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Total Fights | 35 |
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Wins | 34 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 11 |
Title-Fight KOs | 4 |
KO Wins | 18 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 13 years and three months, Zsolt Erdei fought 35 times with 34 wins and a single loss.
Erdei retired from professional boxing with a record of 34-1, which included two world-title wins and 11 successful title defense fights at the light-heavyweight weight division. He had a 51.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 18 of his total 35 fights being knockout wins, four of which were in title fights. The only loss in Erdei's career was a 10-round split decision loss to Denis Grachev.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Shalva Jomardashvili on March 9, 2014.
Some of Erdei's best fights and notable victories include wins over Byron Mitchell, Danny Santiago, Giacobbe Fragomeni, Julio César González, Paul Murdoch, Yuri Barashian, and DeAndrey Abron.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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35 | Mar 9, 2014 | 39 | Shalva Jomardashvili | Win | UD |
34 | Mar 30, 2013 | 38 | Denis Grachev | Loss | SD |
33 | Jun 4, 2011 | 37 | Byron Mitchell | Win | TKO6 |
32 | Nov 20, 2010 | 36 | Samson Onyango | Win | UD |
31 | Nov 21, 2009 | 35 | Giacobbe Fragomeni | Win * | MD |
30 | Jan 10, 2009 | 34 | Yuri Barashian | Win * | UD |
29 | Apr 26, 2008 | 33 | DeAndrey Abron | Win * | UD |
28 | Nov 24, 2007 | 33 | Tito Mendoza | Win * | SD |
27 | Jun 16, 2007 | 33 | George Blades | Win * | TKO11 |
26 | Jan 27, 2007 | 32 | Danny Santiago | Win * | TKO8 |
25 | Jul 29, 2006 | 32 | Thomas Ulrich | Win * | UD |
24 | May 6, 2006 | 31 | Paul Murdoch | Win * | TKO10 |
23 | Oct 22, 2005 | 31 | Mehdi Sahnoune | Win * | TKO12 |
22 | Feb 26, 2005 | 30 | Hugo Garay | Win * | SD |
21 | Sep 11, 2004 | 30 | Alejandro Lakatos | Win * | UD |
20 | May 8, 2004 | 29 | Hugo Garay | Win * | MD |
19 | Jan 17, 2004 | 29 | Julio César González | Win * | UD |
18 | Nov 15, 2003 | 29 | Ramdane Serdjane | Win | KO1 |
17 | Sep 6, 2003 | 29 | Juan Nelongo | Win | UD |
16 | Jul 12, 2003 | 29 | Massimiliano Saiani | Win | TKO7 |
15 | Mar 29, 2003 | 28 | Jose Hilton Dos Santos | Win | TKO10 |
14 | Nov 23, 2002 | 28 | Juan Carlos Giménez | Win | TKO8 |
13 | Oct 5, 2002 | 28 | Jim Murray | Win | KO5 |
12 | Aug 17, 2002 | 28 | Roberto Coelho | Win | UD |
11 | Jun 29, 2002 | 28 | Daren Whitley | Win | UD |
10 | Mar 16, 2002 | 27 | Anthony Stephens | Win | KO2 |
9 | Dec 15, 2001 | 27 | Jesse Corona | Win | TKO4 |
8 | Nov 3, 2001 | 27 | Alban Girouard | Win | KO2 |
7 | Sep 1, 2001 | 27 | Julius Gal | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Aug 4, 2001 | 27 | Dennis Matthews | Win | TKO3 |
5 | Jun 16, 2001 | 27 | Oleksandr Garashchenko | Win | UD |
4 | Apr 7, 2001 | 26 | Henry Mobio | Win | KO4 |
3 | Jan 27, 2001 | 26 | Dennis McKinney | Win | UD |
2 | Dec 16, 2000 | 26 | Willie McDonald | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Dec 5, 2000 | 26 | Philip Houthoofdt | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Zsolt Erdei (Madár) is a 49-year old retired Hungarian professional boxer. He was born in Budapest, Hungary on May 31, 1974. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 2000 to 2014.
Erdei made his professional boxing debut against Philip Houthoofdt at the age of 26 on December 5, 2000, defeating Houthoofdt via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 32 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 17 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 29 on January 17, 2004 after 18 professional fights, against Julio César González for the light-heavyweight WBO title. He defeated González via 12 round unanimous decision to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
Erdei has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Erdei's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Erdei had just a single loss in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Shalva Jomardashvili on March 9, 2014. Erdei won the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 10 years, 1 month, and 11 days since this fight.
Erdei had a total of 13 world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and 11 successful title defenses. He won all 13 of these fights.
Zsolt Erdei fought for world titles in two fights and won both the times. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Nov 21, 2009 | Giacobbe Fragomeni | Cruiserweight | WBC | MD |
Jan 17, 2004 | Julio César González | Light-heavyweight | WBO | UD |
Zsolt Erdei had 11 light-heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won all of these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jan 10, 2009 | Yuri Barashian | Light-heavyweight | WBO | UD |
Apr 26, 2008 | DeAndrey Abron | Light-heavyweight | WBO | UD |
Nov 24, 2007 | Tito Mendoza | Light-heavyweight | WBO | SD |
Jun 16, 2007 | George Blades | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Jan 27, 2007 | Danny Santiago | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Jul 29, 2006 | Thomas Ulrich | Light-heavyweight | WBO | UD |
May 6, 2006 | Paul Murdoch | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Oct 22, 2005 | Mehdi Sahnoune | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Feb 26, 2005 | Hugo Garay | Light-heavyweight | WBO | SD |
Sep 11, 2004 | Alejandro Lakatos | Light-heavyweight | WBO | UD |
May 8, 2004 | Hugo Garay | Light-heavyweight | WBO | MD |
Although Erdei had a total of 35 fights, this fight against Julio César González is the sole highlight of his career.
January 17, 2004: Erdei wins his first world title by defeating Julio César González via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBO light-heavyweight world champion.
Erdei knocked out 18 of his 35 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 51.4%. Of his total 34 wins, 18 of them were via KO (52.9%).
Erdei's first world-title win was the WBO belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Julio César González via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Erdei won two world titles at two weight classes.
Erdei had 11 successful title defense fights.