Zsolt Erdei
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]
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| Nickname(s) | Madár ("Firebird") | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 183 cm (72 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1974 Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 33 | Win | 33–0 |  Byron Mitchell |
TKO | 6 (10), 1:58 | 4 Jun 2011 | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US |
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| 32 | Win | 32–0 |  Samson Onyango |
UD | 8 | 20 Nov 2010 | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US |
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| 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 and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 29 | Win | 29–0 | DeAndrey Abron |
UD | 12 | 26 Apr 2008 | Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Germany |
Retained WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 28 | Win | 28–0 |  Tito Mendoza |
SD | 12 | 24 Nov 2007 | Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Germany |
Retained WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | George Blades |
TKO | 11 (12), 2:27 | 16 Jun 2007 | SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest, Hungary |
Retained WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Danny Santiago |
TKO | 8 (12), 1:55 | 27 Jan 2007 | Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany |
Retained WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Thomas Ulrich |
UD | 12 | 29 Jul 2006 | König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany |
Retained WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Paul Murdoch |
TKO | 10 (12), 0:19 | 6 May 2006 | Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany |
Retained WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 23 | Win | 23–0 |  Mehdi Sahnoune |
TKO | 12 (12), 2:17 | 22 Oct 2005 | Brandberge Arena, Halle, Germany |
Retained WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 |  Hugo Garay |
SD | 12 | 26 Feb 2005 | Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany |
Retained WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 |  Alejandro Lakatos |
UD | 12 | 11 Sep 2004 | Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary |
Retained WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Hugo Garay |
MD | 12 | 8 May 2004 | Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany |
Retained WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 |  Julio César González |
UD | 12 | 17 Jan 2004 | Dm-Arena, Karlsruhe, Germany |
Won WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 |  Ramdane Serdjane |
KO | 1 (8) | 15 Nov 2003 | Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, Germany |
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| 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 |
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| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Daren Whitley |
UD | 6 | 29 Jun 2002 | Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US |
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| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Anthony Stephens |
KO | 2 (8) | 16 Mar 2002 | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany |
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| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Jesse Corona |
TKO | 4 (8) | 15 Dec 2001 | Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany |
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| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Alban Girouard |
KO | 2 (8), 0:55 | 3 Nov 2001 | Hansehalle, Lübeck, Germany |
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| 7 | Win | 7–0 |  Julius Gal |
TKO | 2 (4) | 1 Sep 2001 | Berlin, Germany |
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| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Dennis Matthews |
TKO | 3 (4), 1:18 | 4 Aug 2001 | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, US |
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| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Oleksandr Garashchenko |
UD | 4 | 16 Jun 2001 | Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary |
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| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Henry Mobio |
KO | 4 (4) | 7 Apr 2001 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany |
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Dennis McKinney |
UD | 4 | 27 Jan 2001 | Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich, Germany |
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Willie McDonald |
TKO | 2 (4) | 16 Dec 2000 | Grugahalle, Essen, Germany |
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Philip Houthoofdt |
TKO | 1 (4) | 5 Dec 2000 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany |
References
- 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 előttNépszabadság 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
- Zsolt Erdei profile at Cyber Boxing Zone
| Sporting positions | ||||
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| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
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