Zsolt Erdei

Zsolt Erdei
Zsolt Erdei
	Erdei in 2009
Born	31 May 1974 (age 50); Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic
Nationality	Hungarian
Other names	Madár ("Firebird")
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Light-heavyweight; Cruiserweight;
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Reach	183 cm (72 in)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	35
Wins	34
Wins by KO	18
Losses	1
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Hungary
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Zsolt Erdei (born 31 May 1974) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2004 to 2009 (making eleven consecutive defences against ten different opponents), and the WBC cruiserweight title from 2009 to 2010. Erdei is the first boxer from Hungary to win world titles in two weight divisions. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 2000 Olympics. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Amateur career

1997 World Champion in Budapest
1998 and 2000 European Champion
Representing Hungary, won the Middleweight bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney
Amateur Record: 212-20
1996 Olympic Results^[1]
- Defeated Juan Pablo López (Mexico) RSC 3 (2:20)
- Lost to Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey) 8-9
2000 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Middleweight (75 kg)^[1]
- Defeated Vladislav Vizilter (Kyrgyzstan) RSC-3
- Defeated Alexander Zubrikhin (Ukraine) 14-9
- Lost to Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Russia) 16-24

Professional career

Erdei turned professional in December 2000 and won the WBO Inter-Continental light heavyweight title in October 2002. On January 17, 2004, Erdei won the Lineal and WBO light heavyweight titles from Julio César González by unanimous decision, and successfully defended the titles eleven times.

On November 13, 2009, he relinquished his WBO light heavyweight title and moved up to cruiserweight.^[2] Erdei defeated Giacobbe Fragomeni on November 21, 2009, for the WBC cruiserweight title. Most of Erdei's matches during his professional career were promoted by Universum boxing.

After announcing his retirement in January 2010 and thus relinquishing his claim as Lineal light heavyweight champion, Erdei decided to have more matches in 2011 in the USA ^[3]^[4] and fought Samson Onyango and Byron Mitchell as his first opponents there. The Mitchell fight which was set up by Lou DiBella ended with Erdei knocking Mitchell out in the 6th round (TKO).^[5]^[6]

Erdei finally returned on March 30, 2013 and lost a 10 round split decision to Denis Grachev.

