Hungarian boxer
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The native form of this
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Balzsay Károly . This article uses
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Károly Balzsay Real name Balzsay Károly Nickname(s) Karesz ("Hitter")Weight(s) Super-middleweight Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Nationality Hungarian Born (1979-07-23 ) 23 July 1979 (age 42) Kecskemét , Bács-Kiskun , HungaryStance Southpaw 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. He won the WBO super-middleweight title in 2009 by defeating Denis Inkin , making one successful defence before losing to Robert Stieglitz later that year. In 2011, Balzsay defeated Stanyslav Kashtanov to win the vacant WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title, also making one defence the following year.
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 on his second defense against Robert Stieglitz by an 11th round TKO.
Professional boxing record [ ]
25 Wins (18 knockouts), 2 Losses (1 knockout)[1]
Res.
Record
Opponent
Type
Round Time
Date
Location
Notes
Win
25–2
Dimitri Sartison
TKO
12 2:25
2012–04–21
Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin ,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Retained WBA (Regular)Super middleweight title.
Win
24–2
Stanyslav Kashtanov
SD
12
2011–08–26
Donbass Arena , Donetsk , Donetsk Oblast
Won WBA (Regular)Super middleweight title.
Win
23–2
Miša Nikolić
KO
4 (6) 2:10
2010–11–19
Universum Gym, Hamburg
Win
22–2
Aziz Daari
KO
5 (8) 0:34
2010–07–31
O2 World , Hamburg
Loss
21–2
Eduard Gutknecht
SD
12
2009–12–04
Freizeit Arena, Sölden , Tyrol
For WBO Inter-ContinentalSuper middleweight title.
Loss
21–1
Robert Stieglitz
TKO
11 (12) 0:12
2009–08–22
Syma Sport and Events Centre , Budapest
Lost WBO Super middleweight title.
Win
21–0
Maselino Masoe
KO
11 (12) 2:07
2009–04–25
König Palast , Krefeld ,North Rhine-Westphalia
Retained WBO Super middleweight title.
Win
20–0
Denis Inkin
UD
12
2009–01–10
Bördelandhalle , Magdeburg , Saxony-Anhalt
Won WBO Super middleweight title.
Win
19–0
José Alberto Clavero
KO
5 (12) 2:17
2008–07–25
Gerry Weber Stadion , Halle , Saxony-Anhalt
Retained WBO Inter-ContinentalSuper middleweight title.
Win
18–0
Mantas Tarvydas
TKO
10 (12) 2:29
2008–04–26
Freiberger Arena , Dresden , Saxony
Retained WBO Inter-ContinentalSuper middleweight title.
Win
17–0
Rubén Acosta
UD
12
2007–11–24
Freiberger Arena , Dresden , Saxony
Won WBO Inter-ContinentalSuper middleweight title.
Win
16–0
Jose Hilton Dos Santos
KO
5 (8) 2:59
2007–06–16
Syma Sport and Events Centre , Budapest
Win
15–0
Soon Botes
KO
2 (10) 1:16
2007–01–27
Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf ,North Rhine-Westphalia
Win
14–0
Michal Bilak
TKO
2 (8) 2:01
2006–11–21
Universum Gym, Hamburg
Win
13–0
Etianne Whitaker
TKO
4 (8) 0:59
2006–09–09
Bördelandhalle , Magdeburg , Saxony-Anhalt
Win
12–0
Maneno Oswald
KO
1 (8) 1:59
2006–05–06
Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf ,North Rhine-Westphalia
Win
11–0
José Ubarnes
TKO
5 (8) 0:01
2006–02–04
Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf ,North Rhine-Westphalia
Win
10–0
Sergey Kharchenko
UD
8
2005–10–22
Brandberge Arena, Halle , Saxony-Anhalt
Win
9–0
Konstantin Makhankov
UD
8
2005–09–20
T-Mobile Arena , Prague
Win
8–0
Youssef Temsoury
TKO
2 (6) 1:14
2005–07–02
Color Line Arena , Hamburg
Win
7–0
Jevgenijs Andrejevs
UD
6
2005–05–07
Volkswagen Halle , Braunschweig , Lower Saxony
Win
6–0
Willie McDonald
TKO
2 (6) 0:07
2005–04–16
Bördelandhalle , Magdeburg , Saxony-Anhalt
Win
5–0
Danny De Beul
KO
2 (6) 0:54
2005–03–26
Erdgas Arena , Riesa , Saxony
Win
4–0
Jessy Moreaux
TKO
2 (6) 2:29
2005–02–26
Color Line Arena , Hamburg
Win
3–0
Ronny Daniels
UD
6
2004–12–14
Freizeit Arena, Sölden , Tyrol
Win
2–0
Mounir Sahli
TKO
2 (4) 1:49
2004–11–06
Erdgas Arena , Riesa , Saxony
Win
1–0
Milojko Pivljanin
TKO
3 (4) 0:52
2004–09–11
Kisstadion , Budapest
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Awards and achievements
Preceded byDenis Inkin
WBO Super Middleweight Champion January 10, 2009 – August 22, 2009
Succeeded byRobert Stieglitz
Vacant Title last held by
Dimitri Sartison
WBA Super Middleweight Champion Regular Title August 26, 2011 – September 7, 2012Status changed
Vacant Title next held by
Brian Magee
Vacant
WBA Super Middleweight Champion Regular Champion in Recess September 7, 2012 – October 3, 2012Vacated
Vacant