| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 March 2000 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Constantin Ursu (born 8 March 2000) is a Moldovan professional boxer. Based in England, he has been the Commonwealth welterweight champion since 30 March 2025.
As an amateur Ursu represented Moldova at international competitions, winning a silver medal at the 2015 European Junior Boxing Championships [3] [4] and bronze at the 2018 European Youth Boxing Championships. [4] [5]
He moved to Plymouth in England in 2019 [4] [6] and, having turned professional, won the vacant Southern Area welterweight title at the city's Guildhall by stopping Matthew King in the third round on 1 April 2023. [4] [7]
Unbeaten in his first 11 pro-fights, Ursu faced Lewis Booth at the Brentwood Centre in Essex on 7 December 2024, in a final eliminator for a shot at the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles. [8] He won via second round stoppage. [4] [9]
Ursu claimed the vacant Commonwealth title with a seventh round stoppage of Eithan James at York Hall in London on 30 March 2025. [10] [11]
He is scheduled to return to York Hall to make the first defense of his championship against Ryan Amos on 30 November 2025, with the vacant WBO European welterweight title also on the line. [12]
