Adrian Diaconu
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Competitor for  Romania |
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| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1997 Budapest | Light Middleweight | |
| Silver | 1999 Houston | Middleweight | |
| European Amateur Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1998 Minsk | Light Middleweight | |
| Adrian Diaconu | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Real name | Adrian Diaconu |
| Nickname(s) | The Shark |
| Rated at | Light Heavyweight |
| Height | 5'9" |
| Reach | 74" |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Birth date | June 9, 1977 |
| Birth place | Ploiesti, Romania |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 25 |
| Wins by KO | 15 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Adrian Diaconu (born June 9, 1978 in Ploieşti-Prahova, Romania) is a Romanian professional Light Heavyweight boxer. He is living, and fighting out of Montreal, QC, Canada.
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[edit] Amateur career
Diaconu represented Romania at the 2000 Sydney Olympics as a Middleweight.
Olympic results were:
- Defeated Abdelghani Kinzi (Algeria) 19-9
- Defeated Jitender Kumar (India) 12-3
- Lost to Jorge Gutierrez (Cuba) KO 1
[edit] Pro career
Following the Olympics, Diaconu turned professional, and has since gone undefeated with a record of 24-0 with 15 knockouts. He won his first title in June 2005, taking the Canadian Light Heavyweight Title after a 5th round knockout of Conal MacPhee. In December 2005, Diaconu won the WBC International Light Heavyweight Title after knocking out Darrin Humphrey (then 21-4). He followed that win up by defeating Max Heyman to take the vacant NABA Light Heavyweight and Trans American Light Heavyweight titles. Diaconu vacated his Canadian title to face Rico Hoye in a WBC Light-Heavyweight eliminator bout.[1] He was successful, dominating Hoye (then 21-1) until a referee TKO stoppage in the 3rd round.[2] The fight was the headline bout of ESPNs Wednesday Night Fights held on May 9th, 2007 after being postponed from its original March 23th date. With the win, Diaconu becomes the mandatory challenger for current WBC World Champion Chad Dawson.[3]
[edit] Professional boxing record
| 25 Wins (15 knockouts, 10 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[4] | |||||||
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| Win | Chris Henry | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 2008-04-19 | Bucureşti, RO |
Win WBC interim Light-Heavyweight title | |
| Win | Rico Hoye | TKO | 3(12), 0:32 | 2007-05-09 |  Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Orlando Rivera | Decision (unanimous) | 10 | 2006-09-15 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Andre Thysse | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 2006-05-16 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Max Heyman | KO | 11(12), 3:00 | 2006-03-24 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Darrin Humphrey | TKO | 11(12), 2:56 | 2005-12-02 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Conal MacPhee | TKO | 2(10), 2:00 | 2005-09-16 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Conal MacPhee | TKO | 5(10), 3:00 | 2005-06-03 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | James Crawford | TKO | 1(8) | 2005-04-21 | Galaţi, RO |
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| Win | Jesse Sanders | TKO | 4(6), 3:00 | 2005-03-18 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Roberto Coelho | Decision (unanimous) | 10 | 2004-03-20 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Rico Cason | TKO | 3(8), 2:45 | 2003-12-20 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Tiwon Taylor | KO | 2(8), 1:14 | 2003-11-22 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Ronald Cobbs | TKO | 3(6) | 2003-05-17 |  Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Win | Isidore Janvier | Decision (unanimous) | 8 | 2003-04-05 |  Leipzig, DE |
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| Win | Ron Johnson | KO | 1(8), 1:44 | 2003-02-28 | Granby, QC |
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| Win | Shaun Creegan | Decision (unanimous) | 8 | 2002-12-14 |  Dorchester, MA |
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| Win | Kenny Bowman | Decision (split) | 6 | 2002-09-06 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Ganny Dovidovas | KO | 3(8) | 2002-05-31 | Bucureşti, RO |
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| Win | Melroy Corbin | Decision (unanimous) | 6 | 2002-04-26 |  Mississauga, QN |
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| Win | Francis Doiron | KO | 1(6), 1:40 | 2001-11-30 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Claudio Ortiz | Decision (unanimous) | 4 | 2001-07-20 | Saint-Hyacinthe, QC |
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| Win | Eric Olds | Decision (unanimous) | 4 | 2001-07-10 | Montreal, QC |
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| Win | Todd Black | KO | 1(4), 0:36 | 2001-06-05 | Trois-Rivieres, QC |
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| Win | Mark Newton | TKO | 1(4), 2:34 | 2001-03-02 | Montreal, QC |
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[edit] External links
| Vacant | WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Interim Title April 19, 2008 – present |
Incumbent |
