Just watched Adrian Diaconu for the first time

[Clegg]

I've obviously heard of Diaconu before, but I never got around to watching him until today.

I'm not sure how good he's going to be or who he can beat, but I really like the way he fights. He short for a 175lb guy (only 5'9) and as a result he tries to find a way inside early and then explodes with powerful hooks.

Here he is destroying Rico Hoye. The quality isn't good but it gets the job done:

Against a 19-6 guy:


Obviously Dawson is quite a bit taller at 6'3 and the size difference may be a bit much to overcome, but I think their fight would've been very entertaining nonetheless. It's a shame it didn't happen but hopefully somewhere down the line we might see it.

[Kris Silver]

The guys a menace. He's like a bigger more active Abraham, meets Johnson.

A Dawson pre Johnson I'd give Diaconu a good shot, as for now not so sure and he's getting better. Would be good to see how he handles someone as tall as Chad.

[Ryn0]

He's a good fighter, he looks really OLD for a 30 year old fighter. I'd still pick Dawson to beat him, he's less active than Johnson and stays outside then jumps in to land hooks. I think Dawson could keep him at the end of his jab.

[Ray*]

I like diacanu he has a totally different style to dawson which would make a great fight, He can get inside dawson with his style and its a fight i cant really pick a winner.

[Mr. Ryan]

I'm not high on him at all. He's entertaining but he's painfully slow and wide with everything he does. Against a Rico Hoye he will always shine but the Henry fight was not conclusive enough for me and that's not a good sign.

[Taranazan]

I've obviously heard of Diaconu before, but I never got around to watching him until today.

I'm not sure how good he's going to be or who he can beat, but I really like the way he fights. He short for a 175lb guy (only 5'9) and as a result he tries to find a way inside early and then explodes with powerful hooks.

Here he is destroying Rico Hoye. The quality isn't good but it gets the job done:

Against a 19-6 guy:


Obviously Dawson is quite a bit taller at 6'3 and the size difference may be a bit much to overcome, but I think their fight would've been very entertaining nonetheless. It's a shame it didn't happen but hopefully somewhere down the line we might see it.

Diaconu is really entertaining. He has great power and a goo chin. The only problem I see is his stamina (look at his fight against Chris Henry...). I think he could give Dawson problems, but would be outboxed. His only hope is to surprise Dawson with a massive hit.

[Dambala]

He's very entertaining but Dawson would murder him if they fight.

[Hitman932]

He's very entertaining but Dawson would murder him if they fight.

no doubt about it.

[TheGreatA]

He should be able to defeat an ancient Silvio Branco in impressive fashion and win the WBC LHW title.

Diaconu vs Glen Johnson could turn out to be a very good fight.

I don't think he has much of a chance against Dawson though.

[Davros?]

I think if Johnson can still put in a good performance he should be able to beat Diaconu