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
Medal record European Amateur Championships 2002 Perm Middleweight

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

• 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

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)
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	For 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	For 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	For WBO Inter-Continental Super middleweight title.
Win	18–0	Mantas Tarvydas	TKO	10 (12) 2:29	2008–04–26	Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony	For 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

External links

• News and Pictures of Karoly Balzsay
• Professional boxing record for Károly Balzsay from BoxRec
• sports-reference

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