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Tony "Bad Boy" Badea (born 2 May 1974) is a Romanian Canadian retired professional boxer.

Career

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.

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.

Championships and accomplishments

• Canadian Boxing Federation
  • CBF Super Welterweight Championship (One time)
• Commonwealth Boxing Council
  • Commonwealth Super Welterweight Championship (One time)
• International Boxing Organization
  • IBO Inter-Continental Super Welterweight Championship (One time)

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
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

References

1. "Canadian Tony Badea Goes to New York".
2. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
3. "Am învins moartea!" [I defeated death!] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
4. "Numele meu e Badea, Bad Boy Badea. O poveste despre mărire şi decădere, extaz şi agonie, droguri şi alcool" [My name is Badea, Bad Boy Badea. A story about magnification and decay, ecstasy and agony, drugs and alcohol] (in Romanian). puterea.ro. 5 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
5. "Canadian Boxing Federation Super Welterweight Championship history".

External links

• Boxing record for Tony Badea from BoxRec (registration required)

• 1974 births
• Canadian male boxers
• Light-middleweight boxers
• Middleweight boxers
• Commonwealth Boxing Council champions
• Sportspeople from Edmonton
• Romanian emigrants to Canada
• Super-middleweight boxers
• Welterweight boxers
• Living people
• Romanian male boxers