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 1999 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:
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
30Loss27–3 Chad DawsonUD1221 May 2011 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
29Win27–2 Omar SheikaUD1015 Oct 2010 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
28Loss26–2 Jean PascalUD1211 Dec 2009 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaFor WBC light-heavyweight title
27Loss26–1 Jean PascalUD1219 May 2009 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaLost WBC light-heavyweight title
26Win26–0 David WhittomUD84 Apr 2009 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
25Win25–0 Chris HenryUD1219 Apr 2008 Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest, RomaniaWon WBC interim light-heavyweight title
24Win24–0 Rico HoyeTKO3, 0:329 May 2007 Studio Mel's, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
23Win23–0 Orlando RiveraUD1015 Sep 2006 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
22Win22–0 Andre ThysseUD1216 May 2006 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaRetained WBC International light-heavyweight title
21Win21–0 Max HeymanKO4, 3:0024 Mar 2006 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWon vacant WBA–NABA and TAB light-heavyweight titles
20Win20–0 Darrin HumphreyTKO11, 2:562 Dec 2005 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWon vacant WBC International light-heavyweight title
19Win19–0 Conal MacPheeTKO2, 2:0016 Sep 2005 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaRetained Canada light-heavyweight title
18Win18–0 Conal MacPheeTKO5, 3:003 May 2005 Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWon vacant Canada light-heavyweight title
17Win17–0 James CrawfordTKO1 12 Apr 2005 Galaţi, Romania
16Win16–0 Jesse SandersTKO4, 3:0018 Mar 2005 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
15Win15–0 Roberto CoelhoUD1020 Mar 2004 Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
14Win14–0 Rico CasonTKO3, 2:4520 Dec 2003 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
13Win13–0 Tiwon TaylorKO2, 1:1422 Nov 2003 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
12Win12–0 Ronald CobbsTKO3 17 May 2003 Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
11Win11–0 Isidore JanvierUD85 Apr 2003 Arena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
10Win10–0 Ron JohnsonKO1, 1:4428 Feb 2003 Aréna Léonard-Grondin, Granby, Quebec, Canada
9Win9–0 Shaun CreeganUD814 Dec 2002 Armory, Dorchester, Massachusetts, US
8Win8–0 Kenny Bowman66 Sep 2002 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7Win7–0 Ganny DovidovasKO3 31 May 2002 Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest, Romania
6Win6–0 Melroy CorbinUD626 Apr 2002 Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
5Win5–0 Francis DoironKO1, 1:4030 Nov 2001 Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
4Win4–0 Claudio OrtizUD420 Jul 2001 Stade L.P. Gaucher, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
3Win3–0 Eric Olds410 Jul 2001 Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2Win2–0 Todd Black1, 0:365 Jun 2001 Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
1Win1–0 Mark Newton1, 2:342 Mar 2001 Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaProfessional debut