On January 27, 2007, the 32-year-old WBO light-heavyweight world champion, Zsolt Erdei (25-0, 15 KOs), faced Danny Santiago, in a title defense fight.
Erdei came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 29 days.
Zsolt Erdei stopped Danny Santiago via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Erdei improves his record to 26-0 (16 KOs)
On June 16, 2007, the 33-year-old WBO light-heavyweight world champion, Zsolt Erdei (26-0, 16 KOs), faced a 32-year-old American boxer George Blades (21-2, 15 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Erdei came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 20 days. Blades was on a 5-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 28 days.
Zsolt Erdei stopped George Blades via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Erdei improves his record to 27-0 (17 KOs), while Blades adds a loss to his record at 21-3.
On January 17, 2004, a 29-year-old Zsolt Erdei (18-0, 13 KOs) got a shot at the WBO light-heavyweight title held by 27-year-old Mexican boxer Julio César González (35-1, 22 KOs).
Erdei came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 2 days. González was on a 8-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 30 days.
Zsolt Erdei defeated Julio César González via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Erdei improves his record to 19-0, while González adds a loss to his record at 35-2.
On May 6, 2006, the 31-year-old WBO light-heavyweight world champion, Zsolt Erdei (23-0, 14 KOs), faced Paul Murdoch, in a title defense fight.
Erdei came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 14 days.
Zsolt Erdei stopped Paul Murdoch via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Erdei improves his record to 24-0 (15 KOs)
On October 22, 2005, the 31-year-old WBO light-heavyweight world champion, Zsolt Erdei (22-0, 13 KOs), faced Mehdi Sahnoune, in a title defense fight.
Erdei came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 26 days.
Zsolt Erdei stopped Mehdi Sahnoune via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Erdei improves his record to 23-0 (14 KOs)
On January 10, 2009, the 34-year-old WBO light-heavyweight world champion, Zsolt Erdei (29-0, 17 KOs), faced Yuri Barashian, in a title defense fight.
Erdei came in to the fight on a 29-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 15 days.
Zsolt Erdei defeated Yuri Barashian via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Erdei improves his record to 30-0
On April 26, 2008, the 33-year-old WBO light-heavyweight world champion, Zsolt Erdei (28-0, 17 KOs), faced DeAndrey Abron, in a title defense fight.
Erdei came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 2 days.
Zsolt Erdei defeated DeAndrey Abron via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Erdei improves his record to 29-0
On July 29, 2006, the 32-year-old WBO light-heavyweight world champion, Zsolt Erdei (24-0, 15 KOs), faced Thomas Ulrich, in a title defense fight.
Erdei came in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 23 days.
Zsolt Erdei defeated Thomas Ulrich via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Erdei improves his record to 25-0
On September 11, 2004, the 30-year-old WBO light-heavyweight world champion, Zsolt Erdei (20-0, 13 KOs), faced Alejandro Lakatos, in a title defense fight.
Erdei came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 3 days.
Zsolt Erdei defeated Alejandro Lakatos via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Erdei improves his record to 21-0
On November 21, 2009, a 35-year-old Zsolt Erdei (30-0, 17 KOs) got a shot at the WBC cruiserweight title held by Giacobbe Fragomeni.
Erdei came in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 11 days.
Zsolt Erdei defeated Giacobbe Fragomeni via majority decision and wins the WBC title. Erdei improves his record to 31-0