Daniel Rică Dăncuță (born 28 May 1971) is a Romanian former professional boxer.
Career Daniel Dăncuță won twice the Romanian National Amateur Boxing Championship at the super heavyweight division in 1990 and 1991. 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. Through his career he fought against Larry Donald, Tony Tubbs, James Smith and Jimmy Thunder. 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. During this period, Dăncuță worked for a while as sparring partner for Mike Tyson.
Controversy In December 2011 Dăncuță was arrested by the DIICOT, being accused of initiating and forming an organized criminal group. The main accusation was that the group was skimming credit cards in Italy, Sweden, Slovenia and Netherlands. 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. In 2014 he was convicted by a trial from Bucharest to 3 years and 6 months in prison. For similar crimes he was convicted in Italy (2001), Great Britain (2005, 2007) and Germany (2008).
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes19Loss16–3 Jimmy ThunderTKO2 (10), 9 May 199518Win16–2 Jordan KeepersTKO1 (8), 17 April 1995 17Win15–2 Craig PayneKO6 (8), 7 March 1995 16Win14–2 Mike RobinsonTKO4 (8)18 August 1994 15Win13–2 Larry DavisKO14 August 1994 14Win12–2 Jerry JonesUD8 (8)21 July 1994 13Win11–2 Dwayne HallTKO1, 10 May 1994 12Win10–2 James SmithUD3 (3)3 December 1993 11Loss9–2 Tony TubbsUD3 (3)3 December 1993 10Win9–1 Derrick RoddyTKO1 (3), 3 December 1993 9Win8–1 Phil PrinceTKO1 (6)26 October 1993 8Win7–1 Matthew BrooksKO2 (4), 5 October 1993 7Win6–1 Edward EscobedoPTS4 (4)30 August 1993 6Loss5–1 Larry DonaldMD6 (6)6 June 1993 5Win5–0 Jimmy BillsTKO1 (6), 20 April 1993 4Win4–0 James BroadUD4 (4)14 February 1993 3Win3–0 Craig BrinsonKO1 (4), 24 September 1992 2Win2–0 Ricardo PhillipsTKO1 (4)30 July 1992 1Win1–0 Rudy GutierrezUD4 (4)25 June 1992
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1989 Romanian National Championships