be knocked down by Chacón again in a few seconds, and the referee calling the bout to a halt immediately. This was one of the major boxing upsets in 2001, though it was overshadowed by the likes of Lennox Lewis losing to Hasim Rahman and Félix Trinidad losing to Bernard Hopkins. In Hungary Kovács was considered a national hero, and his loss was considered by many to be a national tragedy. Rematch clause was not included in the fight contract, and Chacón went on to defend his title two times to other opponents before losing it to Scott Harrison in 2002. Later in 2003 Félix Rácz, a Hungarian boxing manager came up with the idea of bringing Chacón to Hungary again to fight against his former Olympian opponent János Nagy, who since then also turned professional, had an unbeaten record and held the WBO super-featherweight intercontinental title. The bout was entitled "The Revenge" in reference to the Chacón-Kovács fight, and ended in the 10th round in a controversial fashion after Nagy hit his opponent below the belt, and was not disqualified while Chacon was unwilling to continue after the allowed regaining time (a year later the two met again in Hungary in a non-title bout, this time Nagy narrowly outpointing Chacón). As for Kovács, he never seemed to be the same in the ring. He fought twice more against limited opposition with his former confidence visibly shaken, and after unsuccessful managerial attempts to set up another title fight for him, he retired for good in 2002. His professional record is 22-1-0. Retirement After retiring, Kovács took up several media roles and hosted various TV shows. He also mentored several Hungarian boxers inhis former professional club, Universum, including former WBO light heavyweight and WBC cruiserweight champion Zsolt Erdei, former WBO super middleweight champion Károly Balzsay, super-bantamweight challenger Zsolt Bedák and his flyweight brother, Pál Bedák. Kovács formerly operated a successful restaurant and sports bar in Budapest called Boxutca (the name is a play on words: "boxutca" as such means pit stop in Hungarian and it also includes "boxing"). The restaurant closed in the early 2010s. Kovács is the current vice president and chairman of WBO Europe. He was the sanctioning body's supervisor for Manny Pacquiao's title bout against Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas on June 9, 2012. In March 2021, Kovács was appointed as a secretary general of AIBA under its