Károly Balzsay

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.

The native form of this personal name is Balzsay Károly. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Károly Balzsay
Statistics
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 Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	27
Wins	25
Wins by KO	18
Losses	2
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Hungary European Championships 2002 Perm Middleweight

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 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-Continental Super 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-Continental Super middleweight title.
Win	18–0	Mantas Tarvydas	TKO	10 (12) 2:29	2008–04–26	Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony	Retained WBO Inter-Continental Super middleweight title.
Win	17–0	Rubén Acosta	UD	12	2007–11–24	Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony	Won WBO Inter-Continental Super 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

References

1. "Károly Balzsay Professional boxing record". BoxRec.com.

External links

• Boxing record for Károly Balzsay from BoxRec
• News and Pictures of Karoly Balzsay at the Wayback Machine (archived June 26, 2008)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Károly Balzsay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Denis Inkin	WBO Super Middleweight Champion January 10, 2009 – August 22, 2009	Succeeded by Robert Stieglitz
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