Daniel Dăncuță

Daniel Rică Dăncuță (born 28 May 1971) is a Romanian former professional boxer.

Daniel Rică Dăncuță
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
NationalityRomanian
Born (1971-05-28) 28 May 1971
Bacău, Romania
Boxing record
Total fights19
Wins16
Wins by KO11
Losses3
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Romania
Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships
1989 Bucharest Heavyweight
1990 Brăila Super heavyweight
1991 Bucharest Super heavyweight

Career

Daniel Dăncuță won twice the Romanian National Amateur Boxing Championship at the super heavyweight division in 1990 and 1991.[1][2] He made his professional debut in 1992 at the age of 21 when he defeated Rudy Gutierrez by unanimous decision in a bout held at the Marriott Hotel from Irvine, California.[3] Through his career he fought against Larry Donald, Tony Tubbs, James Smith and Jimmy Thunder.[3] His professional career ended in 1995 with 16 wins and 3 defeats, all of his bouts took place in the United States as he had his residence in Anaheim, California.[3] During this period, Dăncuță worked for a while as sparring partner for Mike Tyson.[4][5][6]

Controversy

In December 2011 Dăncuță was arrested by the DIICOT, being accused of initiating and forming an organized criminal group.[7][8][9][10] The main accusation was that the group was skimming credit cards in Italy, Sweden, Slovenia and Netherlands.[7][8][9][10] On 8 February 2012, the Bucharest Court of Appeal admitted Dăncuță's request for provisional release under judicial control, but only six days later he was arrested again by DIICOT for violating the conditions of his judicial control by going to see the boxing match between Ronald Gavril and Andrejs Loginovs.[10] In 2014 he was convicted by a trial from Bucharest to 3 years and 6 months in prison.[6] For similar crimes he was convicted in Italy (2001), Great Britain (2005, 2007) and Germany (2008).[11][12][13]

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
19 fights 16 wins 3 losses
By knockout 11 1
By decision 5 2
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
19 Loss 16–3 Jimmy Thunder TKO 2 (10), 2:52 9 May 1995 Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, U.S.
18 Win 16–2 Jordan Keepers TKO 1 (8), 1:05 17 April 1995 The MARK of the Quad Cities, Moline, Illinois, U.S.
17 Win 15–2 Craig Payne KO 6 (8), 2:48 7 March 1995 Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake, Minnesota, U.S.
16 Win 14–2 Mike Robinson TKO 4 (8) 18 August 1994 Foxwoods Resort, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.
15 Win 13–2 Larry Davis KO 1 4 August 1994 Foxwoods Resort, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.
14 Win 12–2 Jerry Jones UD 8 (8) 21 July 1994 Foxwoods Resort, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.
13 Win 11–2 Dwayne Hall TKO 1, 2:25 10 May 1994 Foxwoods Resort, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.
12 Win 10–2 James Smith UD 3 (3) 3 December 1993 Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
11 Loss 9–2 Tony Tubbs UD 3 (3) 3 December 1993 Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
10 Win 9–1 Derrick Roddy TKO 1 (3), 2:30 3 December 1993 Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
9 Win 8–1 Phil Prince TKO 1 (6) 26 October 1993 Foxwoods Resort, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.
8 Win 7–1 Matthew Brooks KO 2 (4), 0:58 5 October 1993 Riviera, Las Vegas, U.S.
7 Win 6–1 Edward Escobedo PTS 4 (4) 30 August 1993 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
6 Loss 5–1 Larry Donald MD 6 (6) 6 June 1993 Aladdin, Las Vegas, U.S.
5 Win 5–0 Jimmy Bills TKO 1 (6), 0:38 20 April 1993 Riviera, Las Vegas, U.S.
4 Win 4–0 James Broad UD 4 (4) 14 February 1993 Aladdin, Las Vegas, U.S.
3 Win 3–0 Craig Brinson KO 1 (4), 0:37 24 September 1992 Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California, U.S.
2 Win 2–0 Ricardo Phillips TKO 1 (4) 30 July 1992 Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California, U.S.
1 Win 1–0 Rudy Gutierrez UD 4 (4) 25 June 1992 Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California, U.S. Professional debut

References
  1. "1990 Romanian National Championships". Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. "1991 Romanian National Championships". Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. "Daniel Dăncuță". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. "Boxerul retinut de DIICOT a castigat bani grei in SUA! Mike Tyson il platea pe Dancuta cu 1.000 $" [The boxer detained by DIICOT won big money in the USA! Mike Tyson paid Dancuta $ 1,000] (in Romanian). Cancan.ro. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. "Fost boxer roman, antrenat de Mike Tyson, capul unei grupari care se ocupa cu fraude electronice" [Former Romanian boxer, coached by Mike Tyson, head of a group that deals with electronic fraud] (in Romanian). Stirileprotv.ro. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. "Ce lovitură a primit boxerul român antrenat de Mike Tyson!" [What a blow the Romanian boxer coached by Mike Tyson received!] (in Romanian). Spynews.ro. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  7. "Boxerul Daniel Dăncuță, ridicat de DIICOT într-un caz de fraudă prin skimming" [Boxer Daniel Dăncuță, picked up by DIICOT in a case of skimming fraud] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  8. "UPDATE Boxerul băcăuan Daniel Dăncuță este acuzat de falsificare de carduri. Mascaţii au descins în cinci locuinţe din oraş!" [UPDATE Bacău boxer Daniel Dăncuță is accused of forgery of cards. The masked men descended on five houses in the city!] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  9. "Boxerul Daniel Dăncuță, ridicat de DIICOT într-un caz de fraudă prin skimming" [Boxer Daniel Dăncuță, picked up by DIICOT in a case of skimming fraud] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  10. "Boxerul Daniel Dăncuță a fost ridicat iar de DIICOT, pentru că s-a dus la meciul lui Ronald Gavril" [Boxer Daniel Dăncuță was picked up again by DIICOT, because he went to Ronald Gavril's match] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  11. "Boxerul Daniel Dăncuţă, as în clonat carduri" [Boxer Daniel Dăncuţă, an ace at cloning cards] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  12. "Palmaresul penal al boxerului Daniel Dăncuță" [The criminal record of boxer Daniel Dăncuță] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  13. "O "săgeată" a fostului boxer Daniel Dăncuță a fost condamnată pentru skimming. O bancă suedeză și una daneză au fost păgubite de gruparea infracțională" [An "arrow" of former boxer Daniel Dăncuță was convicted of skimming. One Swedish and one Danish bank were damaged by the criminal group] (in Romanian). Zdbc.ro. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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