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The native form of this personal name is Balzsay Károly. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Károly Balzsay
Personal information
Full nameBalzsay Károly
Nickname"Karesz" ("Hitter")
NationalityHungarian
Born (1979-07-23) July 23, 1979 (age 45)
Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classSuper Middleweight
ClubKecskeméti SC / Vasas SC
Medal record
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Perm Middleweight

Károly Balzsay (born July 23, 1979 in Kecskemét) is a Hungarian boxer and the current WBA (Regular) super middleweight champion. He is also a former WBO super middleweight champion. He is nicknamed Karesz.

Amateur

  • 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
  • 2000 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Light Middleweights (71 kg)
  • 2004 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Middleweights (75 kg)

Pro 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 Germany Dimitri Sartison TKO 12
2:25 		2012–04–21 Germany Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 		For WBA (Regular)
Super middleweight title.
Win 24–2 Ukraine Stanyslav Kashtanov SD 12 2011–08–26 Ukraine Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast Won WBA (Regular)
Super middleweight title.
Win 23–2 Serbia Miša Nikolić KO 4 (6)
2:10 		2010–11–19 Germany Universum Gym, Hamburg
Win 22–2 France Aziz Daari KO 5 (8)
0:34 		2010–07–31 Germany O2 World, Hamburg
Loss 21–2 Germany Eduard Gutknecht SD 12 2009–12–04 Austria Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Tyrol For WBO Inter-Continental
Super middleweight title.
Loss 21–1 Germany Robert Stieglitz TKO 11 (12)
0:12 		2009–08–22 Hungary Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest Lost WBO
Super middleweight title.
Win 21–0 Samoa Maselino Masoe KO 11 (12)
2:07 		2009–04–25 Germany König Palast, Krefeld,
North Rhine-Westphalia 		For WBO
Super middleweight title.
Win 20–0 Russia Denis Inkin UD 12 2009–01–10 Germany Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt Won WBO
Super middleweight title.
Win 19–0 Argentina José Alberto Clavero KO 5 (12)
2:17 		2008–07–25 Germany Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt For WBO Inter-Continental
Super middleweight title.
Win 18–0 Lithuania Mantas Tarvydas TKO 10 (12)
2:29 		2008–04–26 Germany Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony For WBO Inter-Continental
Super middleweight title.
Win 17–0 Argentina Rubén Acosta UD 12 2007–11–24 Germany Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony Won WBO Inter-Continental
Super middleweight title.
Win 16–0 Brazil Jose Hilton Dos Santos KO 5 (8)
2:59 		2007–06–16 Hungary Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest
Win 15–0 South Africa Soon Botes KO 2 (10)
1:16 		2007–01–27 Germany Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf,
North Rhine-Westphalia
Win 14–0 Czech Republic Michal Bilak TKO 2 (8)
2:01 		2006–11–21 Germany Universum Gym, Hamburg
Win 13–0 United States Etianne Whitaker TKO 4 (8)
0:59 		2006–09–09 Germany Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Win 12–0 Tanzania Maneno Oswald KO 1 (8)
1:59 		2006–05–06 Germany Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf,
North Rhine-Westphalia
Win 11–0 Colombia José Ubarnes TKO 5 (8)
0:01 		2006–02–04 Germany Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf,
North Rhine-Westphalia
Win 10–0 Russia Sergey Kharchenko UD 8 2005–10–22 Germany Brandberge Arena, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Win 9–0 Belarus Konstantin Makhankov UD 8 2005–09–20 Czech Republic T-Mobile Arena, Prague
Win 8–0 France Youssef Temsoury TKO 2 (6)
1:14 		2005–07–02 Germany Color Line Arena, Hamburg
Win 7–0 Latvia Jevgenijs Andrejevs UD 6 2005–05–07 Germany Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
Win 6–0 United States Willie McDonald TKO 2 (6)
0:07 		2005–04–16 Germany Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Win 5–0 Belgium Danny De Beul KO 2 (6)
0:54 		2005–03–26 Germany Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Saxony
Win 4–0 France Jessy Moreaux TKO 2 (6)
2:29 		2005–02–26 Germany Color Line Arena, Hamburg
Win 3–0 Netherlands Ronny Daniels UD 6 2004–12–14 Austria Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Tyrol
Win 2–0 France Mounir Sahli TKO 2 (4)
1:49 		2004–11–06 Germany Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Saxony
Win 1–0 Serbia and Montenegro Milojko Pivljanin TKO 3 (4)
0:52 		2004–09–11 Hungary Kisstadion, Budapest

References

  1. ^ "Károly Balzsay Professional boxing record". BoxRec.com.
Awards and achievements
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 – September 7, 2012
Status changed 		Vacant
Title next held by
Brian Magee
Vacant WBA Super Middleweight Champion
Regular Champion in Recess
September 7, 2012 – October 3, 2012
Vacated 		Vacant

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