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
Born	(1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 (age 33) Erbiceni, Romania
Statistics
Weight class	Super-heavyweight
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)^[1]
Reach	176 cm (69 in)^[2]
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	3
Wins	3
Wins by KO	3
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 – 91 kg 1/4: Lost to Marko Calic (Croatia) RSCI 2   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   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   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   2011 – Hakija Turajlic Memorial Tournament (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2nd place – +91 kg Finals: Lost to Primislav Dimovski (Macedonia) DQ 2   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

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 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 – +91 kg 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 – +91 kg Finals: Defeated Erik Pfeifer (Germany) PTS 2013 – EUBC European Continental Championships (Minsk, Belarus) 5th place – +91 kg 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 – +91 kg 1/8: Defeated Milutin Stanković (Serbia) 2:1   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 Lost to Tony Yoka (France) 2:1 2013, Season 2012/2013 9th Round – +91 kg Defeated Clemente Russo (Italy) 2:1 2013, Season 2012/2013 Finals – +91 kg Lost to Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine) 3:0 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 Lost to Mohamed Arjaoui (Marocco) 3:0 2014, Ranking Match (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91 kg Lost to Erik Pfeifer (Germany) 3:0 2015, Title Round (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91 kg Defeated Tony Yoka (France) WO 2015, Cycle I Round 1 (Marrakech, Marocco) – +91 kg Defeated Magomed Omarov (Russia) 2:1 2015, Cycle I Round 2 (Marrakech, Marocco) – +91 kg Defeated Mohamed Arjaoui (Marocco) 2:1

National highlights Romania 2009 National Cup 7th place – 91 kg 1/8: Defeated Alin Manea RSC 2 1/4: Lost to Adrian Zabava WO   2009 National Championships 3rd place – 91 kg 1/4: Defeated Adrian Ciobanu 5:1 1/2: Lost to Petrisor Gananau 14:4   2010 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg 1/2: Defeated Artur David AB 1 Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau AB 3   2012 National Cup 1st place – +91 kg Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau PTS   2012 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg 1/2: Defeated Adrian Motorga WO Finals: Defeated Adrian Marc WO   2013 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg 1/4: Defeated Ionel Oșvat TKO 1/2: Defeated Ionuț Patriche WO Finals: Defeated Marian Preda KO   2014 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg Finals: Defeated Tiberiu Porcoi TKO   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   2016 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg Finals: Defeated Lucian Atănăsoaie WO   2017 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg 1/2: Defeated Mădălin Nicolae Finals: Defeated Adrian Poputea   2018 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg Finals: Defeated Daniel Berciu AB 2 Moldova   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	Colby Madison	KO	2 (8), 2:16	9 Jul 2021	Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California
2	Win	2–0	Jaime Solorio	KO	1 (8), 2:24	23 Jan 2020	The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California
1	Win	1–0	Christian Mariscal	KO	3 (6), 2:00	5 Dec 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. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 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

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