Adrian Diaconu


Adrian Diaconu 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.

Amateur career

Diaconu represented Romania at the 2000 Olympics in the middleweight division.
Olympic results:

Professional career

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."
On 19 April 2008, Diaconu won the vacant WBC interim title with a twelve-round unanimous decision over Chris Henry in Romania; the interim title being at stake to allow full titleholder Chad 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 status after Dawson vacated the title to avoid having to make the mandatory defense.
Diaconu suffered his first career defeat and lost the WBC world title to Jean Pascal on 19 June 2009, and would go on to lose a rematch on 11 December 2009. Diaconu's final professional fight took place on 21 May 2011 against former champion Chad Dawson, who defeated Diaconu by a unanimous decision after twelve rounds. A year later, Diaconu announced his retirement from boxing, stating that he felt a lack of support from his promoters, Interbox, to organize significant fights for him.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
30Loss27–3Chad DawsonUD1221 May 2011Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
29Win27–2Omar SheikaUD1015 Oct 2010Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
28Loss26–2Jean PascalUD1211 Dec 2009Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaFor WBC light-heavyweight title
27Loss26–1Jean PascalUD1219 May 2009Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaLost WBC light-heavyweight title
26Win26–0David WhittomUD84 Apr 2009Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
25Win25–0Chris HenryUD1219 Apr 2008Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest, RomaniaWon WBC interim light-heavyweight title
24Win24–0Rico HoyeTKO3, 0:329 May 2007Studio Mel's, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
23Win23–0Orlando RiveraUD1015 Sep 2006Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
22Win22–0Andre ThysseUD1216 May 2006Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaRetained WBC International light-heavyweight title
21Win21–0Max HeymanKO4, 3:0024 Mar 2006Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWon vacant WBA–NABA and TAB light-heavyweight titles
20Win20–0Darrin HumphreyTKO11, 2:562 Dec 2005Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWon vacant WBC International light-heavyweight title
19Win19–0Conal MacPheeTKO2, 2:0016 Sep 2005Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaRetained Canada light-heavyweight title
18Win18–0Conal MacPheeTKO5, 3:003 May 2005Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWon vacant Canada light-heavyweight title
17Win17–0James CrawfordTKO1 12 Apr 2005Galaţi, Romania
16Win16–0Jesse SandersTKO4, 3:0018 Mar 2005Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
15Win15–0Roberto CoelhoUD1020 Mar 2004Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
14Win14–0Rico CasonTKO3, 2:4520 Dec 2003Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
13Win13–0Tiwon TaylorKO2, 1:1422 Nov 2003Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
12Win12–0Ronald CobbsTKO3 17 May 2003Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
11Win11–0Isidore JanvierUD85 Apr 2003Arena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
10Win10–0Ron JohnsonKO1, 1:4428 Feb 2003Aréna Léonard-Grondin, Granby, Quebec, Canada
9Win9–0Shaun CreeganUD814 Dec 2002Armory, Dorchester, Massachusetts, US
8Win8–0Kenny Bowman66 Sep 2002Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7Win7–0Ganny DovidovasKO3 31 May 2002Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest, Romania
6Win6–0Melroy CorbinUD626 Apr 2002Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
5Win5–0Francis DoironKO1, 1:4030 Nov 2001Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
4Win4–0Claudio OrtizUD420 Jul 2001Stade L.P. Gaucher, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
3Win3–0Eric Olds410 Jul 2001Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2Win2–0Todd Black1, 0:365 Jun 2001Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
1Win1–0Mark Newton1, 2:342 Mar 2001Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaProfessional debut