Career
He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 2004 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Bantamweight (51 kg)
Round of 32 - Defeated Abner Mares of Mexico, 36-27
Round of 16 - Lost to Maksym Tretyak of Ukraine, 24-27
In 2005 he competed for Romania at the Boxing World Cup in Moscow, Russia, losing his first match but winning his second in the preliminary round. He turned pro in 2006 and signed a contract to fight for Hamburg based Universum Box-Promotion.
In 2010 May he fought Wilfredo Vázquez, Junior. for the WBO super bantamweight title but lost by TKO in the 10th round.