Photo Credit: Jollydee of Hungary
5'6" Bettina Csábi was born on 2nd October, 1977, in Bácsalmás, Hungary and lives in
Jánoshalma, Hungary. She is trained by István Koller and managed by Felix Rácz.
After primary school she attended Bela III Secondary School in Baja and then the University of Szeged,
Hungary, where she received her doctorate in law on June 29, 2003. [Photo
credits/JollyDee}
Bettina began her interest in combat sports in
1986, at age 9, when she began to study kyokushin karate in Baja. She
went on to win Hungarian championships
in kyokushin karate in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. In Muay Thai, she was
the Hungarian champion
in 1999, 2000; IAMTF world champion in 2001 and MTA professional world
champion in 2002. She is still an active kickboxer.
She made her professional boxing debut on October 28, 2000 in Tatabánya,
Hungary, where she defeated Krisztina Stefula of Békéscsaba, Hungary by a
four-round decision. Stefula fell to 0-2.
On November 18, 2000 in Dunaújváros, Hungary, she won a four-round decision over
Marianna Hudák of Tököl, Hungary, who fell to 1-1.
The spring of 2001 was a busy time for Bettina in the ring ...
On April 22, 2001 in Dunaújváros, Hungary she knocked out Veronika Szücs of
Hungary in the sixth round of a scheduled six-rounder, dropping Szücs to 0-5 as
a pro boxer. Szücs has not fought since.
On May 4, 2001 in Budapest she won a four-round decision over Zsuzsanna Kormos
of Hungary, who fell to 0-3 with the loss and hasn't fought since.
On May 12, 2001 in Mössingen, Germany she won a four-round decision over Heidi
Fischer of Germany, who was making her pro debut.
On May 18, 2001 in Budapest, she won a six-round decision over Melinda Papp of
Hungary, who fell to 0-5.
On July 13, 2001 in Budapest, she knocked out pro debut fighter Margareta
Vasiliu of Romania in the final round of a scheduled four-rounder.
On October 13, 2001 at Népligeti Sportcsarnok in Budapest, Hungary, she advanced to 8-0 (2 KOs) with a four-round
decision over Daniela Graff of Germany, who fell to 1-2-1.
On December 14, 2001 in Budapest, Hungary,
Bettina (117 ˝ lbs) advanced to 9-0 (2 KOs) with a four-round unanimous
decision over
Cristina Gutierrez (117ž lbs) of Spain who fell to 0-3-1. Csábi was the
busier and tried to jab and move against a heavier and slower Gutierrez
but
neither showed great technical ability. Gutierrez was too slow to catch
Csábi unless Csábi
chose to stand and trade punches. After three rounds of relatively
uninspiring action, Csábi
boxing to the best of her ability, suddenly landed a solid combination
and dropped the Spaniard.
Although Gutierrez tried hard, her attacks were limited to clumsy
rushes, which Csábi dealt with
easily.
On March 9, 2002 in Budapest, Hungary, she advanced to 10-0-0 (2 KO) with a four-round unanimous decision over
unranked Monika Petrova of Bulgaria, who fell to 1-3-0 (0 KO). Csábi dominated the bout and left Petrova bleeding heavily
from her nose.
On June 22, 2002 in Vienna, Austria,
Bettina Csábi won by TKO over
pro debuter Nicoletta Lascu of Romania just 0:25 into the first round of a scheduled six-rounder, Csábi
was now
11-0-0 (3 KO).
On August 31, 2002 at Hotel Sonne in Linz, Austria, she won a
second-round TKO over Zina Minai of Romania. Csábi knocked Minai
down twice in the second round on the way to a
12-0-0 (4 KO) record. Mina fell to 0-2.
On September 21, 2002 in Lugner City, Vienna, Austria, she won a fourth-round TKO over Simone Suciu of Romania,
who was making her pro debut.
On November 9, 2002 at Trend Eventhotel Pyramid in Vösendorf, Vienna, Austria, Bettina (115˝ lbs) advanced to
14-0-0 (5 KO) and won the Austrian International Bantamweight title with a ten-round unanimous decision over unranked Monika
Petrova (115źlbs) of Sofia, Bulgaria who fell to 1-4-0 (0 KO) in bouts reported to WBP, but may have two more wins on
her docket according to some European reports.
Csabi said that this fight was more difficult than her previous bout with Petrova, because Petrova was better
prepared for her in this rematch.
On April 12, 2003 at Aktív Sporthalle, Güssing, Burgenland, Austria, Bettina (118 lbs) won by a KO at 0:48 in the
first round over Ramona Telefan (119ź lbs) of Romania. Csábi was now 15-0-0 (6 KO) while Telefan
fell to 1-2-0 (0 KO).
On November 15, 2003 at Trend Eventhotel Pyramid, Vienna, Austria, she
TKO'd unranked Simone Suciu of Romania in
the fifth round of a scheduled six-round bout. Csábi is now 16-0-0 (7 KO) while Suciu fell to 0-5-0 (0 KO).
