SPORT & NOTE
Adrian DIACONU

Male

"The Shark"
Light-Heavyweight, Romania
Based in Canada, Montreal, Québec
Born: June 9, 1978, Ploesti-Prahova, Romania
Height 5ft 9in, mt 1,75

as an amateur:
1996 La Habana World Jr Champs welterweight bronze medal
Wpt Cory Jones (USA) 12-3, Wpt Aleksandrs Dogdanecs (Lat) 9-2
Semis: Lpt Pavel Slanov (Bul) 23-6
1997 Budapest World Sr Champs super-welterweight bronze medal
Wpt Lim Jung-Bin (Kor) 10-5, Wpt Sergio Martinez (Arg) 11-9
Wpt Robert Gortat (Pol) 15-9, Semis: Lpt Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba) 15-0
1998 Minsk European Sr Champs super-welterweight bronze medal
Wpt Karoly Balzsay (Hun) 5-5 then 33-25 on countback
Wpt Sergey Khomitsky (Blr) 5-3, Semis: Lpt Ercument Aslan (Tur) 5-1
1999 Houston World Sr Champs middleweight silver medal
Wpt Ariel Hernandez (Cuba) 8-4, Wpt Antonis Giannoulas (Gre) 5-0
Wpt Andriy Fedchuk (Ukr) 9-1, Wpt Akin Kuloglu (Tur) 10-2
Final: Lpt Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzb) 6-1
2000 Tampere, Finlanf, European Sr Champs middleweight
Wpt Gaiderbek Gaidarbekov (Rus) 8-4, Lpt Alex Zubritshin (Ukr) 7-2
2000 Sydney, Australia, Olympic Games middleweight
Wpt Abdelhani Kinzi (Alg) 19-9, Wpt Jitender Kumar (Ind) 12-3
Lko1 Jorge Gutierrez (Cuba)

No amateur results

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
2001
+ Mar. 2Mark Newton Montreal, CanadaTKO 1
+ June 5Todd Black Trois-Rivières, CanadaKO 1
+ July 10Eric Olds Montreal, CanadaW 4
+ July 20Claudio Ortiz St Hyacinthe, CanadaW 4
+ Nov. 30Francis Doiron Montreal, CanadaKO 1
2002
+ Apr. 26Melroy Corbin Missisauga, CanadaW 6
+ May 31Ganny Davidovas Bucharest, RomaniaKO 3
+ Sept. 6Kenny Bowman Montreal, CanadaW 6
+ Dec. 14Shaun Creegan Dorchester, MassachusettsW 8
2003
+ Feb. 28Ron Johnson Grandby, CanadaKO 1
+ Apr. 5Isidore Janvier Leipzig, GermanyW 8
+ May 17Ronald Cobbs Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaTKO 3
+ Nov. 22Tiwon Taylor Montreal, CanadaKO 2
+ Dec. 20Rico Cason Montreal, CanadaKO 3
2004
+ Mar. 30Roberto Coelho Montreal, CanadaW 10
2005
+ Mar. 18Jesse Sanders Montreal, CanadaTKO 4
+ Apr. 21James Crawford Galati, RomaniaTKO 1
+ June 3Canal MacPhee Montreal, CanadaTKO 5
(Won vacant Canadian Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 16Conal MacPhee Montreal, CanadaTKO 2
(Retained Canadian Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 2Darrin Humphrey Montreal, CanadaTKO 11
(Won vacant WBC Int’l Light-Heavyweight Title)
2006
+ Mar. 24Max Heyman Montreal, CanadaKO 4
(Won vacant NABA Light-Heavyweight Title and
+ May 16Andre Thysse Montreal, CanadaW 12
(Retained WBC Int’l Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 15Orlando Rivera Montreal, CanadaW 10
2007
+ May 9Rico Hoye Montreal, CanadaTKO 3
(Retained WBC Int’l Light-Heavyweight Title,
2008
+ Apr. 19Chris Henry Bucharest, RomaniaW 12
(Won vacant WBC interim Light-Heavyweight Title)
2009
+ Apr. 4David Whittom Montreal, CanadaW 8
- June 19Jean Pascal Montreal, CanadaL 12
(Lost WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Dec. 11 Jean PascalMontreal, CanadaL 12 UD
(For WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
2010
+ Oct. 15 Omar SheikaMontreal, CanadaW 10
2011
- May 21 Chad DawsonMontreal, CanadaL 12 UD

 

Summary

Total bouts: 30, Won: 27 (15 inside the limit), Lost: 3 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0