Károly Balzsay
Hungarian boxer
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
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)
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