Constantin Onofrei | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 May 1976 Fălticeni, Romania | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Romanian | ||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Reach | 1.98 m (78 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Constantin Onofrei (born 9 May 1976) is a Romanian former professional boxer.
As an amateur boxer, Constantin Onofrei won the Romanian National Amateur Boxing Championship at the super heavyweight division in 1995 and represented Romania at the men's super heavyweight event from the 2000 Summer Olympics where he lost in the first round at points against Samuel Peter. [1] [2] [3] He made his professional debut in 2001 at the age of 25 when he defeated Peter Simko by knockout in the first round of a bout held at Kisstadion from Budapest. [4] He won the German International heavyweight title in 2002 after knocking-out Roman Bugaj in the third round. [4] Onofrei defended the German International heavyweight title twice by defeating Adnan Serin and Goran Gogic but lost it against Taras Bidenko in a fight which was also for the WBO Intercontinental heavyweight title. [4] Onofrei's last match took place in 2007 when he lost by knockout against Timo Hoffmann in the fourth round of a bout held in Stadhalle from Rostock. [4]
| 23 fights | 19 wins | 4 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 14 | 4 |
| By decision | 5 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Loss | 19–4 |  Timo Hoffmann | KO | 4 (8), 1:12 | 3 March 2007 | Stadthalle, Rostock, Germany | |
| 22 | Loss | 19–3 |  Valery Chechenev | KO | 5 (8), 1:41 | 28 May 2005 | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 21 | Loss | 19–2 |  Taras Bidenko | TKO | 7 (12) | 14 December 2004 |  Freizeit Arena, Soelden, Austria | For German International heavyweight title and vacant WBO Intercontinental heavyweight title; Onofrei's corner threw in the towel. |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 |  Vladislav Druso | PTS | 8 (8) | 26 October 2004 | Scandlines Arena, Rostock, Germany | |
| 19 | Win | 18–1 |  Goran Gogic | TKO | 9 (10), 1:08 | 31 July 2004 | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany | Retained German International heavyweight title. |
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Adnan Serin | MD | 10 (10) | 30 March 2004 | Saaltheater Geulen, Aachen, Germany | Retained German International heavyweight title. |
| 17 | Loss | 16–1 |  Thierry Guezouli | KO | 3 | 29 November 2003 | Lausitz Arena, Cottbus, Germany | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 |  Krzysztof Ogonek | TKO | 1 (6) | 23 September 2003 | Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Germany | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 |  Zoltan Komlosi | TKO | 4 (6), 2:05 | 5 July 2003 | Anhalt Arena, Dessau, Germany | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 |  Sedreck Fields | SD | 8 (8) | 26 April 2003 | Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Germany | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Raman Sukhaterin | UD | 8 (8) | 4 March 2003 |  Sala Sporturilor, Iași, Romania | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 |  Marcelo Ferreira dos Santos | TKO | 3 (8) | 18 January 2003 | Grugahalle, Essen, Germany | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 |  Ladislav Husarik | RTD | 5 (6) | 10 December 2012 | Sala Sporturilor, Constanța, Romania | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Roman Bugaj | KO | 3 (10) | 23 November 2002 | Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany | Won vacant German International heavyweight title. |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 |  Sunday Abiodun | UD | 6 (6) | 14 September 2002 | Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Germany | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Ladislav Husarik | TKO | 5 | 20 July 2002 | Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Gene Pukall | TKO | 1 (6) | 6 April 2002 | Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Germany | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Alex Kosztopulosz | KO | 1 | 16 March 2002 | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Daniel Jerling | KO | 4 (6) | 5 January 2002 | Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Piotr Jurczyk | TKO | 1 (6) | 8 December 2001 | König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Peter Boldan | TKO | 1 | 29 September 2001 | Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Germany | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Ferenc Deak | TKO | 1 | 28 July 2001 | Estrel Convention Center, Neukoelln, Germany | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Peter Simko | KO | 1 (4) | 16 June 2001 | Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary | Professional debut. |
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