Balázs Bácskai

Balázs Bácskai medal table
Boxing
Hungary
European Championship
gold	2010	Welter
EU championship
bronze	2014	medium
gold	2009	Welter
Junior World Championship
gold	2006	Half-worlds
Junior EU Championship
gold	2006	Half-worlds
European Cadet Championship
bronze	2003	feather

Balázs Imre Bácskai (born January 29, 1988 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian boxer. He became European welterweight champion in 2010.

Amateur career

Balázs Imre Bácskai was Hungarian junior light welterweight champion in 2006, and Hungarian runner-up in light welterweight in 2006 and 2007; he lost it in both finals against Gyula Káté . In 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015 he won the Hungarian welterweight championships, and in 2014 the Hungarian middleweight championships.

His first international appearance was in June 2003 at the Cadet World Championships in Bucharest , where he was eliminated in the round of 16 against Wadim Marcow from Moldova. Three months later he won a bronze medal in featherweight at the European Cadet Championships in Kaunas . After victories against Michal Bambas from the Czech Republic and Eugeniu Iwanow from Moldova, he lost in the semifinals to the Russian Nikita Schdanow. In November of the same year he took part in the European Schools Championships in Rome , where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Amir Khan from England.

In 2005 he lost at the Junior European Championships in Tallinn against Alexis Vastine from France. In June 2006 he won the 1st EU Junior Championships in Rome in the light welterweight division . He prevailed against Vincenzo Mangiacapre from Italy, Michel Tavares from France and Łukasz Polcyn from Poland. In September of the same year, he was also able to win the Junior World Championships in Agadir in the same weight class , defeating Branislav Jovičić from Serbia, Kazbek Batanasov from Kazakhstan, Ualace Almeida from Brazil, Idriss Mousaid from Morocco and Artem Saitsew from Russia.

At the European Olympic qualification in Athens in 2008, he suffered a defeat in the round of 16 against Jaoid Chiguer from France. He was also eliminated from Turkey's Abdülkadir Köroğlu in the second preliminary round at this year's European Championships in Liverpool .

In 2009 he won the EU championships in Odense with victories against Jaoid Chiguer from France, Orhan Öztürk from the Netherlands and William McLaughlin from Ireland . He also took part in the 2009 World Championships in Milan , where he defeated Vasile Belous from Moldova and Pedro Lima from Brazil before losing to Andrei Samkowoi from Russia in the round of 16 .

In June 2010 he won the European Championships in Moscow . He beat Patrick Wojcicki from Germany, Egidijus Kavaliauskas from Lithuania, Ionuț Gheorghe from Romania, Taras Schelestjuk from Ukraine and Alexis Vastine from France.

At the 2011 World Championships in Baku , he was eliminated against Errol Spence from the USA. At the European Olympic qualification in 2012 in Trabzon , he lost again to Abdülkadir Köroğlu. At the European Championships 2013 in Minsk , he lost his first fight against Tamerlan Abdullajew from Azerbaijan. Also at the World Championships in Almaty in October 2013 , he lost in the second preliminary round just on points against Gabriel Maestre from Venezuela.

At the EU Championships in Bulgaria in 2014, he was only eliminated in the semi-finals against Michael O'Reilly from Ireland and thus won bronze in the middleweight division. In the European Olympic qualification in 2016, he was eliminated in the round of 16 against Vincenzo Mangiacapre . At the global Olympic qualification tournament in 2016, however, he won a starting place for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , after defeating Oliver Flodin from Sweden, Paul Kroll from the USA, Abass Baraou from Germany and Pavel Kostromin from Belarus. In Rio, however, he was eliminated in the first fight against Frenchman Souleymane Cissokho .

More international results

• In 2012/2013 he boxed in the German Bundesliga and won each of his six fights against Patrick Wojcicki (18:13), Kenan Spahiu (tKo), Phillip Nsingi (tKo), Max van der Pas (tKo), Vincenzo Gualtieri (18: 6) and Dieter Döhl (19:12).

• January 2007: 2nd place at the 51st Bocskai tournament in Hungary, final defeat against Gyula Káté
• March 2007: 2nd place at the 45th Beogradski Pobednik tournament in Serbia
• November 2007: 1st place at the Slovakian Grand Prix in Slovakia
• July 2008: 1st place at the 17th Chemnitz Cup in Germany
• February 2010: 1st place at the 54th Bocskai tournament in Hungary, u. a. Win against Jaoid Chiguer
• March 2010: 1st place at the 41st Ústí Grand Prix in the Czech Republic
• April 2010: 1st place at the 1st Turkish Prime Ministry tournament in Turkey, final victory against Önder Şipal
• September 2010: 1st place at the 1st László Papp tournament in Hungary
• February 2011: 1st place at the 55th Bocskai tournament in Hungary
• August 2011: 1st place at the 2nd László Papp tournament in Hungary
• September 2011: 1st place at the 42nd Nations Cup in Austria, u. a. Victory against Olympic boxer Adam Nolan
• February 2012: 1st place at the 56th Bocskai tournament in Hungary
• February 2013: 1st place at the 57th Bocskai tournament in Hungary
• March 2013: 1st place at the 44th Ústí Grand Prix in the Czech Republic, a. a. Victory against European champion Alexander Besputin
• October 2014: 1st place at the 35th Tammer tournament in Finland, u. a. Victory against Myke Carvalho
• November 2015: 1st place at the 36th Tammer tournament in Finland
• February 2016: 1st place at the 60th Bocskai tournament in Hungary, final victory against Onur Şipal

Professional career

In his professional debut fight on June 10, 2017, he secured the Hungarian middleweight championship against Norbert Harcsa.

Web links

• BoxRec profile