Jo Jo Dan (born Ionuț Dan Ion; 9 August 1981) is a Romanian
professional boxer
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and world title challenger.
He currently fights out of
Montreal
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, Quebec, Canada.
Professional boxing career
Dan made his professional debut in 2004. On 30 November 2013 he defeated
Kevin Bizier
Kevin Bizier (born 12 August 1984) is a Canadian professional boxer who has challenged once for the IBF welterweight title, in 2016.
Amateur career
His amateur performance allowed him to become the Fighting pride of Quebec City. Bizier was 7- ...
by unanimous decision to win the NABA
welterweight
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and
IBF
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Inter-Continental welterweight titles.
Professional boxing record
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, Loss
, 36-5
, align=left,
Jamal James
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Amateur career
As an amateur James represented Circle of Discipline boxing club in Minneapolis. In his final year ...
, UD
, 10
, 2017-07-15
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, Win
, 36-4
, align=left, Jesus Gurrola
, TKO
, 5 (8)
, 2017-03-30
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, - align=center
, Loss
, 35-4
, align=left,
Jarrett Hurd
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, TKO
, 6 (10)
, 2016-11-12
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, Win
, 35-3
, align=left,
Rafal Jackiewicz
, UD , , 8
, 2015-09-11
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, align=left,
, - align=center
, Loss
, 34-3
, align=left,
Kell Brook
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, 2015-03-28 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 34-2
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Kevin Bizier
Kevin Bizier (born 12 August 1984) is a Canadian professional boxer who has challenged once for the IBF welterweight title, in 2016.
Amateur career
His amateur performance allowed him to become the Fighting pride of Quebec City. Bizier was 7- ...
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, 2014-12-19 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 33-2
, align=left, Łukasz Janik
, TKO , , 5
, 2014-05-22 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 32-2
, align=left,
Kevin Bizier
Kevin Bizier (born 12 August 1984) is a Canadian professional boxer who has challenged once for the IBF welterweight title, in 2016.
Amateur career
His amateur performance allowed him to become the Fighting pride of Quebec City. Bizier was 7- ...
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, 2013-11-30 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 31-2
, align=left, Damian Frias
, UD , , 8
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, Win
, 30-2
, align=left, Franklin Gonzalez
, TKO , , 5
, 2012-12-19 , , align=left,
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, Loss
, 29-2
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Selçuk Aydın
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, 2011-11-26 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 29-1
, align=left, Iwan Azore
, TKO , , 3
, 2011-07-29
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, Win
, 28-1
, align=left,
Steve Forbes
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, 2011-02-11 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 27-1
, align=left, Andres Pablo Villafane
, KO , , 4
, 2010-10-15 , , align=left,
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, -align=center
, Loss
, 26-1
, align=left,
Selçuk Aydın
Selçuk Aydın (born 4 September 1983) is a Turkish professional boxer. He held the European welterweight title from 2009 to 2010, the WBC Silver welterweight title from 2010 to 2012, and has challenged once for the WBC interim welterweight titl ...
, SD , , 12
, 2010-06-05 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 26-0
, align=left, Andre Marcos Nascimento
, KO , , 10
, 2010-04-10 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 25-0
, align=left, Walter Sergio Gomez
, UD , , 12
, 2009-05-06 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 24-0
, align=left, Cesar Soriano
, UD , , 4
, 2009-03-13 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 23-0
, align=left, Miguel Casillas
, KO , , 11
, 2008-12-19 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 22-0
, align=left, Peter Semo
, UD , , 12
, 2008-08-01 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 21-0
, align=left,
Raul Horacio Balbi
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Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...
, KO , , 3
, 2008-04-19 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 20-0
, align=left, Jose Leonardo Corona
, KO , , 3
, 2008-02-29 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 19-0
, align=left, Paul Delgado
, KO , , 12
, 2007-10-19 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 18-0
, align=left, Walter Orlando Acosta
, TKO , , 2
, 2007-06-15 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 17-0
, align=left, Ricardo Cano
, UD , , 8
, 2007-05-09 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 16-0
, align=left, Christopher Henry
, UD , , 8
, 2007-01-26 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 15-0
, align=left, Jorge Daniel Miranda
, TKO , , 3
, 2006-09-15 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 14-0
, align=left, Shawn Garnett
, UD , , 6
, 2006-05-16 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 13-0
, align=left, Ulises Jimenez
, UD , , 6
, 2006-03-24 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 12-0
, align=left, Darien Ford
, UD , , 6
, 2005-12-02 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 11-0
, align=left, Sebastien Hamel
, TKO , , 4
, 2005-09-16 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 10-0
, align=left, Amadou Diallo
, UD , , 6
, 2005-06-03 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 9-0
, align=left, Ivo Golakov
, TKO , , 4
, 2005-04-21 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 8-0
, align=left, Francisco Guillen
, TKO , , 4
, 2005-03-18 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 7-0
, align=left, Terry Lantz
, TKO , , 5
, 2005-02-10 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 6-0
, align=left, Joshua Smith
, TKO , , 3
, 2004-12-11 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 5-0
, align=left, Bakary Sako
, TKO , , 2
, 2004-12-03 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 4-0
, align=left, Bakary Sako
, UD , , 4
, 2004-11-03 , , align=left,
, align=left,
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, Win
, 3-0
, align=left, Amadou Diallo
, UD , , 4
, 2004-09-29 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 2-0
, align=left, Darren Kenny
, UD , , 4
, 2004-09-09 , , align=left,
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, Win
, 1-0
, align=left, Jeff Hill
, TKO , , 2
, 2004-04-21 , , align=left,
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dan Ion, Ionut
Welterweight boxers
Living people
1981 births
People from Giurgiu
Romanian expatriates in Canada
Romanian male boxers