Slovakia (7: 6). However, at the semifinal stage of the competition, Lakatos was unable to oppose anything to the Lithuanian Ivanas Stapovicius (on points, 7:13).

In August 1999, Lacatosh spoke at the World Championships in American Houston , where he reached the quarterfinals. Starting from the 1/8 final stage, the Hungarian convincingly defeated future world boxing champion Ivan Calderon from Puerto Rico (on points, 10: 3). However, in the next fight Lakatosha was waiting for the 1996 Olympic champion in the weight category up to 51 kg Cuban Micro Romero . The Hungarian boxer devastatingly lost to the opponent on points with a score of 1:11.

In November, Lakatos successfully passed the 2000 European Championship qualifying round, but managed to overcome the Olympic qualification only on the third attempt, losing the selection stages held in the framework of the Golden Belt Tournament ( Romania ) and the Acropolis Cup ( Greece ). As a result, Lakatos got to the Sydney Olympics through the qualification tournament “Multi Nations Tournament” ( Great Britain ) in March 2000 .

In May 2000, Lakatos took the start at the European Championships in Finnish Tampere . A small number of competitors in the weight category up to 48 kg allowed Lakatosh to start the performance from the quarterfinal stage. Hungary won points by Swedish boxer Henok Alem (16: 8) and became the bronze medalist of the championship , because in the next match he lost to Valery Sidorenko from Ukraine (by points, 4:10).

In September 2000, Lakatosh played at the Olympic tournament in Sydney (Australia) . By lot, the athlete was released from the fights of the first round, but already the starting fight in the 1/8 finals was the last for the Hungarian. Lakatosh lost on points with a score of 8:20 to Kim Un-Cholu ( DPRK ) and dropped out of the tournament.

In 2001, the Hungarian boxer did not play for the national team at international tournaments, deciding to switch to professional boxing ^{[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]} .

In the professional ring, Lakatosh made his debut on March 31, 2001 at the age of 32, in the bantamweight , in his only title fight, fought in the second lightest weight category . Most of the fights (4) took place in Hungary , also went to the rings of Italy , Spain , Germany , France , Poland , Slovakia . Trainer - Ferenc Zillag. The manager is Joseph Gyari ^[25] .

Throughout his professional career, he did not achieve high results, mainly acting as a jornimen .

On June 28, 2002, he held the title fight for the insignificant TWBA title in the second flyweight , losing on points in a twelve-round fight to the Spaniard Lakhsen Zemmuri.

He met with European champions Mimun Shen, Frank Goryu, Bernard Inom , Andrea Sarritzu, Ivan Poso, as well as the future WBA bantamweight champion Vladimir Sidorenko .

In 2004, he completed his performances, having achieved 5 victories with two draws in 18 fights.

After completing his career, Pal Lakatos opened a boxing club in Szigetszentmiklos called “Pal Lakatos Boxing School”, works as a trainer in the club ^[18] .

• Pal Lakatosh - professional boxing statistics for BoxRec
• Amateur Boxing Tournament Statistics .
• Olympic boxer statistics at sports-reference.com .