Tony Badea
Tony Badea | |
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Born | Rumänien | 2 May 1974
Nationality | Romanian, Canadian |
Other names | Bad Boy |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Welterweight Light middleweight Middleweight Super middleweight |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 36 |
Wins | 27 (KO 16) |
Losses | 7 (KO 5) |
Draws | 1 |
No contests | 1 |
Tony "Bad Boy" Badea (born 2 May 1974) is a Romanian Canadian retired professional boxer.[1]
Career
[edit]Badea competed as welterweight, light middleweight, middleweight and super middleweight between the 1990s and 2000s. He won the Canada Welterweight title, Canada Light Middleweight title, International Boxing Organization (IBO) Inter-Continental light middleweight title, and Commonwealth Super Welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 143+1⁄2 lb (65.1 kg; 10 st 3.5 lb), i.e. welterweight to 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb), i.e. super middleweight.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Badea was born in Romania and immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, when he was 16 years old. He is the son of Virgil Badea who was the light middleweight boxing Champion of Romania in 1961.
From 2002 until 2007, his career was interrupted because of his problems with alcoholism and drug use. In December 2007 he was found by a biker in a ditch, covered in snow, the biker announced the Gendarmery. The Gendarmery officer took Tony in the shelter for the poor across the road. Badea worked at the shelter's kitchen and followed a rehabilitation program.
After he ended his career with three last fights in 2008, he worked in a bakery where he met his wife Jody who gave birth to his daughter, Olivia.[3][4]
Championships and accomplishments
[edit]- Canadian Boxing Federation
- CBF Super Welterweight Championship (One time)[5]
- Commonwealth Boxing Council
- Commonwealth Super Welterweight Championship (One time)
- International Boxing Organization
- IBO Inter-Continental Super Welterweight Championship (One time)
Professional boxing record
[edit]36 fights | 27 wins | 7 losses |
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By knockout | 16 | 5 |
By decision | 10 | 2 |
By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
Draws | 1 | |
No contests | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Round, time | Date | Standort | Notes |
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36 | Loss | 27–7–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (6), 1:59 | June 20, 2008 | ![]() |
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35 | Win | 27–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
DQ | 5 (6), 2:05 | May 16, 2008 | ![]() |
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34 | Win | 26–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6), 1:15 | Mar 28, 2008 | ![]() |
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33 | Loss | 25–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (10), 3:00 | July 19, 2002 | ![]() |
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32 | Loss | 25–5–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10), 2:29 | May 31, 2002 | ![]() |
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31 | Win | 25–4–1 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Sep 20, 2001 | ![]() |
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30 | Loss | 24–4–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (12), 0:47 | Jan 23, 2001 | ![]() |
Lost Commonwealth Super Welterweight Title |
29 | Win | 24–3–1 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Nov 17, 2000 | ![]() |
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28 | Loss | 23–3–1 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | June 9, 2000 | ![]() |
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27 | Win | 23–2–1 (1) | ![]() |
SD | 10 | April 6, 2000 | ![]() |
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26 | Win | 22–2–1 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Nov 19, 1999 | ![]() |
Retained Commonwealth Super Welterweight Title |
25 | Win | 21–2–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (8) | Aug 12, 1999 | ![]() |
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24 | Win | 20–2–1 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 6 (12) | June 24, 1999 | ![]() |
Retained CBF Super Welterweight Title Won Commonwealth Super Welterweight Title |
23 | Win | 19–2–1 (1) | ![]() |
RTD | 5 (12), 3:00 | Feb 23, 1999 | ![]() |
Won Vacant CBF Super Welterweight Title |
22 | Win | 18–2–1 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | April 21, 1998 | ![]() |
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21 | Win | 17–2–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 3 | Feb 13, 1998 | ![]() |
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20 | Loss | 16–2–1 (1) | ![]() |
TD | 11 (12) | June 12, 1997 | ![]() |
For CBF Super Welterweight Title |
19 | Win | 16–1–1 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Mar 27, 1997 | ![]() |
Won IBO Inter-Continental Super Welterweight Title |
18 | Win | 15–1–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8), 1:48 | Feb 13, 1997 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 14–1–1 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Dec 15, 1996 | ![]() |
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16 | Win | 13–1–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 10 | Oct 7, 1996 | ![]() |
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15 | Draw | 12–1–1 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Aug 29, 1996 | ![]() |
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14 | Loss | 12–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (12) | April 19, 1996 | ![]() |
For CBF Welterweight Title |
13 | Win | 12–0 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Jan 25, 1996 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 11–0 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 3 | Dec 7, 1995 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 10–0 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Oct 25, 1995 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 9–0 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (10), 1:22 | Aug 14, 1995 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 8–0 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10), 1:36 | June 27, 1995 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 7–0 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 6 | April 28, 1995 | ![]() |
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7 | NC | 6–0 (1) | ![]() |
ND | 2 | Mar 31, 1995 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6) | Feb 24, 1995 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (6) | Jan 26, 1995 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (6) | Dec 9, 1994 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6), 1:19 | Oct 21, 1994 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (6) | Sep 15, 1994 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6) | Mar 22, 1994 | ![]() |
Professional debut |
References
[edit]- ^ "Canadian Tony Badea Goes to New York".
- ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Am învins moartea!" [I defeated death!] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Numele meu e Badea, Bad Boy Badea. O poveste despre mărire şi decădere, extaz şi agonie, droguri şi alcool" [My name is Badea, Bad Boy Badea. A story about magnification and decay, ecstasy and agony, drugs and alcohol] (in Romanian). puterea.ro. 5 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Canadian Boxing Federation Super Welterweight Championship history".
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Tony Badea from BoxRec (registration required)