Károly Balzsay
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The native form of this personal name is Balzsay Károly. This article uses the Western name order.
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| Full name | Balzsay Károly | ||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Karesz" ("Hitter") | ||||||
| Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||
| Born | July 23, 1979 Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||
| Weight | 77 kilograms (170 lb) | ||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||
| Rated at | Super Middleweight | ||||||
| Club | Kecskeméti SC / Vasas SC | ||||||
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Károly Balzsay (born July 23, 1979 in Kecskemét) is a Hungarian boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion. He is also a former WBO super middleweight champion. He is nicknamed Karesz.
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[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Titles
| Vacant
Title last held by
Jürgen Brähmer |
WBO Inter-Continental Super Middleweight Champion November 24, 2007 – January 10, 2009 Won world title |
Succeeded by Jean Pascal |
| 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 – present |
Incumbent |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- News and Pictures of Karoly Balzsay
- Professional boxing record for Károly Balzsay from BoxRec
- sports-reference
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