Dillon Carman


Dillon Carman is a Canadian former professional boxer and reality television personality. He held the WBC Francophone and NABA heavyweight titles in 2018 and was Canadian heavyweight champion from October 2014 to December 2017.

Professional boxing career

A professional boxer since 2011, Carman won the vacant Canadian heavyweight title by stopping Eric Martel Bahoeli in the seventh round at the Mattamy Events Center in Toronto on 25 October 2014.
He made the first defense of his title against Donovan "Razor" Ruddock at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto on 11 September 2015, knocking out his 51-year-old opponent in the third round.
Carman lost the title in his next defense, suffering a second round stoppage defeat to his former training partner, Mladen Miljas, at the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls on 1 December 2017.
On 6 October 2018, he challenged WBC Francophone heavyweight champion Simon Kean at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City in a contest where the vacant NABA heavyweight title was also on the line. Carman won via knockout in the fourth round.
In his next outing, he fought outside Canada for the first, and only, time in his career, taking on Evgenyi Romanov for the inaugural WBO Global heavyweight title at the KRK “Uralets” in Ekaterinburg, Russia, on 22 February 2019. Carman was knocked out inside the first two minutes of the opening round.
He faced Simon Kean at Centre Gervais Auto in Shawinigan on 15 June 2019, in a rematch of their fight from the previous year. This time the roles were reversed and Carman lost by stoppage in the third round.
After 16 months away from the competitive boxing ring, Carman had what turned out to be his final professional contest on 10 October 2020, when he returned to the Centre Gervais Auto in Shawinigan to challenge unbeaten NABF heavyweight champion Arslanbek Makhmudov. He was knocked to the canvas within seconds of the bout getting underway and, although he got back to his feet, the referee decided he was not fit to continue and waived the fight off with the official stoppage time being 27 seconds.

Reality television appearances

Carman appeared on the 10th season of Dragons' Den broadcast on CBC Television in 2015, during which he pitched the idea of $50,000 in exchange for five per cent of all future earnings in his boxing career and received backing from three of the investors.
He was a contestant on season five of Big Brother Canada in 2017, being evicted from the show on day 62 to finish fifth out of 16 participants.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
20Loss14–6Arslanbek MakhmudovTKO1, 0:2710 Oct 2020Centre Gervais Auto, Shawinigan, Quebec, CanadaFor NABF heavyweight title
19Loss14–5Simon KeanTKO3, 2:5615 Jun 2019Centre Gervais Auto, Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
18Loss14–4Evgenyi RomanovKO1, 1:5322 Feb 2019KRK “Uralets”, Ekaterinburg, RussiaFor inaugural WBO Global heavyweight title
17Win14–3Simon KeanKO4, 1:286 Oct 2018Videotron Centre Quebec City, Quebec, CanadaFor WBC Francophone heavyweight title and vacant NABA heavyweight title
16Win13–3Carlos Antonio Carreon HernandezKO5, 0:435 May 2018Miramichi Civic Center, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
15Loss12–3Mladen MiljasTKO2, 1:211 Dec 2017Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario, CanadaLost Canadian heavyweight title
14Win12–2Vicente SandezKO2, 0:3629 Dec 2016Deerfoot Inn and Casino, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
13Win11–2Orlando Antonio FariasKO1, 0:3815 Oct 2016Aitken Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
12Win10–2Julien ColletteTKO1, 2:386 Aug 2016Lebrun Arena, Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada
11Win9–2Donovan RuddockKO3, 2:0511 Sep 2015Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRetained Canadian heavyweight title
10Win8–2Benito QuirozTKO8, 3:0027 Mar 2015Olympia Theatre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
9Win7–2Eric Martel BahoeliTKO7, 2:4625 Oct 2014Mattamy Events Center, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaWon vacant Canadian heavyweight title
8Win6–2Sylvera LouisTKO1, 2:2830 Nov 2013Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
7Loss5–2Sylvera LouisTKO5, 1:261 Jun 2013Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
6Win5–1Peter ErdosTKO3, 0:551 Dec 2012Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
5Win4–1Alain KashamaTKO2, 1:268 Sep 2012Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
4Win3–1Matt WhiteTKO3, 2:2712 May 2012Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
3Loss2–1Chukwunoso OkaforUD46 Mar 2012Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2Win2–0Gord FranjicTKO1, 0:3922 Oct 2011Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
1Win1–0Sergio RomanoUD424 Jun 2011Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada