Adrian Diaconu

Statistics
Real name	Adrian Diaconu
Nickname(s)	The Shark
Rated at	Light Heavyweight
Height	5 ft. 9 in. (175 cm.)
Reach	74"
Nationality	Romanian
Birth date	9 June 1978 (1978-06-09) (age 31)
Birth place	Ploieşti, Romania
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	28
Wins	26
Wins by KO	15
Losses	2
Draws	0
No contests	0

Medal record
Competitor for  Romania
Men's Boxing
World Amateur Championships
Bronze	1997 Budapest	Light Middleweight
Silver	1999 Houston	Middleweight
European Amateur Championships
Bronze	1998 Minsk	Light Middleweight

Adrian Diaconu (born 9 June 1978(1978-06-09) in Ploieşti, Prahova, Romania) is a Romanian professional boxer, living and fighting out of Montreal, Canada. Diaconu is the former WBC Light Heavyweight Champion.

Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Pro career 3 Trivia 4 References 5 Professional boxing record 6 External links

[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 2000 Olympics, Diaconu turned professional as a light heavyweight. He then went onto win 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 9 May 2007 after being postponed from its original 23 March date. With the win, Diaconu became the mandatory challenger for then WBC World Champion Chad Dawson.[3] On 19 April 2008, Diaconu won the WBC World Light Heavyweight Interim Championship with a twelve-round unanimous decision over Chris Henry in Bucharest, 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.^[1]

He lost his WBC Light Heavyweight Title against Jean Pascal on 19 June 2009 and also lost a rematch against the same oponent on 11 December 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

[edit] Trivia

In October 2007, David Haye described Diaconu as "the future of the light heavy division." ^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] Professional boxing record

26 Wins (15 knockouts, 10 decisions), 2 Losses, 0 Draws[4]
Res.	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Jean Pascal	Decision (unanimous)	12	11 December 2009	Montreal, Quebec
Loss	Jean Pascal	Decision (unanimous)	12	19 June 2009	Montreal, Quebec	Lost WBC Light-Heavyweight title
Win	Chris Henry	Decision (unanimous)	12	19 April 2008	Bucharest, Romania	Win WBC interim Light-Heavyweight title
Win	Rico Hoye	TKO	3(12), 0:32	9 May 2007	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Orlando Rivera	Decision (unanimous)	10	15 September 2006	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Andre Thysse	Decision (unanimous)	12	16 May 2006	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Max Heyman	KO	11(12), 3:00	24 March 2006	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Darrin Humphrey	TKO	11(12), 2:56	2 December 2005	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Conal MacPhee	TKO	2(10), 2:00	16 September 2005	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Conal MacPhee	TKO	5(10), 3:00	3 June 2005	Montreal, Quebec
Win	James Crawford	TKO	1(8)	21 April 2005	Galaţi, Romania
Win	Jesse Sanders	TKO	4(6), 3:00	18 March 2005	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Roberto Coelho	Decision (unanimous)	10	20 March 2004	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Rico Cason	TKO	3(8), 2:45	20 December 2003	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Tiwon Taylor	KO	2(8), 1:14	22 November 2003	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Ronald Cobbs	TKO	3(6)	17 May 2003	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Win	Isidore Janvier	Decision (unanimous)	8	5 April 2003	Leipzig, Germany
Win	Ron Johnson	KO	1(8), 1:44	28 February 2003	Granby, Quebec
Win	Shaun Creegan	Decision (unanimous)	8	14 December 2002	Dorchester, Massachusetts
Win	Kenny Bowman	Decision (split)	6	6 September 2002	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Ganny Dovidovas	KO	3(8)	31 May 2002	Bucharest, Romania
Win	Melroy Corbin	Decision (unanimous)	6	26 April 2002	Mississauga, Ontario
Win	Francis Doiron	KO	1(6), 1:40	30 November 2001	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Claudio Ortiz	Decision (unanimous)	4	20 July 2001	Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Win	Eric Olds	Decision (unanimous)	4	10 July 2001	Montreal, Quebec
Win	Todd Black	KO	1(4), 0:36	5 June 2001	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Win	Mark Newton	TKO	1(4), 2:34	2 March 2001	Montreal, Quebec

[edit] External links

• Professional boxing record for Adrian Diaconu from Boxrec

Vacant Title last held by Roy Jones, Jr.	WBC Light Heavyweight Interim Champion 19 April 2008 – 11 July 2008 Promoted	Vacant Title next held by Chad Dawson
Preceded by Chad Dawson Vacated	WBC Light Heavyweight Champion 11 July 2008 – 19 June 2009	Succeeded by Jean Pascal