Hungarian Fighter Norbert Szekeres, 0 For 32 Hungarian Ringer, Wins in UK
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
*Photo Credit: Box Rec
Budapest, Hungary (September 17th, 2021)– Professional Hungarian ringer Nobert Szekeres was 0 for 32 with one draw in five and a half years fighting as the loser in countries around the world, from Austria to Switzerland. Szekeres, age 35, 19-81-4 with 10 knockouts, Budapest, Hungary, always gets an airplane ticket, a room, meals, transportation, a cornerman, a cut man, and a nice paycheck.
This reporter’s viewpoint, which is his own, is the next time a promoter decides to call for Szekeres, he or she better remember it takes two paychecks combined for the ringer to fall: one for the bout; and one to ensure the loss.
It appears somebody in the promoter’s chain of command did not get the message, got their signals crossed, and the favored promoter’s fighter was tuned into Hungarian Goulash in a skillet on Sunday, September 12, 2021, at Stadium Suite, Bank’s Stadium, Walsall, Great Britain. Szekeres, who fights as an available ringer at weights ranging from junior middleweight to cruiserweight in the grand tradition of 300 bout loser Peter Buckley, went out at light heavyweight in this particular British fight card main event against undefeated British light heavyweight prospect Andy Owen of Perton, Staffordshire.
Szekeres proceeded to shock the crowd and the experts by beating the tar out of prospect Owen until referee Kevin Parker stopped it in the second round. The moral of the story is the next time a promoter tries to buy a win, the promoter better be sure everything promised is paid for first. Owens became the tenth fighter Szekeres has knocked out in the first three rounds. With 81 losses, you would never figure Szekeres can fight. Go figure.
Figure it this way. If, as the promoter, you are not going to pay the opponent’s price, you should not underestimate the opponent either. For Szekeres, Owens was his forty-first undefeated opponent. Back in 2011, Szekere’s drew two opponents by controversial ten round split decision for the Hungarian Super Welterweight and the Hungarian Middleweight titles respectively. Those performances meant his subsequent losses had ringer written all over them. With 104 pro bouts, Szekere’s depth of experience makes him a dangerous opponent not worth taking chances against unless you pay. The moral of the story is never judge a book by its cover, never underestimate opponents, and never judge a boxer by record. Records of experienced boxers, particularly losers and former contenders, can be greatly deceiving. He who prepares and does what he is supposed to do, laughs best. The intended boxing script does not always go according to plan. Send in the clowns here.
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