Career
Born in Ploieşti, Doroftei began boxing, at the age of 14, at the Prahova Ploieşti boxing club His record as an amateur was 239 victories and 15 defeats. Olympic Results
1992 (as a Light Welterweight)
Defeated Edgar Ruiz (Mexico) 24-4
Defeated Arlo Chavez (Philippines) 15-1
Defeated Peter Richardson (Great Britain) points
Lost to Mark Leduc (Canada) 6-32
1996 (as a Lightweight)
Defeated Julio Mboumba (Gabon) Royal Society of Chemistry 23 (1:46)
Defeated Sergey Kopenkin (Kyrgyzstan) 23-1
Defeated Koba Gogoladze (Georgia) 23-8
Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria) 32-9
In 1997, Doroftei became a professional boxer, signing with the Canadian club Interbox.
Throughout his career, Dorin competed on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Showtime, and Home Box Office. On 31 May the two fought again in Bucharest.
This time, Dorin scored a knockdown en route to a clear cut unanimous decision victory, 118-111, 117-112 and 118-110. The bout took place in Spadafora"s hometown of Pittsburgh, and Dorin was a significant underdog.
However, Dorin seemed to control the vast majority of the fight. He got to Spadafora early and often, surprising the champ with his intensity and workrate.
Most observers agreed that Dorin had been robbed of a decision he deserved.
Unfortunately for both fighters and boxing fans, a rematched never materialized. On 24 October 2003, Doroftei was to fight a match against Panamanian boxer Miguel Callist. Doroftei had already announced that this would be his last professional match regardless of the result.
As it turned out, the match was cancelled after Doroftei exceeded the maximum weight for lightweights at the weigh-in: he was 4 1⁄4 pounds (19 kg) over the 135 pounds (61 kg) weight limit, so he lost his WBA title.
On 24 July 2004, Doroftei lost his undefeated mark when he tried to get the WBC l title, getting knocked out with a body shot in two rounds by Arturo Gatti. His record consisted of 22 wins, 1 loss and one draw, with 8 knockout wins.
He has his own public-restaurant in Ploieşti, which is decorated with his photos and memories from his boxing career. In November 2012, Doroftei was elected President of Romanian Boxing Federation.