Mihai Nistor

Romanian boxer (born 1990)

Mihai Nistor
Born (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 (age 33)
Erbiceni, Romania
Statistics
Weight classSuper-heavyweight
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Reach176 cm (69 in)[2]
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights3
Wins3
Wins by KO3
Losses0
Medal record
Men’s amateur boxing
Representing  Romania
Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Arad Heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 2010 Bacău Super-heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 2012 Reșița Super-heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 2013 Reșița Super-heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 2014 Piatra Neamț Super-heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 2016 Brăila Super-heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bucharest Super-heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tomești Super-heavyweight
World Combat Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Beijing Super-heavyweight
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Ankara Super-heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Samokov Super-heavyweight

Mihai Nistor (born 5 November 1990) is a Romanian professional boxer. A southpaw, he is best known for stopping Anthony Joshua at the 39th European Amateur Boxing Championships in 2011.[3] As an amateur, Nistor competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the round of 16 by the Jordanian Hussein Ishaish.[4] Nistor competed in the semi-professional World Series of Boxing 2013 to 2018, representing Astana Arlans,[5] Italia Thunder,[6] and Fighting Roosters.[7] He had 157 fights as an amateur and finished with a record of 138–19. In 2019 Nistor started his professional career.[8]

Amateur career

International highlights

2009 – Arena Cup (Pula, Croatia) 5th place – 91 kg

  • 1/4: Lost to Marko Calic (Croatia) RSCI 2

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2010 – Sportaccord World Combat Games (Beijing, China) 2nd place – +91 kg

  • 1/4: Defeated Andrew Jones (Wales) 7:1
  • 1/2: Defeated Tomasz Duszak (Poland) 9:1
  • Finals: Lost to Zhang Zhilei (China) AB 3

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2011 – Bocskai Memorial Tournament (Debrecen, Hungary) 2nd place – +91 kg

  • 1/4: Defeated Hrvoje Kisicek (Croatia) RSC 1
  • 1/2: Defeated Bence Bouquet (Hungary) AB 3
  • Finals: Lost to Erislandy Savón (Cuba) AB 2

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2011 – Zlatko Hrbic Memorial Tournament (Zagreb, Croatia) 3rd place – +91 kg

  • 1/4: Defeated Stjepan Radić (Croatia) 9:4
  • 1/2: Lost to Rok Urbanc (Slovenia) 7+:7

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2011 – Hakija Turajlic Memorial Tournament (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2nd place – +91 kg

  • Finals: Lost to Primislav Dimovski (Macedonia) DQ 2

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2011 – EUBC European Continental Championships (Ankara, Turkey) 3rd place – +91 kg

  • 1/16: Defeated Muhammet Guner (Turkey) RSCI 1
  • 1/8: Defeated Petar Belberov (Bulgaria) RSCI 2
  • 1/4: Defeated Anthony Joshua (United Kingdom) RSCH 3
  • 1/2: Lost to Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) AB 2

2011 – AIBA World Championships (Baku, Azerbaijan) participant – +91 kg

  • 1/16: Defeated Bence Bouquet (Hungary) KO 1
  • 1/8: Lost to Filip Hrgović (Croatia) 22:10

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2012 – Chemistry Cup (Halle, Germany) 3rd place – +91 kg

  • 1/4: Defeated Sardorbek Abdullayev (Uzbekistan) RSC 3
  • 1/2: Lost to Sergey Kuzmin (Russia) 18:11

2012 – AIBA European Olympic Qualification Tournament (Trabzon, Turkey) 6th place – +91 kg

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2013 – Golden Belt Tournament (Constanta, Romania) 1st place – +91 kg

  • 1/2: Defeated Issa Ahmed Madian Kassem (Egypt) 3:0
  • Finals: Defeated Jose Angel Larduet (Cuba) 3:0

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2013 – Independence Cup (Drochia, Moldova) 1st place – +91 kg

2013 – EUBC European Continental Championships (Minsk, Belarus) 5th place – +91 kg

2013 – AIBA World Championships (Almaty, Kazakhstan) 11th place – +91 kg

  • 1/8: Defeated Milutin Stanković (Serbia) 2:1

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2015 – EUBC European Confederation Boxing Championships (Samokov, Bulgaria) 3rd place – +91 kg

