Tony Badea
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Bad Boy |
| Nationality | Romanian, Canadian |
| Born | 2 May 1974 Romania |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | Welterweight Light middleweight Middleweight Super middleweight |
| Boxing career | |
| 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 | edit source]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 | edit source]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 | edit source]- 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 | edit source]| 36 fights | 27 wins | 7 losses |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Loss | 27–7–1 (1) | Canada Kris Andrews | TKO | 1 (6), 1:59 | June 20, 2008 | Canada Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 35 | Win | 27–6–1 (1) | Canada Claudio Ortiz | DQ | 5 (6), 2:05 | May 16, 2008 | Canada Italian Cultural Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 34 | Win | 26–6–1 (1) | Canada Justin Berger | TKO | 2 (6), 1:15 | Mar 28, 2008 | Canada Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 33 | Loss | 25–6–1 (1) | United States Verno Phillips | TKO | 4 (10), 3:00 | July 19, 2002 | United States Yakama Legends Casino, Toppenish, Washington | |
| 32 | Loss | 25–5–1 (1) | United States Darrell Woods | TKO | 7 (10), 2:29 | May 31, 2002 | United States Chinook Winds Casino, Lincoln City, Oregon | |
| 31 | Win | 25–4–1 (1) | Guyana Wayne Harris | UD | 8 | Sep 20, 2001 | Canada Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 30 | Loss | 24–4–1 (1) | United Kingdom Richard Williams | TKO | 3 (12), 0:47 | Jan 23, 2001 | United Kingdom Leisure Centre, West Sussex Crawley | Lost Commonwealth Super Welterweight Title |
| 29 | Win | 24–3–1 (1) | Mexico Gilberto Flores | UD | 10 | Nov 17, 2000 | Romania Sala Sporturilor Olympia, Ploiești, Romania | |
| 28 | Loss | 23–3–1 (1) | Colombia Juan Carlos Candelo | UD | 10 | June 9, 2000 | United States Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York | |
| 27 | Win | 23–2–1 (1) | Argentina Paulo Alejandro Sanchez | SD | 10 | April 6, 2000 | Canada Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario | |
| 26 | Win | 22–2–1 (1) | Australia Gavin Topp | UD | 12 | Nov 19, 1999 | Canada Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | Retained Commonwealth Super Welterweight Title |
| 25 | Win | 21–2–1 (1) | United States Mario L'Esperance | TKO | 6 (8) | Aug 12, 1999 | Canada Slave Lake, Alberta | |
| 24 | Win | 20–2–1 (1) | Spain Manny Sobral | KO | 6 (12) | June 24, 1999 | Canada Edmonton, Alberta | Retained CBF Super Welterweight Title Won Commonwealth Super Welterweight Title |
| 23 | Win | 19–2–1 (1) | Jamaica Greg Johnson | RTD | 5 (12), 3:00 | Feb 23, 1999 | Canada Edmonton, Alberta | Won Vacant CBF Super Welterweight Title |
| 22 | Win | 18–2–1 (1) | United States Aaron McLaurine | UD | 10 | April 21, 1998 | Canada Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 21 | Win | 17–2–1 (1) | Jamaica Greg Johnson | TKO | 3 | Feb 13, 1998 | Canada Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 20 | Loss | 16–2–1 (1) | Spain Manny Sobral | TD | 11 (12) | June 12, 1997 | Canada Edmonton, Alberta | For CBF Super Welterweight Title |
| 19 | Win | 16–1–1 (1) | United States Anthony Ivory | UD | 12 | Mar 27, 1997 | Canada Convention Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | Won IBO Inter-Continental Super Welterweight Title |
| 18 | Win | 15–1–1 (1) | United States James Stokes | TKO | 2 (8), 1:48 | Feb 13, 1997 | United States The Aladdin, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| 17 | Win | 14–1–1 (1) | United States Jeff Johnson | UD | 8 | Dec 15, 1996 | Canada Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 16 | Win | 13–1–1 (1) | United States Derrick Coleman | TKO | 10 | Oct 7, 1996 | Canada Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 15 | Draw | 12–1–1 (1) | United States Derrick Coleman | PTS | 8 | Aug 29, 1996 | Canada International Plaza Hotel, Toronto, Ontario | |
| 14 | Loss | 12–1 (1) |  Fitz Vanderpool
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TKO | 6 (12) | April 19, 1996 | Canada Argicom Edmonton, Alberta | For CBF Welterweight Title |
| 13 | Win | 12–0 (1) | Canada Bryon Mackie | UD | 10 | Jan 25, 1996 | Canada Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 12 | Win | 11–0 (1) |  Phil Clarson
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TKO | 3 | Dec 7, 1995 | Canada Fort McMurray, Alberta | |
| 11 | Win | 10–0 (1) | United States Dezi Ford | UD | 10 | Oct 25, 1995 | Canada Mayfield Inn, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 10 | Win | 9–0 (1) | Canada Alan Harper | TKO | 9 (10), 1:22 | Aug 14, 1995 | Canada Italian Cultural Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 9 | Win | 8–0 (1) | United States Darrell Cottrell | TKO | 6 (10), 1:36 | June 27, 1995 | Canada Convention Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 8 | Win | 7–0 (1) | Canada Ron Pasek | UD | 6 | April 28, 1995 | Canada Convention Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 7 | NC | 6–0 (1) | Canada Tracy Anderson | ND | 2 | Mar 31, 1995 | Canada Burnaby, British Columbia | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Canada Brian Ramsden | TKO | 2 (6) | Feb 24, 1995 | Canada Convention Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Canada Chris Coleman | TKO | 5 (6) | Jan 26, 1995 | Canada Italian Cultural Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Canada Rob Stowell | TKO | 3 (6) | Dec 9, 1994 | Canada Convention Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Canada Terry Fowler | TKO | 4 (6), 1:19 | Oct 21, 1994 | Canada Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Canada Darren Kenny | KO | 3 (6) | Sep 15, 1994 | Canada Convention Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Canada Mike Kennedy | TKO | 4 (6) | Mar 22, 1994 | Canada Convention Centre, Edmonton, Alberta | Professional debut |
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External links
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