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 nameBalzsay Károly
Nickname(s)Karesz ("Hitter")
Weight(s)Super-middleweight
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
NationalityHungarian
Born (1979-07-23) 23 July 1979
Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun,
Hungary
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights27
Wins25
Wins by KO18
Losses2
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)
  • 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
Win25–2 Dimitri Sartison TKO 12
2:25		 2012–04–21 Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern		 Retained WBA (Regular)
Super middleweight title.
Win24–2 Stanyslav Kashtanov SD 12 2011–08–26 Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast Won WBA (Regular)
Super middleweight title.
Win23–2 Miša Nikolić KO 4 (6)
2:10		 2010–11–19 Universum Gym, Hamburg
Win22–2 Aziz Daari KO 5 (8)
0:34		 2010–07–31 O2 World, Hamburg
Loss21–2 Eduard Gutknecht SD 12 2009–12–04 Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Tyrol For WBO Inter-Continental
Super middleweight title.
Loss21–1 Robert Stieglitz TKO 11 (12)
0:12		 2009–08–22 Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest Lost WBO
Super middleweight title.
Win21–0 Maselino Masoe KO 11 (12)
2:07		 2009–04–25 König Palast, Krefeld,
North Rhine-Westphalia		 Retained WBO
Super middleweight title.
Win20–0 Denis Inkin UD 12 2009–01–10 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt Won WBO
Super middleweight title.
Win19–0 José Alberto Clavero KO 5 (12)
2:17		 2008–07–25 Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt Retained WBO Inter-Continental
Super middleweight title.
Win18–0 Mantas Tarvydas TKO 10 (12)
2:29		 2008–04–26 Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony Retained WBO Inter-Continental
Super middleweight title.
Win17–0 Rubén Acosta UD 12 2007–11–24 Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony Won WBO Inter-Continental
Super middleweight title.
Win16–0 Jose Hilton Dos Santos KO 5 (8)
2:59		 2007–06–16 Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest
Win15–0 Soon Botes KO 2 (10)
1:16		 2007–01–27 Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf,
North Rhine-Westphalia
Win14–0 Michal Bilak TKO 2 (8)
2:01		 2006–11–21 Universum Gym, Hamburg
Win13–0 Etianne Whitaker TKO 4 (8)
0:59		 2006–09–09 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Win12–0 Maneno Oswald KO 1 (8)
1:59		 2006–05–06 Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf,
North Rhine-Westphalia
Win11–0 José Ubarnes TKO 5 (8)
0:01		 2006–02–04 Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf,
North Rhine-Westphalia
Win10–0 Sergey Kharchenko UD 8 2005–10–22 Brandberge Arena, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Win9–0 Konstantin Makhankov UD 8 2005–09–20 T-Mobile Arena, Prague
Win8–0 Youssef Temsoury TKO 2 (6)
1:14		 2005–07–02 Color Line Arena, Hamburg
Win7–0 Jevgenijs Andrejevs UD 6 2005–05–07 Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
Win6–0 Willie McDonald TKO 2 (6)
0:07		 2005–04–16 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Win5–0 Danny De Beul KO 2 (6)
0:54		 2005–03–26 Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Saxony
Win4–0 Jessy Moreaux TKO 2 (6)
2:29		 2005–02–26 Color Line Arena, Hamburg
Win3–0 Ronny Daniels UD 6 2004–12–14 Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Tyrol
Win2–0 Mounir Sahli TKO 2 (4)
1:49		 2004–11–06 Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Saxony
Win1–0 Milojko Pivljanin TKO 3 (4)
0:52		 2004–09–11 Kisstadion, Budapest

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