On December 4, 2009, a 30-year-old Károly Balzsay (21-1, 15 KOs) and Eduard Gutknecht met in the ring in a super-middleweight bout.
Balzsay came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 12 days.
Károly Balzsay lost to Eduard Gutknecht via split decision in the 12-round super-middleweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 21-2.
On August 22, 2009, the 30-year-old WBO super-middleweight world champion, Károly Balzsay (21-0, 15 KOs), faced Robert Stieglitz, in a title defense fight.
Balzsay came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 28 days.
Károly Balzsay was defending his super-middleweight WBO titles against Robert Stieglitz and lost via TKO in the 11th round, and adds an loss to his record at 21-1.