Mircea Șimon
Mircea Șimon (born January 22, 1954) is a retired Romanian heavyweight boxer. He took up boxing in 1971 at Dinamo Bucharest, coached by Constantin Nour, and won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics,[2] losing to Teófilo Stevenson in the final. In 1978 he fled to the United States, where in 1978–1979 he fought 14 bouts as a professional with a record of 12 wins and two draws.[3] He later returned to Romania and coached Marian and Dorel Simion. He then took a break from boxing for ten years, and in 2007 worked with Romanian Boxing Federation to prepare the national team for the 2008 Olympics.[4]
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Weight(s) | Heavyweight | ||||||||||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||
Born | Bucharest, Romania[1] | January 22, 1954||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||
Total fights | 14 | ||||||||||
Wins | 12 | ||||||||||
Wins by KO | 10 | ||||||||||
Losses | 0 | ||||||||||
Draws | 2 | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Professional record
12 Wins (10 knockouts, 2 decisions), 2 Draws [5] | |||||||
Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
Draw | 12–1–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 (10) | 1979-09-27 | ![]() |
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Win | 12–1–0 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (10) | 1979-08-30 | ![]() |
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Win | 11–1–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | 1979-07-26 | ![]() |
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Win | 10–1–0 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | 1979-06-14 | ![]() |
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Win | 9–1–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | 1979-04-26 | ![]() |
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Draw | 8–1–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 (10) | 1979-03-01 | ![]() |
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Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | 1979-02-01 | ![]() |
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Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | 1978-10-26 | ![]() |
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Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 1978-09-15 | ![]() |
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Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 | 1978-07-27 | ![]() |
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Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
KO | 6 (8) | 1978-06-15 | ![]() |
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Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 (8) | 1978-05-18 | ![]() |
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Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 1978-05-04 | ![]() |
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Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 (6) | 1978-03-18 | ![]() |
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References
- Mircea Șimon. sports-reference.com
- "Mircea Şimon – Românul care a rezistat două reprize în faţa lui Stevenson" (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- Boxing record for Mircea Șimon from BoxRec
- Mircea Șimon. Romanian Olympic Committee
- http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=22784&cat=boxer
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