István Lévai
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Name: Istvan Levai
Hometown: Gyor, Hungary
Birthplace: Gyor, Hungary
Amateur Boxer: Record
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, becoming the first boxer to last the distance with Stevenson at the Olympics.
9x Hungarian amateur champion.
Trained IBO Super Welterweight champion Attila Kovács.
- 1980 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Super Heavyweights (+91kg)
- 1st Round - bye
- Quarterfinals - Defeated Anders Eklund of Sweden, 4-1
- Semifinals - Lost to Teófilo Stevenson of Cuba, 0-5
- 1st Round - bye
- 1978 World amateur championship results
- Lost to Tony Tubbs (United States) 0-5