Adrian Diaconu

Name: Adrian Diaconu
Alias: The Shark
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Birthplace: Ploiesti, Romania
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 175cm
Reach: 183cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

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Amateur career

• Won the Bronze Representing Romania at the 1997 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, as a Light Middleweight.
• Won the Silver Representing Romania at the 1999 World Championships in 1999 Houston, Texas as a Middleweight.

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

Minor Titles Won

• Canadian Boxing Federation light heavyweight title
• WBC International light heavyweight title
• NABA light heavyweight title
• TAB (Trans America Boxing) light heavyweight title

Preceded by: Chad Dawson Stripped

WBC Light Heavyweight Champion 2008 Jul 11 – 2009 Jun 19

Succeeded by: Jean Pascal