Pál Bedák

The native form of this personal name is Bedák Pál. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Pál Bedák (born September 8, 1985 in Budapest) is a boxer from Hungary best known for winning the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. His elder brother Zsolt Bedák is a bantamweight boxer.

Pál Bedák

Personal information
Full name	Bedák Pál
Nickname	"Pimpa" / "Little Big Man"
Nationality	Hungary
Born	(1985-09-08) September 8, 1985 Budapest
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light Flyweight
Club	Vasas, Budapest
Medal record World Amateur Championships 2005 Mianyang Light Flyweight European Amateur Championships 2004 Pula Light Flyweight EU Amateur Championships 2007 Dublin Light Flyweight 2008 Cetniewo Light Flyweight

At his international debut Bedák won the European Cadet Championships in 2002. As a junior, he won the European Junior Championships (2003) and the Junior World Championships (2004), where he beat future world champion Sergey Vodopyanov in the final. Bedák won the bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Pula.

He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native European country. There he was defeated in the first round of the light flyweight division by Azerbaijan's Jeyhun Abiyev. He later won the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships losing to Chinese Zou Shiming.

At the 2007 World Championships he made an early exit against European champion David Ayrapetyan, at the 2008 Summer Olympics he was edged out in his first bout 7:8 by Birzhan Zhakypov.

Professional career

He turned pro in 2008 and signed a contract to fight for Hamburg-based Universum Box-Promotion. He trains together with two fellow-Hungarian world champions Zsolt Erdei and Károly Balzsay.

External links

• Boxing record for Pál Bedák from BoxRec (registration required)

References

• Yahoo! Sports
• sports-reference