Tony Badea
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Tony Badea | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 May 1974 Romania |
| 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]
Personal life
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
- 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)
