Leonard Doroftei - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Leonard Dorin Doroftei (le.oˈnard dorofˈtej, also known as Leonard Dorin, though his surname is Doroftei; born 10 April 1970) is a Romanian-Canadian former boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, the WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

Lightweight

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World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003.

Amateur highlights

Born in Ploieşti

Ploiesti

Ploiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....

, Doroftei began boxing, at the age of 14, at the Prahova

Prahova County

Prahova is a county of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploieşti.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 829,945 and the population density was 176/km². It is Romania's most populated county, having a population density double than the country's mean...

Ploieşti

Ploiesti

Ploiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....

boxing club. From 1983 to 1984, he won every Romania

Romania

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n national junior title. He went on to win five national senior titles in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1997. He won bronze medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

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in Barcelona

Barcelona

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and the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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in Atlanta. In addition, he was declared World Champion in 1995

1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships

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and European Champion in 1993 and 1992. His record as an amateur was 239 victories and 15 defeats.

Olympic Results

1992 (as a Light Welterweight

Light welterweight

-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...

)

Defeated Edgar Ruiz (Mexico
Mexico
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) 24-4
Defeated Arlo Chavez (Philippines
Philippines
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) 15-1
Defeated Peter Richardson (Great Britain
Great Britain
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) points
Lost to Mark Leduc (Canada
Canada
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) 6-32

1996 (as a Lightweight

Lightweight

)

Defeated Julio Mboumba (Gabon
Gabon
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) RSC 23 (1:46)
Defeated Sergey Kopenkin (Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
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) 23-1
Defeated Koba Gogoladze
Koba Gogoladze
Koba Gogoladze is a professional boxer from Georgia. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics as a lightweight, losing on points in the quarterfinals to Leonard Doroftei.-Olympic career:...

(Georgia
Georgia (country)
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) 23-8
Lost to Hocine Soltani
Hocine Soltani
Hocine Soltani was a boxer from Algeria, who won two Olympic medals. In 1992 he placed third in the featherweight division , and at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in lightweight....

(Algeria
Algeria
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) 32-9

Professional career

In 1997, Doroftei became a professional boxer, signing with the Canadian

Canada

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club Interbox. On 5 January 2002 he won the WBA

World Boxing Association

world lightweight

Lightweight

title, winning in a split decision over Argentinian

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

boxer Raul Horacio Balbi

Raul Horacio Balbi

Raul Horacio Balbi is an Argentine professional boxer. Although Balbi currently competes in the light welterweight division, he is most notable for having won the WBA world lightweight title....

112-115, 114-113, 115-112. On 31 May the two fought again in Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

; this second fight was a unanimous decision for Doroftei, 118-111, 117-112 and 118-110.

A lightweight

Lightweight

title unification bout on 17 May 2003 with American

United States

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boxer Paul Spadafora

Paul Spadafora

Paul Spadafora is a native of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania who is a professional boxer. Spadafora was the IBF's world Lightweight champion.-Personal background:...

, the IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

champion, ended in a draw, 114-114, 115-113, 114-115.

On 24 October 2003, Doroftei was to fight a match against Panama

Panama

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nian boxer Miguel Callist. Doroftei had already announced that this would be his last professional match regardless of the result. As it turned out, the match was cancelled after Doroftei exceeded the maximum weight for lightweights

Lightweight

at the weigh-in: he was 4¼ lb (1.9 kg) over the 135 lb (61.2 kg) weight limit, so he lost his WBA

World Boxing Association

title.

On 24 July 2004, Doroftei lost his undefeated mark when he tried to get the interim WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

title, getting knocked out in two rounds by Arturo Gatti

Arturo Gatti

Arturo "Thunder" Gatti was a Canadian professional boxer. Born in Cassino, Italy, and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Gatti relocated to Jersey City, United States as a teenager...

.

His record consisted of 22 wins, 1 loss and one draw, with 8 knockout wins.

Professional boxing record

Arturo Gatti

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Boardwalk Hall

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, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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World Boxing Council

Lightweight

Charles Tschorniawsky
|TKO
| 4
|2004-03-20
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Montreal Casino

The Casino de Montréal is a casino located on the Île Notre-Dame in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest casino in Canada, and one of the largest casinos in the world. The casino is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to patrons aged 18 and older. It opened October 9, 1993.-Features:The...

, Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

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Paul Spadafora

Paul Spadafora is a native of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania who is a professional boxer. Spadafora was the IBF's world Lightweight champion.-Personal background:...

|SD
|12
|2003-05-17
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Petersen Events Center

Not to be confused with Petersen Sports Complex.The John M. and Gertrude E. Petersen Events Center is a 12,508-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It hosts the men's and women's Pitt Panthers basketball teams...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

|align=left|For WBA

World Boxing Association

World Lightweight

Lightweight

, IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

Lightweight

and International Boxing Council

International Boxing Council

The International Boxing Council is a boxing organization. The IBC titles are often the beginning for professional boxers who progress to high prestigious titles....

Lightweight

Raul Horacio Balbi

Raul Horacio Balbi is an Argentine professional boxer. Although Balbi currently competes in the light welterweight division, he is most notable for having won the WBA world lightweight title....

|UD
|12
|2002-05-31
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Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest

Bucharest

|align=left|Retained WBA

World Boxing Association

World Lightweight

Lightweight

Raul Horacio Balbi

Raul Horacio Balbi is an Argentine professional boxer. Although Balbi currently competes in the light welterweight division, he is most notable for having won the WBA world lightweight title....

|SD
|12
|2002-01-05
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Freeman Coliseum

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, San Antonio, Texas

Texas

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|align=left|Won WBA

World Boxing Association

World Lightweight

Lightweight

Emanuel Augustus

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|2001-09-28
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War Memorial Gymnasium

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, San Francisco, California

California

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|18-0
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Martin O'Malley
|TKO
| 9
|2001-07-21
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Bally's Atlantic City

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, Atlantic City, New Jersey

New Jersey

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Darelle Sukerow
|KO
|5
|2000-12-15
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Gairy St Clair
|UD
|10
|2000-09-08
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Jose Aponte
|TKO
|8
|2000-06-16
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Gustavo Fabian Cuello
|SD
|10
|2000-04-06
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Air Canada Centre

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, Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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Rudolfo Lunsford
|UD
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|2000-03-07
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Verdell Smith

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|UD
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|1999-12-10
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Darien Ford
|UD
|8
|1999-10-29
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Molson Centre, Toronto

Toronto

, Ontario

Ontario

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|10-0
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Jean-Luc Morin
|TKO
|3
|1999-10-13
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Molson Centre, Toronto

Toronto

, Ontario

Ontario

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|9-0
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Dillon Carew
|PTS
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|1999-04-30
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Turning Stone Casino, Verona, New York

Verona, New York

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|align=left|For WBC

World Boxing Council

Continental Americas Light Welterweight

Light welterweight

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Bernard Harris
|SD
|10
|1999-02-05
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Centre Pierre Charbonneau

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Steve Valdez
|TKO
|6
|1998-11-27
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Molson Centre, Toronto

Toronto

, Ontario

Ontario

|
|-align=center
|Win
|6-0
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Khalil Shakeel
|UD
|8
|1998-11-06
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Centre Pierre Charbonneau

Michael Balagna
|KO
|1
|1998-10-14
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Centre Pierre Charbonneau

Don Sponagle
|TKO
|2
|1998-09-24
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Centre Pierre Charbonneau

Sean Knight
|UD
|6
|1998-05-28
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Westchester County Center

Westchester County Center is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in White Plains, New York. It hosts various local concerts and sporting events for the area....

, White Plains, New York

White Plains, New York

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Martin Aubut
|UD
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|1998-05-05
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Pavillon de la Jeunesse

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, Trois-Rivières, Quebec

Trois-Rivières, Quebec

Trois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence Rivers. It is situated in the Mauricie administrative region, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour...

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Jerry Villareal
|UD
|4
|1998-04-24
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Palais Sports Leopold-Drolet

Palais des Sports (Sherbrooke)

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, Sherbrooke, Quebec

Sherbrooke, Quebec

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Retirement

He now resides in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

with his wife and 3 children and is working as a trainer for boxing prospects. He has his own pub-restaurant in Ploieşti

Ploiesti

Ploiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....

, which is decorated with his photos and memories from his boxing career.

External links

Leonard Doroftei's Official Site

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