Zsolt Erdei Boxing News

By Allen Fox: The Showtime card on January 31st has been cancelled due to 37-year-old light heavyweight contender Zsolt Erdei (33-0, 18 KO’s) suffering a hand injury in training. He was supped to be facing IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud in the main event of a card that also had Guilermo Rigondeaux facing WBA [...]

By Jason Kim: The scheduled December 31st fight between IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (23-0, 19 KO’s) and 37-year-old former WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei (33-0, 18 KO’s) is a no go after Erdei reportedly suffered a bad hand injury during a sparring session.

World Championship Doubleheader Highlights Spectacular Fight Card Co-Promoted by Don King Productions and Goossen Tutor Promotions Tavoris Cloud Risks IBF Light Heavyweight Title Against Zsolt Erdei, WBA Super Bantamweight Champ Rico Ramos Defends Against Guillermo Rigondeaux LOS ANGELES (Nov. 22, 2011) – Fans looking to celebrate the New Year in perhaps the biggest, most significant [...]

By Jim Dower: Former WBO light heavyweight and WBC cruiserweight champion Zsolt Erdei (33-0, 18 KO’s) stopped former WBA super middleweight champion Byron Mitchell (28-8-1, 21 KO’s) in the 6th round on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Erdei, 37, knocked Mitchell down twice in the 6th round with right [...]

The Weigh-in was held today in Atlantic City for tomorrow’s (June 4) battle between WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch (27-1, 20 KOs) and former World Champion Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KOs). .

LAS VEGAS (June 1, 2011) – WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (11-1, 7 KOs), preparing for his third title defense this summer, has a special interest in Saturday night’s fight in Atlantic City between past world champions Zsolt “Firebird” Erdei and Byron “Slama from ‘Bama” Mitchell.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (May 26, 2011) – Unbeaten former two-time world champion and lineal light heavyweight champion Zsolt “Firebird” Erdei (32-0, 17 KOs) will make his second straight appearance on American soil on June 4 when he takes on former world champion Byron Mitchell (28-7-1, 21 KOs) on the undercard of Carl Froch’s WBC Super Middleweight [...]

NEW YORK, NY (May 10, 2011) – It was impossible not to notice the throngs of Hungarian fans who made the trek to Atlantic City to watch their national hero and unbeaten former two-time world champion, Zsolt Erdei, when he fought on the undercard of middleweight champ Sergio Martinez’s second-round knockout of Paul Williams last [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The only reasonably good fight on the undercard of the June 4th bout between WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and Glen Johnson will be a light heavyweight match-up between former WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei (32-0, 17 KO’s) and 37-year-old Byron Mitchell (28-7-1, 21 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in [...]

By Jason Kim: HBO is reportedly interested in a potential bout between IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (22-0, 18 KO’s) vs. unbeaten former two time world champion Zsolt Erdei (32-0, 17 KOs), according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

Zsolt Erdei UD 8 Samson Onyango

Boxing from the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey: Willie Nelson TKO 1 Quinton Whitaker Noe Lopez Jr TKO 3 Luis Orlando Del Valle Tony Thompson TKO 4 Paul Marinaccio Fernando Guerrero TKO 4 Saul Duran Zsolt Erdei UD 8 Samson Onyango

By Jim Dower: At Friday’s weigh-win for tomorrow night’s exciting clash between World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and Paul Williams at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Martinez weighed in at 157.25. Martinez looked a little drawn compared to his last fight against Kelly Pavlik in April.

(October 19, 2010 – New York, NY) Zsolt Erdei, the former light heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion, who is yet to lose a fight as a professional, has signed a promotional deal with DiBella Entertainment. Born and residing in Hungary, Erdei (31-0, 17 KOs), who has fought his entire professional career in Europe thus far, [...]

By Jason Kim: Former WBO light heavyweight and WBC cruiserweight champion Zsolt Erdei (31-0, 17 KO’s) will be coming off of a one year retirement when he takes on Kenyan Samson Onyango (20-6, 13 KO’s) on November 20th in an eight round bout on the undercard of the WBC middleweight clash between champion Sergio Martinez [...]

From the office of WBC President José Sulaiman: WBC cruiserweight world champion Zsolt Erdei, the first Hungarian to win a WBC world championship, announced today that he has relinquished the cruiserweight title to move down to his traditional light heavyweight division.

By Erik Schmidt: Former World Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei (31-0, 17 KO’s) defeated 40-year-old WBC cruiserweight champion Giacobbe Fragomeni (26-2-1, 10 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision on Saturday night to capture the WBC title at the Sparkassen Arena, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 115-113, 114-114 and 115-113. [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Former 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist for Kazakhstan, Gennady Golovkin (17-0, 14 KO’s) will be facing American Ishe Smith (21-4, 9 KO’s) on November 21st in a 12 round title bout at the Sparkassen Arena, Kiel, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Golovkin, 27, the World Boxing Organization Inter-Continental middleweight champion, will be making a big [...]

By Erik Schmidt: World Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei (30-0, 17 KOs) won a 12-round unanimous decision over challenger Yuri Barashian (25-5, 17 KOs) in a non-title defense at the Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 116-111, 117-110 and 116-111. Erdei, in what was perhaps the toughest opponent to [...]

By Simon Hirst: In a fight for the WBO super middleweight title, unbeaten Russian champion Denis Inkin was dethroned by Hungarian challenger Karoly Balszay in a unanimous decision in what could be seen as a shock result in the super middleweight division. Inkin, who was making his first defence of his WBO title, stood toe [...]

By Erik Schmidt: WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei (29-0, 17 KOs) will be making his incredible 11th defense of his title on January 10th against Armenian Yuri Barashian (25-4, 17 KOs) in a 12-round bout at Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Erdei, 34, from Hungary and now living in Hamburg, Germany, has held onto [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei (28-0, 17 KOs) makes his 10th defense of his title on Saturday night against American DeAndrey Abron (15-1, 10 KOs) at the Freiberger Arena, in Dresdan, Sachsen, Germany. Erdei, 33, originally from Budapest, Hungary, and now living and fighting out of Hamburg, Germany, has been [...]

World Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei defeated challenger Tito Mendoza by split decision on Saturday night in Dresdan, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 116-112, 116-112 for Erdie and for 117-111 for Mendoza, giving the 33 year-old Erdei the decision. Erdei wasn’t expecting a hard bout from Mendoza, as he was supposed to [...]

By Larry Brown: Light heavyweight Roy Jones Jr. (51-4, 38 KOs) is reportedly considering a bout with WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei, possibly to take place in November some time. Erdei (27-0, 17 KOs), a Hungarian fighter based in Germany, is perhaps the weakest power of the light heavyweight champions, but is by far [...]