Daniel Londas
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Daniel Londas is a former boxer
who competed for France
in the men's featherweight
competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics
in Moscow
. After a first-round bye, he was eliminated in the second round by Soviet Viktor Rybakov
(0-5).
Londas then became a professional, recording 58 wins (25 ko's), 9 losses and 1 undecided. In 1992 he took the WBO Junior Lightweight title.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
who competed for France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in the men's featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. After a first-round bye, he was eliminated in the second round by Soviet Viktor Rybakov
Viktor Rybakov
Viktor Grigorievich Rybakov is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an amateur. He won the bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, and repeated that feat four years later in Moscow, Soviet...
(0-5).
Londas then became a professional, recording 58 wins (25 ko's), 9 losses and 1 undecided. In 1992 he took the WBO Junior Lightweight title.