Adrian Diaconu Boxing News

By Jason Kim: Light heavyweight Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) looked outstanding on Saturday night in beating the tough but limited Adrian Diaconu (27-3, 15 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Although it’s been reported that both fighters were hurt in the bout, that’s not true. The [...]

By Jim Dower: Former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 18 KO’s) won an easy if not impressive 12 round unanimous decision over Romanian Adrian Diaconu (27-3, 15 KO’s) on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal bout at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nicholson Poulard UD 10 Frankie Santos Kevin Bizier KO 5 Mauro Lucero

Even though he won’t be appearing in the main event tonight, former WBC world champion “Bad” Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) is eagerly awaiting his chance to remind the world he is the best fighter on the card.

By Dan Ambrose: If you want to see something really interesting on Saturday night you need to watch the bout between light heavyweights Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) and Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s) because the height differences alone is going to make for a compelling fight. At Friday’s weigh-in, the 5’9″ Diaconu looked like [...]

By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) is hoping to set himself up for a big money fight against the winner of Saturday’s bout between 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins and WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. To get the winner of that fight, [...]

HBO Sports serves up a double dose of hard-hitting action when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: JEAN PASCAL VS. BERNARD HOPKINS II AND CHAD DAWSON VS. ADRIAN DIACONU is presented live SATURDAY, MAY 21 (10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT) from the Bell Centre in Montreal, exclusively on HBO. The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING team will be ringside for [...]

By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) goes up against Romanian contender Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s) this Saturday night on the undercard of the Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins bout at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Dawson, 28, has a lot riding on this fight, as if [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) will be facing 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) in an important rematch on May 21st at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The two fighters previously fought last year in December in a fight that ended in a unsatisfying 12 round [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The undercard fight between two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) and Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KOs) should be the much better fight compared to the stinker in the main event between Bernard Hopkins and WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal.

By Dan Ambrose: Light heavyweight contender Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) may end up taking the May 21st fight with Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s) after all, says Dan Rafael of ESPN. This comes after news that the 28-year-old Dawson was declining the fight with Diaconu for some unknown reason.

By Dan Rafael: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, former two time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) is declining a fight against Romanian Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s) for the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal card on May 21st.

By Jim Dower: Much to everyone’s relief, the mouthwatering fight between former two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) and Romanian Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s) will go ahead for May 21st on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal bout at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. The fight negotiations [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) will be facing 32-year-old Romanian slugger Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s) on the undercard of the light heavyweight clash between champion Jean Pascal and 46-year-old challenger Bernard Hopkins on May 21st. Dan Rafael is reporting that Dawson and Diaconu’s promoters have made [...]

Montreal, Friday January 21st, 2011 – A Purse Bid was held today at World Boxing Council (WBC) Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico for the right to promote a WBC World Light Heavyweight Silver Championship title bout between former WBC 175 lb World champion Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu (27-2-0, 15 KO) from Romania/Canada and Chris “Hard [...]

The World Boxing Council (WBC) has ruled, at its 48th annual convention in Cancun, Mexico, that InterBox-promoted former World champion Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu (27-2-0, 15 KO), rated #2 in the talent-rich 175-pound division by the WBC, must face Chris Henry (25-2-0, 15 KO) from Texas for the WBC Silver Light Heavyweight championship title.

Boxing results from the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Ionut Dan Ion KO 4 Andres Pablo Villafane Sebastien Gauthier UD 8 Julio David Roque Ler Pier Olivier Cote TKO 6 Walter Sergio Gomez Adrian Diaconu UD 10 Omar Sheika

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (25-1, 16 KO’s) defeated former WBC light heavyweight champion Adrian Diaconu (26-2, 15 KO’s) tonight by a 12 round decision at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The final judges’ scores were 117-111, 117-111 and 118-110. Pascal was too fast and much more [...]

By Jim Dower: Making his first fight at light heavyweight, Jean Pascal (23-1, 15 KO’s) dominated World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Adrian Diaconu (26-1, 15 KO’s) on Friday night, handing Diaconu his first loss of his career at the bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Pascal, 26, knocked Diaconu down with a huge left [...]

By Jason Kim: This Friday night, World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Adrian Diaconu (26-0, 15 KO’s) will be defending his title against number #5 ranked challenger Jean Pascal (22-1, 15 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. This will be the first defense for the 31-year-old Romanian transplant champion Diaconu, who now [...]

By Manuel Perez: Former six division champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) is choosing Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) to defeat Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) by knockout this Saturday night at MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. You would think with De La Hoya getting savagely beaten in an 8th round stoppage [...]

By William Mackay: In a non-title bout, undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Adrian Diaconu (26-0, 15 KOs) defeated Canadian journeyman David Whittom (10-8-1, 6 KOs) by an eight-round unanimous decision tonight at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada.

By Dave Lahr: Perhaps the two best light welterweights in the World fight tomorrow night when World Boxing Council light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (23-0, 11 KOs) fights World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Kendall Holt (25-2, 13 KOs) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Also on the card will be Librado Andrade (27-2, [...]

By Nate Anderson: Undefeated WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KOs) has only 90 days to defend his title against the undefeated interim champion Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu (25-0, 15 KOs) or risk being stripped of his title. Dawson, however, most defend his title in Diaconu’s native Romania, because Ganker Promotions, who happens [...]

By Nate Anderson: Undefeated Romanian light heavyweight contender Adrian Diaconu (25-0, 15 KOs) defeated American Chris Henry (21-1, 17 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision tonight to win the WBC light heavyweight interim title at the Sala Polivalenta, in Bucharest, Romania. Diaconu, 29, ranked #1 in the WBC, appeared to land the cleaner punches all [...]

There is no rest for the ‘Road Warrior’. Just a week after his controversial decision loss against Chad Dawson, the People’s Light Heavyweight Champion will travel to Bucharest, Romania to serve as color commentator for the interim WBC light heavyweight championship bout between unbeaten warriors Adrian Diaconu and Chris Henry.