László Bognár (born February 24, 1968) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who fought in the featherweight to light welterweight divisions. As an amateur he represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

He is a former WBU International featherweight, WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight, Hungarian and IBC lightweight champion.

Professional career Bognar turned professional in October 1994 at Szekszárd, Hungary. In his debut he defeated Romanian's Radu Petric on points over six rounds.

Michael Gomez fights Bognar fought Irish fighter Michael Gomez on his first fight of 2001 on 10 February for the WBO Intercontinental super featherweight title, in Widnes, Cheshire, England. Gomez had Bognar on the canvas in the fifth round after landing a crushing left hook. Although Bognar was shaken Gomez was unable to make his power count. Bognar recovered from his knockdown and kept Gomez at bay with his southpaw jab. In the ninth round Gomez was stopped after referee Dave Paris stepped in following a double left from Bognar, which had Gomez stricken against the ropes. Gomez felt the fight had been stopped prematurely and that he should have been allowed to continue.

Gomez later stated that he was suffering from flu and should not have taken the fight. John Munroe, who was sitting ringside, was called over by Ian Darke, at Gomez's request to verify his theory. This turned into a war of words, with the promoter Frank Warren and John Munroe regarding Brian Hughes, with Frank Warren promising Gomez the rematch, and Gomez stating that he was leaving Brian Hughes' gym to team up with Billy Graham. However, others pointed to his well publicised troubles out of the ring. There had been reports in the press that Gomez was not training regularly, that he had not stuck to his diet and had been out drinking and clubbing. Reports also circulated that Gomez was having trouble in his private life and that he had been stabbed in a street fight.

Gomez rematch Gomez wanted to rematch against Bognar, and five months later and a victory over John Munroe, in July 2001, the pair had a rematch in Manchester in what turned out to be a short and explosive encounter. The fight started badly for Gomez when he suffered a flash knockdown in the first round and was down again in the second. Gomez came back to put Bognar down near the end of the second round. Gomez came out firing at the start of the third round and finished the fight with a fourth and final knockdown to avenge his earlier defeat.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes52Loss37–13–2Brunet ZamoraTKO1 (6)2 Mar 200751Loss37–12–2Leonid SmetancaPTS426 Nov 200650Loss37–11–2Emanuele de ProphetisTKO4 (12)20 Oct 200649Win37–10–2Attila NémethPTS419 Sep 200648Loss36–10–2Andrzej SarkTKO3 (12)22 Apr 200647Win36–9–2Anton GlofakPTS618 Feb 200646Win35–9–2Valeri KharianauUD127 May 200545Win34–9–2Kirkor KirkorovUD1213 May 200544Win33–9–2David KiiluMD1218 Dec 200443Win32–9–2László KomjáthiSD1010 Sep 200442Win31–9–2Anton VontszemuUD612 Dec 200341Loss30–9–2Matt ZeganTKO6 (10)27 Sep 200340Loss30–8–2Mzonke FanaTKO4 (12)25 Apr 200339Win30–7–2Viktor StefanTD2 (4)29 Mar 200338Loss29–7–2János NagyUD1022 Nov 200237Win29–6–2Patrik ProkopeczKO1 (6)8 Jun 200236Loss28–6–2Silvano UsiniTKO2 (12)16 Mar 200235Win28–5–2Florin OaneaPTS68 Feb 200234Loss27–5–2Alex ArthurTKO3 (8), 17 Nov 200133Win27–4–2Ionel MirceaTKO2 (4)31 Aug 200132Loss26–4–2Michael GomezTKO3 (12), 7 Jul 200131Win26–3–2Michael GomezTKO9 (12), 10 Feb 200130Win25–3–2Demir NanevTKO2 (8)15 Dec 200029Draw24–3–2Santiago Rojas AlcántaraPTS66 Jun 200028Loss24–3–1Toncho TonchevTKO1 (12), 15 Jul 199927Win24–2–1Christian HodorogeaTKO5 (8)21 May 199926Loss23–2–1Frédéric PerezTKO8 (10)13 Mar 199925Win23–1–1Said LawalPTS814 Nov 199824Win22–1–1Kwadwo GyanKO6 (6)30 Aug 199823Win21–1–1Petre GigelTKO5 (6)15 May 199822Win20–1–1Ferenc KovácsTKO3 (4)21 Feb 199821Win19–1–1János HadjúPTS817 Jan 199820Loss18–1–1Cassius BaloyiTKO7 (12), 15 Nov 199719Draw18–0–1Dramane NabaloumPTS1017 Aug 199718Win18–0Hocine HassaniUD831 May 199717Win17–0Robert ZsemberiTKO3 (6)22 Mar 199716Win16–0Jozef KubovskyPTS631 Jan 199715Win15–0José JuárezTKO2 (12)9 Nov 199614Win14–0Carlos RochaPTS819 Oct 199613Win13–0Anton GlofakTKO5 (8)24 Sep 199612Win12–0Claudiu VăcariuTKO5 (8)22 Jun 199611Win11–0Gheorghe GhiceanPTS810 May 199610Win10–0Paul KaomaUD1217 Feb 19969Win9–0Florin OaneaPTS61 Dec 19958Win8–0István HorváthPTS63 Nov 19957Win7–0Marian DiaconuPTS61 Sep 19956Win6–0Johan ManeaTKO4 (6)10 Jun 19955Win5–0Claudiu VăcariuPTS85 May 19954Win4–0András JuhászTKO4 (6)26 Apr 19953Win3–0Gheorghe GhiceanPTS824 Feb 19952Win2–0Thierry FaurePTS616 Dec 19941Win1–0Radu PetričPTS610 Oct 1994

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