  • 1/8: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin (Moldova) TKO 2
  • 1/4: Defeated Igor Shevadzutskiy (Ukraine) 3:0
  • 1/2: Lost to Filip Hrgović (Croatia) 2:1

World Series of Boxing

2012, Season 2012/2013 4th Round – +91 kg

2013, Season 2012/2013 9th Round – +91 kg

2013, Season 2012/2013 Finals – +91 kg

2013, Season 2013/2014 1st Round – +91 kg

  • Defeated Facundo Cesar Ghiglione (Argentina) 3:0

2014, Season 2013/2014 5th Round – +91 kg

  • Defeated Paul Koon (United States) 3:0

2014, Season 2013/2014 9th Round – +91 kg

  • Defeated Yegor Plevako (Ukraine) 3:0

2014, Season 2013/2014 Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – +91 kg

  • Lost to Arslanbek Mahmudov (Azerbaijan) 3:0

AIBA Pro Boxing

2014, Pre-Ranking Round 1 (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91 kg

  • Defeated Ali Kiyidin (Germany) 3:0

2014, Pre-Ranking Round 2 (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91 kg

2014, Ranking Match (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91 kg

2015, Title Round (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91 kg

2015, Cycle I Round 1 (Marrakech, Marocco) – +91 kg

  • Defeated Magomed Omarov (Russia) 2:1

2015, Cycle I Round 2 (Marrakech, Marocco) – +91 kg

National highlights

Romania

2009 National Cup 7th place – 91 kg

  • 1/8: Defeated Alin Manea RSC 2
  • 1/4: Lost to Adrian Zabava WO

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2009 National Championships 3rd place – 91 kg

  • 1/4: Defeated Adrian Ciobanu 5:1
  • 1/2: Lost to Petrisor Gananau 14:4

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2010 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg

  • 1/2: Defeated Artur David AB 1
  • Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau AB 3

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2012 National Cup 1st place – +91 kg

  • Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau PTS

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2012 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg

  • 1/2: Defeated Adrian Motorga WO
  • Finals: Defeated Adrian Marc WO

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2013 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg

  • 1/4: Defeated Ionel Oșvat TKO
  • 1/2: Defeated Ionuț Patriche WO
  • Finals: Defeated Marian Preda KO

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2014 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg

  • Finals: Defeated Tiberiu Porcoi TKO

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2015 National Cup 1st place – +91 kg

  • 1/4: Defeated Andrei Crivat DQ 2
  • 1/2: Defeated Ionel Osvat TKO 2
  • Finals: Defeated Tiberiu Porcoi TKO 1

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2016 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg

  • Finals: Defeated Lucian Atănăsoaie WO

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2017 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg

  • 1/2: Defeated Mădălin Nicolae
  • Finals: Defeated Adrian Poputea

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2018 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg

  • Finals: Defeated Daniel Berciu AB 2
Moldova

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2010 Prime Ministry Team Tournament (Briceni, Moldova) 2nd place – +91 kg

  • 1/2: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin RSC 3
  • Finals: Lost to Mihail Muntean 7:1

Professional boxing record

8 fights 8 wins 0 losses
By knockout 8 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
3 Win 3–0 United States Colby Madison KO 2 (8), 2:16 9 Jul 2021 United States Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California
2 Win 2–0 Mexico Jaime Solorio KO 1 (8), 2:24 23 Jan 2020 United States The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California
1 Win 1–0 Mexico Christian Mariscal KO 3 (6), 2:00 5 Dec 2019 United States The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California

References

  1. ^ "Mihai Nistor". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Mihai Nistor". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ Gray, James (28 October 2017). "Anthony Joshua loses by KNOCKOUT: How British heavyweight was stopped by Mihai Nistor". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Mihai Nistor". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  5. ^ World Series of Boxing - finals - 2012/2013 - Amateur Boxing Results
  6. ^ World Series of Boxing - Season 2017 - Round 2 of quarterfinals
  7. ^ World Series of Boxing - Season 2018 - semifinal 1
  8. ^ "Mihai Nistor". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

External links

  • Mihai Nistor at AIBA.org (archived)
  • Mihai Nistor at Olympics.com Edit this at Wikidata
  • Mihai Nistor at OlympicChannel.com (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  • Mihai Nistor at Olympic.org (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  • Mihai Nistor at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
  • Mihai Nistor at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (English translation) Edit this at Wikidata