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