István Kovács

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Men's Boxing
Olympic medal record
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Flyweight
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Bantamweight

István Kovács (born August 17, 1970 in Budapest) is a Hungarian boxer. Nicknamed "Ko-Ko", Kovács won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a flyweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He won the title at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark.

Kovács began his professional career in 1997, and began his career with 20 consecutive victories, including capturing the vacant WBO featherweight title with a TKO of Antonio Diaz. Kovács lost the belt in his next fight against Julio Pablo Chacon, who dropped him in the 5th and TKO'd him in the 6th. Kovács fought twice more before retiring in 2002.

Preceded by Tamás Darnyi	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1991	Succeeded by Tamás Darnyi

Preceded by Imre Pulai	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1996	Succeeded by Botond Storcz

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Boxing Record

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Olympic Boxing Champions (Bantamweight)

1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) • 1908: Henry Thomas (GBR) • 1920: Clarence Walker (RSA) • 1924: William Smith (RSA) • 1928: Vittorio Tamagnini (ITA) • 1932: Horace Gwynne (CAN) • 1936: Ulderico Sergo (ITA) • 1948: Tibor Csík (HUN) • 1952: Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN) • 1956: Wolfgang Behrendt (GER) • 1960: Oleg Grigoryev (URS) • 1964: Takao Sakurai (JPN) • 1968: Valerian Sokolov (URS) • 1972: Orlando Martínez (CUB) • 1976: Gu Yong-Ju (PRK) • 1980: Juan Hernández (CUB) • 1984: Maurizio Stecca (ITA) • 1988: Kennedy McKinney (USA) • 1992: Joel Casamayor (CUB) • 1996: István Kovács (HUN) • 2000: Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB) • 2004: Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB)