- Adrian Diaconu
Infobox_Boxer
name = Adrian Diaconu
image size=
realname = Adrian Diaconu
nickname = The Shark
weight =Light Heavyweight
height = 5 ft. 9 in. (175 cm.)
reach = 74"
nationality = flagicon|RomaniaRomania n
birth_date = birth date and age|1977|6|9
death_date =
birth_place =Ploieşti ,Romania
home =Montreal, QC, Canada ,Canada
style = Orthodox
total = 25
wins = 25
KO = 15
losses = 0
draws = 0
no contests = 0Adrian Diaconu (born Birth date |1978|6|9 in
Ploieşti ,Prahova ,Romania ) is a Romanian professional boxer, living and fighting out ofMontreal ,Canada . Diaconu is the current WBCLight Heavyweight Champion.Amateur career
Diaconu represented Romania at the
2000 Sydney Olympics as a Middleweight.Olympic results were:
*DefeatedAbdelghani Kinzi (Algeria) 19-9
*DefeatedJitender Kumar (India) 12-3
*Lost toJorge Gutierrez (Cuba) KO 1Pro career
Following the 2000 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 outDarrin Humphrey (then 21-4). He followed that win up by defeatingMax Heyman to take the vacant NABA Light Heavyweight and Trans American Light Heavyweight titles. Diaconu vacated his Canadian title to faceRico Hoye in a WBC Light-Heavyweight eliminator bout. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYfRlsmq8J4] He was successful, dominating Hoye (then 21-1) until a referee TKO stoppage in the 3rd round. [http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:1171651] The fight was the headline bout ofESPN s Wednesday Night Fights held on May 9th, 2007 after being postponed from its original March 23th date. With the win, Diaconu became the mandatory challenger for then WBC World ChampionChad Dawson . [http://www.cbc.ca/cp/sports/070509/s050985A.html] On April 19, 2008, Diaconu won the WBC World Light Heavyweight Interim Championship with a twelve-round unanimous decision over Chris Henry inBucharest , Romania, the interim title being commissioned to allow Dawson to make an optional defense after a previous injury-produced delay to the mandated bout. In July 2008, Diaconu was elevated to full champion after Dawson vacated the title to avoid having to make the mandatory defense. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3483704 ESPN - Dawson vacates 175-pound title to gird for possible showdown with Tarver - Boxing ] ]Trivia
In October 2007,
David Haye described Diaconu as "the future of the light heavy division." [ [http://www.britishboxing.net/news_2746-Getting-to-knowDavid-Haye-Part-Two.html Getting to know...David Haye, Part Two ] ]References
Professional boxing record
External links
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s-ttl | title=WBC Light Heavyweight Interim Champion
years=April 19 2008 –July 11 2008
Promoteds-ttl | title=WBC Light Heavyweight Champion
years=July 11 2008 – "present"
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