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
Silver medal – second place 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
27 fights 25 wins 2 losses
By knockout 18 1
By decision 7 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
27 Win25–2Dimitri Sartison TKO 12 (12), 2:25 21 Apr 2012 Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Retained WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title
26 Win24–2Stanyslav Kashtanov SD 12 26 Aug 2011 Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine Won vacant WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title
25 Win23–2Miša Nikolić KO 4 (6), 2:10 19 Nov 2010 Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany
24 Win22–2Aziz Daari KO 5 (8), 0:34 31 Jul 2010 O2 World, Hamburg, Germany
23 Loss21–2Eduard Gutknecht SD 12 4 Dec 2009 Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Tyrol, Austria For WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
22 Loss21–1Robert Stieglitz TKO 11 (12), 0:12 22 Aug 2009 Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary Lost WBO super-middleweight title
21 Win21–0Maselino Masoe KO 11 (12), 2:07 25 Apr 2009 König Palast, Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Retained WBO super-middleweight title
20 Win20–0Denis Inkin UD 12 10 Jan 2009 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Won WBO super-middleweight title
19 Win19–0José Alberto Clavero KO 5 (12), 2:17 25 Jul 2008 Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Retained WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
18 Win18–0Mantas Tarvydas TKO 10 (12), 2:29 26 Apr 2008 Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony, Germany Retained WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
17 Win17–0Rubén Acosta UD 12 24 Nov 2007 Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony, Germany Won WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
16 Win16–0Jose Hilton Dos Santos KO 5 (8), 2:59 16 Jun 2007 Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary
15 Win15–0Soon Botes KO 2 (10), 1:16 27 Jan 2007 Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
14 Win14–0Michal Bilak TKO 2 (8), 2:01 21 Nov 2006 Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany
13 Win13–0Etianne Whitaker TKO 4 (8), 0:59 9 Sep 2006 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
12 Win12–0Maneno Oswald KO 1 (8), 1:59 6 May 2006 Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
11 Win11–0José Ubarnes TKO 5 (8), 0:01 4 Feb 2006 Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
10 Win10–0Sergey Kharchenko UD 8 22 Oct 2005 Brandberge Arena, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
9 Win9–0Konstantin Makhankov UD 8 20 Sep 2005 T-Mobile Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
8 Win8–0Youssef Temsoury TKO 2 (6), 1:14 2 Jul 2005 Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
7 Win7–0Jevgenijs Andrejevs UD 6 7 May 2005 Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
6 Win6–0Willie McDonald TKO 2 (6), 0:07 16 Apr 2005 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
5 Win5–0Danny De Beul KO 2 (6), 0:54 26 Mar 2005 Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Saxony, Germany
4 Win4–0Jessy Moreaux TKO 2 (6), 2:29 26 Feb 2005 Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
3 Win3–0Ronny Daniels UD 6 14 Dec 2004 Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Tyrol, Austria
2 Win2–0Mounir Sahli TKO 2 (4), 1:49 6 Nov 2004 Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Saxony, Germany
1 Win1–0Milojko Pivljanin TKO 3 (4), 0:52 11 Sep 2004 Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary

References
    • Boxing record for Károly Balzsay from BoxRec (registration required)
    • 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.
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