Károly Balzsay

The native form of this personal name is Balzsay Károly. This article uses the Western name order.
Károly Balzsay
Personal information
Full name Balzsay Károly
Nickname(s) "Karesz" ("Hitter")
Nationality Hungarian
Born (1979-07-23) July 23, 1979
Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Super Middleweight
Club Kecskeméti SC / Vasas SC

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

Amateur record: W231-L27-D2 (72KO's)

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
Win25–2Germany Dimitri Sartison TKO 12
2:25
2012–04–21 Germany Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
For WBA (Regular)
Super middleweight title.
Win24–2Ukraine Stanyslav Kashtanov SD 12 2011–08–26 Ukraine Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast Won WBA (Regular)
Super middleweight title.
Win23–2Serbia Miša Nikolić KO 4 (6)
2:10
2010–11–19 Germany Universum Gym, Hamburg
Win22–2France Aziz Daari KO 5 (8)
0:34
2010–07–31 Germany O2 World, Hamburg
Loss21–2Germany Eduard Gutknecht SD 12 2009–12–04 Austria Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Tyrol For WBO Inter-Continental
Super middleweight title.
Loss21–1Germany Robert Stieglitz TKO 11 (12)
0:12
2009–08–22 Hungary Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest Lost WBO
Super middleweight title.
Win21–0Samoa Maselino Masoe KO 11 (12)
2:07
2009–04–25 Germany König Palast, Krefeld,
North Rhine-Westphalia
For WBO
Super middleweight title.
Win20–0Russia Denis Inkin UD 12 2009–01–10 Germany Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt Won WBO
Super middleweight title.
Win19–0Argentina 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.
Win18–0Lithuania Mantas Tarvydas TKO 10 (12)
2:29
2008–04–26 Germany Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony For WBO Inter-Continental
Super middleweight title.
Win17–0Argentina Rubén Acosta UD 12 2007–11–24 Germany Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony Won WBO Inter-Continental
Super middleweight title.
Win16–0Brazil Jose Hilton Dos Santos KO 5 (8)
2:59
2007–06–16 Hungary Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest
Win15–0South Africa Soon Botes KO 2 (10)
1:16
2007–01–27 Germany Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf,
North Rhine-Westphalia
Win14–0Czech Republic Michal Bilak TKO 2 (8)
2:01
2006–11–21 Germany Universum Gym, Hamburg
Win13–0United States Etianne Whitaker TKO 4 (8)
0:59
2006–09–09 Germany Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Win12–0Tanzania Maneno Oswald KO 1 (8)
1:59
2006–05–06 Germany Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf,
North Rhine-Westphalia
Win11–0Colombia José Ubarnes TKO 5 (8)
0:01
2006–02–04 Germany Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf,
North Rhine-Westphalia
Win10–0Russia Sergey Kharchenko UD 8 2005–10–22 Germany Brandberge Arena, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Win9–0Belarus Konstantin Makhankov UD 8 2005–09–20 Czech Republic T-Mobile Arena, Prague
Win8–0France Youssef Temsoury TKO 2 (6)
1:14
2005–07–02 Germany Color Line Arena, Hamburg
Win7–0Latvia Jevgenijs Andrejevs UD 6 2005–05–07 Germany Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
Win6–0United States Willie McDonald TKO 2 (6)
0:07
2005–04–16 Germany Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Win5–0Belgium Danny De Beul KO 2 (6)
0:54
2005–03–26 Germany Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Saxony
Win4–0France Jessy Moreaux TKO 2 (6)
2:29
2005–02–26 Germany Color Line Arena, Hamburg
Win3–0Netherlands Ronny Daniels UD 6 2004–12–14 Austria Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Tyrol
Win2–0France Mounir Sahli TKO 2 (4)
1:49
2004–11–06 Germany Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Saxony
Win1–0Serbia and Montenegro Milojko Pivljanin TKO 3 (4)
0:52
2004–09–11 Hungary Kisstadion, Budapest

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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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