On February 21, 2004 at Sport Hall in Tapolca, Hungary,
Bettina (113ź lbs) TKO'd Ágnes Varga of Hungary in the second round of a
scheduled six-rounder. Varga was making her pro debut.
Up to this point, Bettina Csábi had compiled a solid 17-0 (8 KO) record against
mostly unranked bantamweights with few wins to their credit. It was
time for her to move up to more challenging competition ...
On April 17, 2004 at Fönix Sport Center in Debrecen, Hungary,
Bettina Csábi (114ž lbs) won the vacant WIBF-GBU Bantamweight title with a ten-round
unanimous (96-95,97-93,98-93) decision over Galina Koleva Ivanova (116ź lbs) of
Bulgaria. Ivanova, who had soundly defeated her fellow Bulgarian Daisy Lang for the WIBF Junior Bantamweight title in
November 2003, fell to 5-4 (0 KO) with this loss.
This win established Bettina Csábi as a world-class pro boxing contender.
She has said that she intends to go down a few pounds to campaign at Flyweight
in future.
On June 12, 2004 at Westend City Center in Budapest, Hungary,
Bettina (116 lbs) won by a sixth-round TKO over Viktória Vörös (5' 8˝", 120ź
lbs) of Györ, Hungary in a scheduled six-rounder. Vörös, making her pro boxing
debut, was a late substitute after Csábi's original opponent Eva Liskova backed
out of the fight. Vörös is a former amateur kickboxing World Cup silver
medalist.
On September 25, 2004 at Sporthall of Nagykálló in Hungary,
Bettina Csábi fought local heroine Viktoria Milo to a ten-round majority
(97-94,97-93,95-95) decision for the vacant WIBF-GBU Super Flyweight title.
On November 6, 2004 at City Sports Hall in Szentes, Hungary,
on a Felix Promotion card, Bettina (116˝ lbs) won a ten-round unanimous
(99-91,99-91,99-91) decision over Cathy Brown (5'2",
116ž lbs) of Peckham, England for the GBU Bantamweight title. Brown fell to 10-6 (4 KOs).
On March 19, 2005 in Tapolca, Hungary, Bettina (117ž lbs) won a six-round
unanimous decision over Oksana Romanova (115ž lbs) of the Ukraine who fell to
3-3-1.
On May 7, 2005 at Atomeromu Sportcsarnok in Paks, Hungary, Bettina
(117ž lbs) won a ten-round unanimous (98-95,99-92,98-92)
decision over Oksana Vasilyeva (118 lbs) of Russia in a defense of the
GBU Bantamweight title. Vasilyeva fell to
5-3-0.
On September 10, 2005 at the Fönix Sport Center, in
Debrecen, Hungary, in the co-main-event Bettina (116˝ lbs)
won a 10-round unanimous (98-93,98-92,99-94) decision over Zarika Njeri (5'5˝",
118 lbs) of Kenya, defending her WIBF-GBU Bantamweight Title. Csabi outpointed
Njeri throughout the bout, which was marred by fouls committed by Njeri.
Csábi improved to 25-0-0 (10 KOs)
while Njeri fell to 6-2-1 (3 KOs).
On December 10, 2005 at Magvassy
Sportcsarnok in Győr, Hungary,
Bettina (116˝ lbs) won by a technical decision (78-75,78-75,79-75) over Nadia Hockmi (116ž lbs) of Strasbourg, France.
Csabi
was badly cut on her forehead in the second round and ended the eighth covered in her own blood,
provoking a stoppage after which she received the win by technical decision.
The bout was for Csábi's
WIBF-GBU Bantamweight title. Hockmi fell to 5-2-0 (2 KOs).
On April 22, 2006 at the Nuclear-powerstation
Sporthall in Paks, Hungary,
Bettina (116ź lbs) defeated Nadia Hockmi
(116˝ lbs) of France by unanimous decision while defending her
WIBF-GBU bantamweight title. The judges' scoring was: Daniel Van De
Wiele (Belgium) 97-94, Bela Florian (Hungary); 97-93, Andre Van
Grootenbruel (Belgium) 98-92. Hockmi fell to 5-3-0 (2 KO).
On June 3, 2006 at City Sporthall in Szolnok, Hungary, Bettina (119˝ lbs) won a
six-round 60-54 decision over Oksana Romanova (116ž lbs) of Minsk, Ukraine, who
fell to 5-8-1 (1 KO). Csábi is now
28-0-0 (10 KO).
Csábi says that her favorite female boxers are Iwona Guzowska of Poland and her club-mate at Box-Team Vienna,
Esther Schouten of Holland. Her favorite male boxer is
Istvan "KoKo" Kovacs, "whom I adore, because he could be the first
Hungarian boxer to win the professional World Championship."
She is also a fan of "Prince" Naseem Hamed,
"in his golden age".