Professional boxing record

35 fights	34 wins	1 loss
By knockout	18	0
By decision	16	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
35	Win	34–1	Shalva Jomardashvili	UD	10	9 Mar 2014	Messzi István Sportcsarnok, Kecskemét, Hungary	Won vacant WBO European light-heavyweight title
34	Loss	33–1	Denis Grachev	SD	10	30 Mar 2013	Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco
33	Win	33–0	Byron Mitchell	TKO	6 (10), 1:58	4 Jun 2011	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
32	Win	32–0	Samson Onyango	UD	8	20 Nov 2010	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
31	Win	31–0	Giacobbe Fragomeni	MD	12	21 Nov 2009	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, Germany	Won WBC cruiserweight title
30	Win	30–0	Yuri Barashian	UD	12	10 Jan 2009	Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany	Retained WBO light-heavyweight title
29	Win	29–0	DeAndrey Abron	UD	12	26 Apr 2008	Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Germany	Retained WBO light-heavyweight title
28	Win	28–0	Tito Mendoza	SD	12	24 Nov 2007	Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Germany	Retained WBO light-heavyweight title
27	Win	27–0	George Blades	TKO	11 (12), 2:27	16 Jun 2007	SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest, Hungary	Retained WBO light-heavyweight title
26	Win	26–0	Danny Santiago	TKO	8 (12), 1:55	27 Jan 2007	Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany	Retained WBO light-heavyweight title
25	Win	25–0	Thomas Ulrich	UD	12	29 Jul 2006	König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany	Retained WBO light-heavyweight title
24	Win	24–0	Paul Murdoch	TKO	10 (12), 0:19	6 May 2006	Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany	Retained WBO light-heavyweight title
23	Win	23–0	Mehdi Sahnoune	TKO	12 (12), 2:17	22 Oct 2005	Brandberge Arena, Halle, Germany	Retained WBO light-heavyweight title
22	Win	22–0	Hugo Garay	SD	12	26 Feb 2005	Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany	Retained WBO light-heavyweight title
21	Win	21–0	Alejandro Lakatos	UD	12	11 Sep 2004	Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Retained WBO light-heavyweight title
20	Win	20–0	Hugo Garay	MD	12	8 May 2004	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany	Retained WBO light-heavyweight title
19	Win	19–0	Julio César González	UD	12	17 Jan 2004	Dm-Arena, Karlsruhe, Germany	Won WBO light-heavyweight title
18	Win	18–0	Ramdane Serdjane	KO	1 (8)	15 Nov 2003	Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, Germany
17	Win	17–0	Juan Nelongo	UD	12	6 Sep 2003	Újszeged Sports Hall, Szeged, Hungary	Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
16	Win	16–0	Massimiliano Saiani	TKO	7 (12), 2:43	12 Jul 2003	Wilhelm Dopatka Halle, Leverkusen, Germany	Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
15	Win	15–0	Jose Hilton Dos Santos	TKO	10 (12), 2:45	29 Mar 2003	Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany	Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
14	Win	14–0	Juan Carlos Giménez	TKO	8 (12)	23 Nov 2002	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany	Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
13	Win	13–0	Jim Murray	KO	5 (12), 1:58	5 Oct 2002	Főnix Hall, Debrecen, Hungary	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
12	Win	12–0	Roberto Coelho	UD	8	17 Aug 2002	Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany
11	Win	11–0	Daren Whitley	UD	6	29 Jun 2002	Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
10	Win	10–0	Anthony Stephens	KO	2 (8)	16 Mar 2002	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany
9	Win	9–0	Jesse Corona	TKO	4 (8)	15 Dec 2001	Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany
8	Win	8–0	Alban Girouard	KO	2 (8), 0:55	3 Nov 2001	Hansehalle, Lübeck, Germany
7	Win	7–0	Julius Gal	TKO	2 (4)	1 Sep 2001	Berlin, Germany
6	Win	6–0	Dennis Matthews	TKO	3 (4), 1:18	4 Aug 2001	Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, US
5	Win	5–0	Oleksandr Garashchenko	UD	4	16 Jun 2001	Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary
4	Win	4–0	Henry Mobio	KO	4 (4)	7 Apr 2001	Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany
3	Win	3–0	Dennis McKinney	UD	4	27 Jan 2001	Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich, Germany
2	Win	2–0	Willie McDonald	TKO	2 (4)	16 Dec 2000	Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
1	Win	1–0	Philip Houthoofdt	TKO	1 (4)	5 Dec 2000	Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zsolt Erdei Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ "Erdei relinquishes WBO belt". fightnews.com. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
^ Zsolt Erdei, Hungarian Boxer, Makes Comeback
^ Erdei interview Erdei születésnap után, bunyó előtt Népszabadság Retrieved 2011-06-05. sidelined: The so called "Hamburg decline" (Hamburgi hanyatlás)"
^ Erdei stops Mitchell, eyes Hopkins
^ Erdei kiütéssel győzött, mehet a bajnoki övért Népszabadság Retrieved 2011-06-05.

External links

Official website (archived)
Boxing record for Zsolt Erdei from BoxRec (registration required)
Zsolt Erdei profile at Cyber Boxing Zone

Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant Title last held by Glen Johnson	WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight champion 5 October 2002 – 17 January 2004 Won world title	Vacant Title next held by Tomasz Adamek
Vacant Title last held by Jonathan Profichet	WBO European light heavyweight champion 8 March 2014 – November 2014 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Umar Salamov
World boxing titles
Preceded by Julio César González	WBO light heavyweight champion 17 January 2004 – 13 November 2009 Vacated	Succeeded by Jürgen Brähmer promoted from interim status
Preceded by Julio César González	Lineal light-heavyweight champion 17 January 2004 – 13 November 2009 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Jean Pascal
Preceded by Giacobbe Fragomeni	WBC cruiserweight champion 21 November 2009 – 22 January 2010 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Krzysztof Wlodarczyk

[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zsolt Erdei Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[2] "Erdei relinquishes WBO belt". fightnews.com. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2009-11-13.

[3] Zsolt Erdei, Hungarian Boxer, Makes Comeback

[4] Erdei interview Erdei születésnap után, bunyó előtt Népszabadság Retrieved 2011-06-05. sidelined: The so called "Hamburg decline" (Hamburgi hanyatlás)"

[5] Erdei stops Mitchell, eyes Hopkins

[6] Erdei kiütéssel győzött, mehet a bajnoki övért Népszabadság Retrieved 2011-06-05.

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