Constantin Bejenaru (born 7 June 1984) is a Moldovan-born

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professional

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living Shelton Connecticut and training

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New York, United States. He is currently trained by Ilya Mesishchev. His former coach from

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, is Relu Auraş.

Amateur highlights

As an amateur, Bejenaru won the bronze medal at the

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, multiple medals at the

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and the gold medal at the

2010 World Combat Games The first World Combat Games were held in Beijing, China, from August 28 to September 4, 2010. 136 gold medals were vied for by 1,108 competitors from all five continents. There were twelve martial arts sports competitions: boxing, judo, ju-jitsu ...

Professional career

Bejenaru turned pro in 2011, winning the first season edition of Bigger's Better, a boxing tourney under a familiar format of the popular UK

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, with all the fights scheduled for three-minute rounds. He rocked through his first tournament in

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, with three easy victories, until to repeat the trick later in the same year in the super final from

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Titles

*2011 Bigger's Better champion *2016 WBC Continental Americas Cruiserweight Champion *2016 WBC Intercontinental Cruiserweight Champion

Professional record

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bejenaru, Constantin World Boxing Council champions Moldovan male boxers Living people 1984 births People from Ungheni Heavyweight boxers Romanian expatriates in the United States Romanian male boxers