Károly Balzsay
Károly Balzsay | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | (1979-07-23) 23 July 1979 (age 45) | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||
Other names | Karesz ("Hitter") | ||||||||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Super middleweight | ||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
Total fights | 27 | ||||||||||||||
Wins | 25 | ||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 18 | ||||||||||||||
Losses | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Károly Balzsay (born 23 July 1979) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2012.
Amateur highlights
- Member of the Hungarian Olympic team of Sydney at Light Middleweight
- Member of the Hungarian Olympic team of Athens at Middleweight
- Silver medalist in the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships, Perm, Russia
- 7x Hungarian amateur champion
Amateur record: W231-L27-D2 (72KO's)
- 2000 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Light Middleweights (71 kg)
- 1st Round - Bye
- Round of 16 - Lost to Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand, 12-17
- 2004 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Middleweights (75 kg)
- Round of 32 - Defeated Sahraoui Mohamed of Tunisia, 29-24
- Round of 16 - Lost to Yordanis Despaigne of Cuba, 38-25
Professional career
He made his professional debut on September 11, 2004 in the Kisstadion of Budapest against Milojko Pivljanin of Serbia and Montenegro.
In January, 2009 he won the WBO super middleweight title from Denis Inkin and became the third Hungarian World Champion of Universum Box-Promotion after István Kovács and Zsolt Erdei.
In August 2009 he lost the title in his second defense against Robert Stieglitz by an 11th round TKO.[1]
In 2011, Balzsay defeated Stanyslav Kashtanov to win the vacant WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title, he made one defence against Dimitri Sartison.[2]
Professional boxing record
27 fights | 25 wins | 2 losses |
---|---|---|
By knockout | 18 | 1 |
By decision | 7 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 | Win | 25–2 | Dimitri Sartison | TKO | 12 (12), 2:25 | 21 Apr 2012 | Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Germany | Retained WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title |
26 | Win | 24–2 | Stanyslav Kashtanov | SD | 12 | 26 Aug 2011 | Donbas Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine | Won vacant WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title |
25 | Win | 23–2 | Miša Nikolić | KO | 4 (6), 2:10 | 19 Nov 2010 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | |
24 | Win | 22–2 | Aziz Daari | KO | 5 (8), 0:34 | 31 Jul 2010 | O2 World, Hamburg, Germany | |
23 | Loss | 21–2 | Eduard Gutknecht | SD | 12 | 4 Dec 2009 | Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Austria | For vacant WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title |
22 | Loss | 21–1 | Robert Stieglitz | TKO | 11 (12), 0:12 | 22 Aug 2009 | SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest, Hungary | Lost WBO super-middleweight title |
21 | Win | 21–0 | Maselino Masoe | KO | 11 (12), 2:07 | 25 Apr 2009 | König Palast, Krefeld, Germany | Retained WBO super-middleweight title |
20 | Win | 20–0 | Denis Inkin | UD | 12 | 10 Jan 2009 | Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany | Won WBO super-middleweight title |
19 | Win | 19–0 | José Alberto Clavero | KO | 5 (12), 2:17 | 25 Jul 2008 | Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany | Retained WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title |
18 | Win | 18–0 | Mantas Tarvydas | TKO | 10 (12), 2:29 | 26 Apr 2008 | Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Germany | Retained WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title |
17 | Win | 17–0 | Rubén Acosta | UD | 12 | 24 Nov 2007 | Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Germany | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Jose Hilton Dos Santos | KO | 5 (8), 2:59 | 16 Jun 2007 | SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest, Hungary | |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Soon Botes | KO | 2 (10), 1:16 | 27 Jan 2007 | Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Michal Bilak | TKO | 2 (8), 2:01 | 21 Nov 2006 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Etianne Whitaker | TKO | 4 (8), 0:59 | 9 Sep 2006 | Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Maneno Oswald | KO | 1 (8), 1:59 | 6 May 2006 | Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | José Ubarnes | TKO | 5 (8) | 4 Feb 2006 | Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Sergey Kharchenko | UD | 8 | 22 Oct 2005 | Brandberge Arena, Halle, Germany | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Konstantin Makhankov | UD | 8 | 20 Sep 2005 | T-Mobile Arena, Prague, Czech Republic | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Youssef Temsoury | TKO | 2 (6), 1:14 | 2 Jul 2005 | Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Jevgenijs Andrejevs | UD | 6 | 7 May 2005 | Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Germany | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Willie McDonald | TKO | 2 (6), 0:07 | 16 Apr 2005 | Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Danny De Beul | KO | 2 (6), 0:54 | 26 Mar 2005 | Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Germany | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Jessy Moreaux | TKO | 2 (6), 2:29 | 26 Feb 2005 | Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Ronny Daniels | UD | 6 | 14 Dec 2004 | Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Austria | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Mounir Sahli | TKO | 2 (4), 1:49 | 6 Nov 2004 | Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Germany | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Milojko Pivljanin | TKO | 3 (4), 0:52 | 11 Sep 2004 | Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary |
See also
References
External links
Sporting positions | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Regional boxing titles | ||||
Vacant Title last held by Jürgen Brähmer | WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight champion November 24, 2007 – January 10, 2009 Won world title | Vacant Title next held by Jean Pascal | ||
World boxing titles | ||||
Preceded by | WBO super-middleweight champion January 10, 2009 – August 22, 2009 | Succeeded by | ||
Vacant Title last held by Dimitri Sartison | WBA super-middleweight champion Regular title August 26, 2011 – August 3, 2012 Status changed | Succeeded by | ||
Honorary boxing titles | ||||
New title | WBA super-middleweight champion Champion in recess August 3, 2012 – October 3, 2012 Retired | Vacant |