Károly Balzsay (Karesz) is a 45-year-old retired Hungarian professional boxer. He is a former super-middleweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 7 years, 7 months, and 10 days, Balzsay amassed a record of 25-2, which includes 18 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.
Károly Balzsay was born in Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary on July 23, 1979. He made his professional debut at the age of 25 years on September 11, 2004 against Milojko Pivljanin. Balzsay defeated Pivljanin via 3rd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Balzsay became a world champion at the age of 29 after 19 professional fights. He challenged Denis Inkin for the WBO super-middleweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the WBA super-middleweight world title as well.
Balzsay's last fight was a 12th-round TKO victory over Dimitri Sartison at age 32, on April 21, 2012, in which he successfully defended his WBA (Regular) super-middleweight championship.
Some of Károly Balzsay's best fights have been against Maselino Masoe. For a complete list of Balzsay's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Károly Balzsay".
Balzsay has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Károly Balzsay Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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27 | Apr 21, 2012 | 32 | Dimitri Sartison | win | TKO 12 |
26 | Aug 26, 2011 | 32 | Stanyslav Kashtanov | win | SD 12 |
25 | Nov 19, 2010 | 31 | Miša Nikolić | win | KO 4 |
24 | Jul 31, 2010 | 31 | Aziz Daari | win | KO 5 |
23 | Dec 04, 2009 | 30 | Eduard Gutknecht | loss | SD 12 |
22 | Aug 22, 2009 | 30 | Robert Stieglitz | loss | TKO 11 |
21 | Apr 25, 2009 | 29 | Maselino Masoe 42 29-5 | win | KO 11 |
20 | Jan 10, 2009 | 29 | Denis Inkin | win | UD 12 |
19 | Jul 25, 2008 | 29 | José Alberto Clavero | win | KO 5 |
18 | Apr 26, 2008 | 28 | Mantas Tarvydas | win | TKO 10 |
17 | Nov 24, 2007 | 28 | Rubén Acosta | win | UD 12 |
16 | Jun 16, 2007 | 27 | Jose Hilton Dos Santos | win | KO 5 |
15 | Jan 27, 2007 | 27 | Soon Botes | win | KO 2 |
14 | Nov 21, 2006 | 27 | Michal Bilak | win | TKO 2 |
13 | Sep 09, 2006 | 27 | Etianne Whitaker | win | TKO 4 |
12 | May 06, 2006 | 26 | Maneno Oswald | win | KO 1 |
11 | Feb 04, 2006 | 26 | José Ubarnes | win | TKO 5 |
10 | Oct 22, 2005 | 26 | Sergey Kharchenko | win | UD 8 |
9 | Sep 20, 2005 | 26 | Konstantin Makhankov | win | UD 8 |
8 | Jul 02, 2005 | 25 | Youssef Temsoury | win | TKO 2 |
7 | May 07, 2005 | 25 | Jevgenijs Andrejevs | win | UD 6 |
6 | Apr 16, 2005 | 25 | Willie McDonald | win | TKO 2 |
5 | Mar 26, 2005 | 25 | Danny De Beul | win | KO 2 |
4 | Feb 26, 2005 | 25 | Jessy Moreaux | win | TKO 2 |
3 | Dec 14, 2004 | 25 | Ronny Daniels | win | UD 6 |
2 | Nov 06, 2004 | 25 | Mounir Sahli | win | TKO 2 |
1 | Sep 11, 2004 | 25 | Milojko Pivljanin | win | TKO 3 |