Adrian Diaconu boxer

Adrian Diaconu boxer
bouts
30
won
27
lost
3
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
light heavyweight
Debut
2001-03-02
Height
5′ 9″/175cm
Reach
72″/183cm
Age
-
Born
1978-06-09
Death
-
Nationality
Romania

Adrian Diaconu (born 9 June 1978) is a Romanian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011, and held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 2008 to 2009. As an amateur he won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1999 World Championships and bronze in the light-middleweight division at the 1997 World Championships. Diaconu was born in Ploieşti, Romania, but fought out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada for almost his entire professional career.Diaconu represented Romania at the 2000 Olympics in the middleweight division.Olympic results:Following the Olympics, Diaconu made his professional debut in 2001 and competed exclusively as a light-heavyweight. He went on to claim his first regional championship in June 2005, winning the Canadian title with a fifth-round knockout of Conal MacPhee. In December 2005, Diaconu won the WBC International title after knocking out Darrin Humphrey. This was followed up with a knockout against Max Heyman to win the vacant WBA–NABA and TAB titles. Diaconu vacated his Canadian title to face Rico Hoye in an eliminator bout for the WBC world title. He was successful, dominating Hoye until a stoppage in the third round. With the win, Diaconu became the mandatory challenger for then-WBC world champion Chad Dawson.In October 2007, world cruiserweight champion David Haye described Diaconu as "the future of the light-heavyweight division."

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2011-05-21 Chad Dawson WWWWWL Bell Centre, Montreal LOST
Unanimous decision
2010-10-15 Omar Sheika LWLWWW Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Unanimous decision
2009-12-11 Jean Pascal WWLWWW Bell Centre, Montreal LOST
Unanimous decision
2009-06-19 Jean Pascal WWWWLW Bell Centre, Montreal LOST
Unanimous decision
2009-04-04 David Whittom LWLWLL Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Unanimous decision
2008-04-19 Chris Henry WWWWWW Sala Polivalenta, Bucharest WIN
Unanimous decision
2007-05-09 Rico Hoye WWWLWW Studio Mel's, Montreal WIN
Technical knockout
2006-09-15 Orlando Rivera LWWWLL Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Unanimous decision
2006-05-16 Andre Thysse WWWWLL Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Unanimous decision
2006-03-24 Max Heyman WWLWDW Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
KO
2005-12-02 Darrin Humphrey WWWWLW Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Technical knockout
2005-09-16 Conal MacPhee WWLWWL Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Technical knockout
2005-06-03 Conal MacPhee WWWLWW Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal WIN
Technical knockout
2005-04-21 James Crawford WLWLL Galati WIN
Technical knockout
2005-03-18 Jesse Sanders WWLWWW Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Corner retirement
2004-03-20 Roberto Coelho LLWLLL Montreal Casino, Montreal WIN
Unanimous decision
2003-12-20 Rico Cason LLWWWL Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Technical knockout
2003-11-22 Tiwon Taylor WLWLWL Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
KO
2003-05-17 Ronald Cobbs LLWLWL Petersen Center, Pittsburgh WIN
Technical knockout
2003-04-05 Isidore Janvier DLWLWL Leipziger Arena, Leipzig WIN
Unanimous decision
2003-02-28 Ron Johnson LLWWLL Leonard-Grondin Arena, Granby WIN
KO
2002-12-14 Shaun Creegan WWWWWW Dorchester Armory, Dorchester WIN
Unanimous decision
2002-09-06 Kenny Bowman WLLLWL Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Majority decision
2002-05-31 Ganny Dovidovas LWDWLL Sala Polivalenta, Bucharest WIN
KO
2002-04-26 Melroy Corbin WWLWWL Hershey Centre, Mississauga WIN
Unanimous decision
2001-11-30 Francis Doiron WWLWLW Molson Centre, Montreal WIN
KO
2001-07-20 Claudio Ortiz WW L-P Gaucher Arena, Saint-Hyacinthe WIN
Unanimous decision
2001-07-10 Eric Olds WWWW Molson Centre, Montreal WIN
Unanimous decision
2001-06-05 Todd Black LLLL Pavillion de La Jeunesse, Trois-Rivières WIN
KO
2001-03-02 Mark Newton W Molson Centre, Montreal WIN
Technical knockout