Mihai Nistor

Mihai Nistor
Personal information
Born	5 November 1990; Erbiceni, Romania
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	super heavyweight
Men’s amateur boxing
Representing Romania
World Combat Games
European Championships

Mihai Nistor (born 5 November 1990) is a Romanian boxer, a southpaw. He competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] He is best known for stopping Anthony Joshua at the super heavyweight division of 39th European Amateur Boxing Championships in 2011.[2]

He competed in semi-professional World Series of Boxing 2013 to 2018, representing Astana Arlans,[3] Italia Thunder,[4] and Fighting Roosters.[5] Nistor had 157 fights as an amateur. His amateur record is 138-19.

Amateur career

International highlights

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

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

2010 – Sportaccord World Combat Games (Beijing, China) 2nd place – +91KG

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

2011 – Bocskai Memorial Tournament (Debrecen, Hungary) 2nd place – +91KG

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

2011 – Zlatko Hrbic Memorial Tournament (Zagreb, Croatia) 3rd place – +91KG

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

2011 – Hakija Turajlic Memorial Tournament (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2nd place – +91KG

Finals: Lost to Primislav Dimovski (Macedonia) DQ 2

2011 – EUBC European Continental Championships (Ankara, Turkey) 3rd place – +91KG

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 – +91KG

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

2012 – Chemistry Cup (Halle, Germany) 3rd place – +91KG

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 – +91KG

1/8: Defeated Otto Wallin (Sweden) KO 2
1/4: Lost to Tony Yoka (France) 13:9

2013 – Golden Belt Tournament (Constanta, Romania) 1st place – +91KG

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

2013 – Independence Cup (Drochia, Moldova) 1st place – +91KG

Finals: Defeated Erik Pfeifer (Germany) PTS

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

1/8: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin (Moldova) TKO 2
1/4: Lost to Magomedrasul Medzhidov (Azerbaijan) DQ 3

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

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

2015 – EUBC European Confederation Boxing Championships (Samokov, Bulgaria) 3rd place – +91KG

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 – +91KG

Lost to Tony Yoka (France) 2:1

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

Defeated Clemente Russo (Italy) 2:1

2013, Season 2012/2013 Finals – +91KG

Lost to Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine) 3:0

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

Defeated Facundo Cesar Ghiglione (Argentina) 3:0

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

Defeated Paul Koon (United States) 3:0

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

Defeated Yegor Plevako (Ukraine) 3:0

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

Lost to Arslanbek Mahmudov (Azerbaijan) 3:0

AIBA Pro Boxing

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

Defeated Ali Kiyidin (Germany) 3:0

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

Lost to Mohamed Arjaoui (Marocco) 3:0

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

Lost to Erik Pfeifer (Germany) 3:0

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

Defeated Tony Yoka (France) WO

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

Defeated Magomed Omarov (Russia) 2:1

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

Defeated Mohamed Arjaoui (Marocco) 2:1

National highlights

Romania

2009 National Cup 7th place – 91KG

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

2009 National Championships 3rd place – 91KG

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

2010 National Championships 1st place – +91KG

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

2012 National Cup 1st place – +91KG

Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau PTS

2012 National Championships 1st place – +91KG

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

2015 National Cup 1st place – +91KG

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

Moldova

2010 Prime Ministry Team Tournament (Briceni, Moldova) 2nd place – +91KG

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

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary
2 fights	2 wins	0 losses
By knockout	2	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
2	Win	2–0	Jaime Solorio	KO	1 (8), 2:24	23 January 2020	The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California
1	Win	1–0	Christian Mariscal	KO	3 (6), 2:00	5 December 2019	The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California

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References

"Mihai Nistor". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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.
World Series of Boxing - finals - 2012/2013 - Amateur Boxing Results
World Series of Boxing - Season 2017 - Round 2 of quarterfinals
World Series of Boxing - Season 2018 - semifinal 1

External links

Mihai Nistor at AIBA
Mihai Nistor at the International Olympic Committee
Mihai Nistor at the Olympic Channel
Mihai Nistor at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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[Bio-1] "Mihai Nistor". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

[2] 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.

[3] World Series of Boxing - finals - 2012/2013 - Amateur Boxing Results

[4] World Series of Boxing - Season 2017 - Round 2 of quarterfinals

[5] World Series of Boxing - Season 2018 - semifinal 1