SPORT & NOTE
Karoly BALZSAY

Male

"Karesz" "Hitter"
(Károly Balzsay)
Super-Middleweight, Hungary, Kecskemét
Base: Kecskemét, Hungary and Hamburg, Germany
Born: 23 July 1979, Kecskemét, Hungary
Height 6ft, my 1,83
"southpaw"

as an amateur:
1996 Havana, Cuba, World Jr Championships 63,5
Wpts Nicolas Helleander (Swe) 9-4, Lpts Richard Reina (Ven) 3-10
1997 Birmingham, England, European Jr Championships silver medal 67
Final: Lpts Denis Juldaszew (Ukr)
1999 Houston 10th World Senior Championships 71
Lpts Frederic Esther (Fra) 1-6
2000 Tampere, Finland, European Senior Championships 71
Lpts Adnan Catic (Ger) 1-5
2002 Hungarian amateur champions 81
2002 Perm, Russia, European Sr Champs silver medallist 75
Wstpd 2 Jose Mota (Esp), Wstpd 1 Ivan Derkachenko (Ukr)
Wpts Lucian Bute (Rom) 34-24, Wstpd 1 Mamadou Diambang (Fra)
Final: Lpts Oleg Mashkin (Rus) 17-31
2003 Hungarian amateur champions 81
2003, Bangkok, Thailand, 12th World Senior Championships 75
Lpts Javid Tagiyev (Aze) 13-20
2004 Pula, Croatia, European Senior Champs 975
Wpts Piotr Wilczewski (Pol) 35-13, Lstpd 3 Tomas Adamek (Cze) injury
2004 Gothenburg, Sweden, European qualifier for Athens Olympics 75
Wstpd 3 Darren Barker (Eng), Wstpd 2 Kay Tverberg (Nor)
Wstpd 3 Dimitry Usagin (Bul), Final: W/o Serdar Ustuner (Tur)
2004 Warsaw, Poland, European qualifier for Athens Olympics 75
Wpts Andrei Mihailov (Nlr) 26-12, Lstpd 4 Marian Simion (Rom)
2004 Athens Olympic Games 75
Wpts Mohamed Sahraoui (Tun) 29-24
Lpts Yordanis Despaigne Herrera (Cub) 25-38

amateur record:
260 fights, 231 wins, 72 knockouts, 27 losses, 2 draws


Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
2000
Halle, Germany, Chemistry Cup gold medal, 71 kg
+ Mar. 7Robert GortatHalle, Germany WPTS 11:9
+ Mar. 8Gagik AntonyanHalle, Germany WPTS 13:2
+ Mar. 10Oleg MashkinHalle, Germany WRSC 3
+ Mar. 11Malik DziarraHalle, Germany WPTS +9:9
+ Mar. 12Michael RocheHalle, Germany WAB 1
Tampere, Finland, European Championships preliminaries, 71 kg
- May 15Adnan CaticTampere, Finland LPTS 5:1
Sydney, Australia, Olympic Games preliminaries, 71 kg
- Sept. 23Pornchai ThongburanSydney, Australia LPTS 17:12

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
2004
+ Sept. 10Milojko Pivljanin Budapest, HungaryTKO 3
+ Nov. 6Mounir Sahli Riesa, GermanyTKO 2
+ Dec. 14Ronnie Daniels Sölden, AustriaW 6
2005
+ Feb. 26Jessy Moreaux Hamburg, GermanyTKO 2
+ Mar. 26Danny de Beul Riesa, GermanyTKO 2
+ Apr. 16Willie McDonald Magdeburg, GermanyTKO 2
+ May 7Jevgenijs Andrejevs Braunschweig, GermanyW 6
+ May 7Jevgenijs Andrejevs Braunschweig, GermanyW 6
+ July 2Youssef Temsoury Hamburg, GermanyTKO 2
+ Sept. 20Kanstantsin Makhankou Praha, CzechW 8
+ Oct. 22Sergey Kharchenko Halle, GermanyW 8
2006
+ Feb. 4Jose Ubarnes Düsseldorf, GermanyTKO 5
+ May 6Maneno Oswald Düsseldorf, GermanyKO 1
+ Sept. 9Etianne Whitaker Magdeburg, GermanyTKO 4
+ Nov. 21Michal Bilak Hamburg, GermanyTKO 2
2007
+ Jan. 27Soon Botes Düsseldorf, GermanyKO 2
+ June 16Jose Hilton Santos Budapest, HungaryTKO 5
+ Nov. 24Ruben Acosta Dresden, GermanyW 12
(Won vacant WBO Inter-Cont’l Super-Middleweight Title)
2008
+ Apr. 26Mantas Tarvydas Dresden, GermanyTKO 10
(Retained WBO Inter-Cont’l Super-Middleweight Title)
+ July 5Jose Alberto Clavero Halle, GermanyKO 5
(Retained WBO Inter-Cont’l Super-Middleweight Title)
2009
+ Jan. 10Denis Inkin Magdeburg, GermanyW 12
(Won WBO Super-Middleweight Title)
+ Apr. 25Maselino Masoe Krefeld, GermanyKO 11
(Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title)
- Aug. 22 Robert StieglitzBudapest, HungaryTKO by 11
(Lost WBO Super-Middleweight Title)
- Dec. 4 Edouard GutknechtSölden, AustriaL 12 SD
(For WBO Inter-Continental Super-Middleweight title)
2010
+ July 31 Aziz DaariHamburg, GermanyKO 5
+ Nov. 19 Misa NikolicHamburg, GermanyKO 4
2011
+ Aug. 26 Stas KashtanovDonetsk, UkraineW 12 UD
(Won vacant WBA Super-Middleweight Title)
2012
+ Apr. 21 Dimitri SartisonSchwerin, GermanyTKO 12 (2:25)
(Retained WBA Super-Middleweight Title)

 

Summary

Total bouts: 28, Won: 26 (18 inside the limit), Lost: 2 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0