Mihai Nistor

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]

Mihai Nistor
Statistics
Weight class	Super-heavyweight
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Reach	176 cm (69 in)[2]
Born	5 November 1990 Erbiceni, Romania
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	2
Wins	2
Wins by KO	2
Losses	0
Medal record Men’s amateur boxing Representing  Romania Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships 2009 Arad Heavyweight 2010 Bacău Super-heavyweight 2012 Reșița Super-heavyweight 2013 Reșița Super-heavyweight 2014 Piatra Neamț Super-heavyweight 2016 Brăila Super-heavyweight 2017 Bucharest Super-heavyweight 2018 Tomești Super-heavyweight World Combat Games 2010 Beijing Super-heavyweight European Championships 2011 Ankara Super-heavyweight 2015 Samokov Super-heavyweight

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 2013 National Championships 1st place – +91KG 1/4: Defeated Ionel Oșvat TKO 1/2: Defeated Ionuț Patriche WO Finals: Defeated Marian Preda KO 2014 National Championships 1st place – +91KG Finals: Defeated Tiberiu Porcoi TKO 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 2016 National Championships 1st place – +91KG Finals: Defeated Lucian Atănăsoaie WO 2017 National Championships 1st place – +91KG 1/2: Defeated Mădălin Nicolae Finals: Defeated Adrian Poputea 2018 National Championships 1st place – +91KG Finals: Defeated Daniel Berciu AB 2 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

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. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. 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
• Mihai Nistor at the International Olympic Committee
• Mihai Nistor at the Olympic Channel
• Mihai Nistor at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)