Károly Balzsay
# 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.

## 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)
   * 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

## 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 | Win | 25–2 | Dimitri Sartison | TKO | 12 (12), 2:25 | 21 Apr 2012 | Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | Retained WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title |
| 26 | Win | 24–2 | Stanyslav Kashtanov | SD | 12 | 26 Aug 2011 | Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine | Won vacant WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title |
| 25 | Win | 23–2 | Miša Nikolić | KO | 4 (6), 2:10 | 19 Nov 2010 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 24 | Win | 22–2 | Aziz Daari | KO | 5 (8), 0:34 | 31 Jul 2010 | O2 World, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 23 | Loss | 21–2 | Eduard Gutknecht | SD | 12 | 4 Dec 2009 | Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Tyrol, Austria | For WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title |
| 22 | Loss | 21–1 | Robert Stieglitz | TKO | 11 (12), 0:12 | 22 Aug 2009 | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary | Lost WBO super-middleweight title |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Maselino Masoe | KO | 11 (12), 2:07 | 25 Apr 2009 | König Palast, Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Retained WBO super-middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Denis Inkin | UD | 12 | 10 Jan 2009 | Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | Won WBO super-middleweight title |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | José 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 | Win | 18–0 | Mantas Tarvydas | TKO | 10 (12), 2:29 | 26 Apr 2008 | Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony, Germany | Retained WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Rubén Acosta | UD | 12 | 24 Nov 2007 | Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Saxony, Germany | Won WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Jose Hilton Dos Santos | KO | 5 (8), 2:59 | 16 Jun 2007 | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Soon Botes | KO | 2 (10), 1:16 | 27 Jan 2007 | Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Michal Bilak | TKO | 2 (8), 2:01 | 21 Nov 2006 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Etianne Whitaker | TKO | 4 (8), 0:59 | 9 Sep 2006 | Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Maneno Oswald | KO | 1 (8), 1:59 | 6 May 2006 | Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | José Ubarnes | TKO | 5 (8), 0:01 | 4 Feb 2006 | Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Sergey Kharchenko | UD | 8 | 22 Oct 2005 | Brandberge Arena, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Konstantin Makhankov | UD | 8 | 20 Sep 2005 | T-Mobile Arena, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Youssef Temsoury | TKO | 2 (6), 1:14 | 2 Jul 2005 | Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jevgenijs Andrejevs | UD | 6 | 7 May 2005 | Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Willie McDonald | TKO | 2 (6), 0:07 | 16 Apr 2005 | Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Danny De Beul | KO | 2 (6), 0:54 | 26 Mar 2005 | Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Saxony, Germany | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jessy Moreaux | TKO | 2 (6), 2:29 | 26 Feb 2005 | Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Ronny Daniels | UD | 6 | 14 Dec 2004 | Freizeit Arena, Sölden, Tyrol, Austria | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Mounir Sahli | TKO | 2 (4), 1:49 | 6 Nov 2004 | Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Saxony, Germany | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Milojko Pivljanin | TKO | 3 (4), 0:52 | 11 Sep 2004 | Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary | |
