Leonard Doroftei

Leonard Doroftei

Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for  Romania
Olympic Games
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Light Welterweight
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Lightweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold	1995 Berlin	Lightweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold	1996 Vejle	Lightweight
Bronze	1993 Bursa	Light Welterweight

Leonard Dorin Doroftei (Romanian pronunciation: [le.oˈnard dorofˈtej], also known as Leonard Dorin, though his surname is Doroftei; born 10 April 1970)^[1] is a Romanian-Canadian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003.

Amateur highlights

Born in Ploieşti, Doroftei began boxing, at the age of 14, at the Prahova Ploieşti boxing club. From 1983 to 1984, he won every Romanian 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 in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In addition, he was declared World Champion in 1995 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)

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

1996 (as a Lightweight)

• Defeated Julio Mboumba (Gabon) RSC 23 (1:46)
• Defeated Sergey Kopenkin (Kyrgyzstan) 23-1
• Defeated Koba Gogoladze (Georgia) 23-8
• Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria) 32-9

Professional career

In 1997, Doroftei became a professional boxer, signing with the Canadian club Interbox. On 5 January 2002 he won the WBA world lightweight title, winning in a split decision over Argentinian boxer Raul Horacio Balbi 112-115, 114-113, 115-112. On 31 May the two fought again in Bucharest; this second fight was a unanimous decision for Doroftei, 118-111, 117-112 and 118-110.

A lightweight title unification bout on 17 May 2003 with American boxer Paul Spadafora, the IBF champion, ended in a draw, 114-114, 115-113, 114-115.

On 24 October 2003, Doroftei was to fight a match against Panamanian 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 at the weigh-in: he was 4 ¹⁄₄ pounds (1.9 kg) over the 135 pounds (61 kg) weight limit, so he lost his WBA title.

On 24 July 2004, Doroftei lost his undefeated mark when he tried to get the interim WBC title, getting knocked out in two rounds by Arturo Gatti.

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

Professional boxing record

22 Wins (8 knockouts, 14 decisions), 1 Loss, 1 Draw
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	22-1-1	Arturo Gatti	KO	2 (12)	2004-07-24	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey	For WBC Light Welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	22-0-1	Charles Tschorniawsky	TKO	4 (12)	2004-03-20	Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec	First fight in 8 months.
Draw	21-0-1	Paul Spadafora	SD	12	2003-05-17	Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	For WBA World Lightweight, IBF Lightweight and International Boxing Council Lightweight titles.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	21-0	Raul Horacio Balbi	UD	12	2002-05-31	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest	Retained WBA World Lightweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	20-0	Raul Horacio Balbi	SD	12	2002-01-05	Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, Texas	Won WBA World Lightweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	19-0	Emanuel Augustus	UD	10	2001-09-28	War Memorial Gymnasium, San Francisco, California
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	18-0	Martin O'Malley	TKO	9 (10)	2001-07-21	Bally's Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey	O'Malley sustains a hairline fracture in his left ring finger and spends the next six weeks in a cast.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	17-0	Darelle Sukerow	KO	5 (8)	2000-12-15	Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	16-0	Gairy St Clair	UD	10	2000-09-08	Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	15-0	Jose Aponte	TKO	8 (8)	2000-06-16	Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	14-0	Gustavo Fabian Cuello	SD	10	2000-04-06	Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	13-0	Rudolfo Lunsford	UD	8	2000-03-07	Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	12-0	Verdell Smith	UD	10	1999-12-10	Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11-0	Darien Ford	UD	8	1999-10-29	Molson Centre, Toronto, Ontario
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10-0	Jean-Luc Morin	TKO	3 (8)	1999-10-13	Molson Centre, Toronto, Ontario
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	9-0	Dillon Carew	PTS	12	1999-04-30	Turning Stone Casino, Verona, New York	For WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	8-0	Bernard Harris	SD	10	1999-02-05	Centre Pierre Charbonneau, Montreal, Quebec
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7-0	Steve Valdez	TKO	6 (8)	1998-11-27	Molson Centre, Toronto, Ontario
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	6-0	Khalil Shakeel	UD	8	1998-11-06	Centre Pierre Charbonneau, Montreal, Quebec
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	5-0	Michael Balagna	KO	1 (6)	1998-10-14	Centre Pierre Charbonneau, Montreal, Quebec
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	4-0	Don Sponagle	TKO	2 (6)	1998-09-24	Centre Pierre Charbonneau, Montreal, Quebec
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3-0	Sean Knight	UD	6	1998-05-28	Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	2-0	Martin Aubut	UD	6	1998-05-05	Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Trois-Rivières, Quebec
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1-0	Jerry Villareal	UD	4	1998-04-24	Palais Sports Leopold-Drolet, Sherbrooke, Quebec	Dorin's professional debut.

Retirement

He now resides in Romania with his wife and 3 children and is working as a trainer for boxing prospects. He has his own pub-restaurant in Ploieşti, which is decorated with his photos and memories from his boxing career.

In November 2012, Doroftei was elected President of Romanian Boxing Federation.^[2]

References

External links

• Leonard Doroftei's Official Site
• Professional boxing record for Leonard Doroftei from BoxRec