Károly Balzsay (born 23 July 1979) is a Hungarian former
professional boxer
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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
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against Milojko Pivljanin of
Serbia and Montenegro
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.
In January, 2009 he won the
WBO
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super middleweight
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Boxing
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title from
Denis Inkin and became the third Hungarian World Champion of Universum Box-Promotion after
István Kovács and
Zsolt Erdei
Zsolt Erdei (born 31 May 1974) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2004 to 2009 (making eleven co ...
.
In August 2009 he lost the title in his second defense against
Robert Stieglitz by an 11th round TKO.
In 2011, Balzsay defeated
Stanyslav Kashtanov to win the vacant
WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title, he made one defence against Dimitri Sartison.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of southpaw stance boxers
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List of world super-middleweight boxing champions
This is a chronological List of World Super Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
* The ...
References
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1979 births
Living people
Hungarian male boxers
Sportspeople from Kecskemét
Southpaw boxers
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Hungary
Middleweight boxers
World super-middleweight boxing champions
World Boxing Organization champions
World Boxing Association champions