Zsolt Bedák (born 26 September 1983 in

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) is a Hungarian boxer. His younger brother Pál Bedák is a

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boxer.

Amateur career

*2001 Bedák won bronze at the European Junior Championships. *Member of the Hungarian Olympic Team of 2004 Athens in Bantamweight. He qualified for the

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by ending up in first place at the

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. *2004 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Bantamweight (51 kg) **Round of 32 - Defeated

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of Mexico, 36-27 **Round of 16 - Lost to Maksym Tretyak of Ukraine, 24-27 *In 2005 he competed for Romania at the

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, losing his first match but winning his second in the preliminary round. *2006 he won the bronze medal at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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Professional career

He turned pro in 2006 and signed a contract to fight for Hamburg-based Universum Box-Promotion. After winning his first 12 fights, in 2009 he won the

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European super bantamweight title and later also the WBO Inter-Continental super bantamweight title. In 2010 May he fought Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. for the WBO super bantamweight title but lost by TKO in the 10th round.

External links

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Bedák on Boxing.de
1983 births Living people Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Hungary Hungarian male boxers Bantamweight boxers Boxers from Budapest {{Hungary-fencing-bio-stub