Károly Balzsay

Károly Balzsay (born July 23, 1979 in Kecskemét) is a boxer from Hungary, who is competing in the Middleweight (– 75kg) division. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. His biggest achievement as an amateur was winning the silver medal at the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Perm, Russia.

Amateur Highlights

*Member of the Hungarian Olympic team of Sydney at Light Middleweights
*Member of the Hungarian Olympic team of Athens at Middleweights
*Silver medalist in the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships, Perm, Russia
*7x Hungarian amateur champion
*2000 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Light Middleweights (71kg)
**1st Round - Bye
**Round of 16 - Lost to Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand, 12-17

*2004 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Middleweights (75kg)
**Round of 32 - Defeated Sahraoui Mohamed of Tunisia, 29-24
**Round of 16 - Lost to Yordanis Despaigne of Cuba, 38-25

Pro career

Nicknamed "Karesz" he made his professional debut on September 11, 2004 in the Kisstadion of Budapest against Milojko Pivljanin of Serbia and Montenegro.Now the southpaw super middleweight is 19-0 (14 KO).

External links

* [http://www.boxing.de/en/fighters/fighters/fighter-details/boxer/9/universum.html News and Pictures of Karoly Balzsay]
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