Dillon Carman (born 15 June 1986) is a Canadian former professional boxer and reality television personality. He held the WBC Francophone and NABA heavyweight titles in 2018 and was Canadian heavyweight champion from October 2014 to December 2017.
Professional career A professional boxer since 2011, Carman won the vacant Canadian heavyweight title by stopping Eric Martel Bahoeli in the seventh round at the Mattamy Events Center in Toronto on 25 October 2014.
He made the first defense of his title against Donovan "Razor" Ruddock at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto on 11 September 2015, knocking out his 51-year-old opponent in the third round.
Carman lost the title in his next defense, suffering a second round stoppage defeat to his former training partner, Mladen Miljas, at the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls on 1 December 2017.
On 6 October 2018, he challenged WBC Francophone heavyweight champion Simon Kean at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City in a contest where the vacant NABA heavyweight title was also on the line. Carman won via knockout in the fourth round.
In his next outing, he fought outside Canada for the first, and only, time in his career, taking on Evgenyi Romanov for the inaugural WBO Global heavyweight title at the KRK “Uralets” in Ekaterinburg, Russia, on 22 February 2019. Carman was knocked out inside the first two minutes of the opening round.
He faced Simon Kean at Centre Gervais Auto in Shawinigan on 15 June 2019, in a rematch of their fight from the previous year. This time the roles were reversed and Carman lost by stoppage in the third round.
After 16 months away from the competitive boxing ring, Carman had what turned out to be his final professional contest on 10 October 2020, when he returned to the Centre Gervais Auto in Shawinigan to challenge unbeaten NABF heavyweight champion Arslanbek Makhmudov. He was knocked to the canvas within seconds of the bout getting underway and, although he got back to his feet, the referee decided he was not fit to continue and waived the fight off with the official stoppage time being 27 seconds.
Reality television appearances Carman appeared on the 10th season of Dragons' Den broadcast on CBC Television in 2015, during which he pitched the idea of $50,000 in exchange for five per cent of all future earnings in his boxing career and received backing from three of the investors.
He was a contestant on season five of Big Brother Canada in 2017, being evicted from the show on day 62 to finish fifth out of 16 participants.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes20Loss14–6Arslanbek MakhmudovTKO1 (10), 10 Oct 202019Loss14–5Simon KeanTKO3 (10), 15 Jun 201918Loss14–4Evgenyi RomanovKO1 (10), 22 Feb 201917Win14–3Simon KeanKO4 (12), 6 Oct 201816Win13–3Carlos Antonio Carreon HernandezKO5 (6), 5 May 201815Loss12–3Mladen MiljasTKO2 (8), 1 Dec 201714Win12–2Vicente SandezKO2 (10), 29 Dec 201613Win11–2Orlando Antonio FariasKO1 (10), 15 Oct 201612Win10–2Julien ColletteTKO1 (10), 6 Aug 201611Win9–2Donovan Ruddock3 (8), 11 Sep 201510Win8–2Benito QuirozTKO8 (8), 27 Mar 20159Win7–2Eric Martel BahoeliTKO7 (8), 25 Oct 20148Win6–2Sylvera LouisTKO1 (6), 30 Nov 20137Loss5–2Sylvera LouisTKO5 (6), 1 Jun 20136Win5–1Peter ErdosTKO3 (6), 1 Dec 20125Win4–1Alain KashamaTKO2 (4), 8 Sep 20124Win3–1Matt WhiteTKO3 (4), 12 May 20123Loss2–1Chukwunoso OkaforUD46 Mar 20122Win2–0Gord Franjic1 (4), 22 Oct 20111Win1–0Sergio Romano424 Jun 2011
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