Mircea Șimon

Mircea Șimon (born 22 January 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. Șimon also won four national senior titles and two bronze medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.^{[citation needed]} 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]

Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Born	(1954-01-22) 22 January 1954 (age 69) Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania^[1]
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	14
Wins	12
Wins by KO	10
Losses	0
Draws	2
Medal record Representing  Romania Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships 1974 Bucharest Light heavyweight 1975 Bucharest Heavyweight 1976 Bucharest Heavyweight 1977 Bucharest Heavyweight Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Heavyweight European Amateur Championships 1975 Katowice Heavyweight 1977 Halle Heavyweight

Professional record

12 Wins (10 knockouts, 2 decisions), 2 Draws ^[5]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Draw	12–2–0	Leroy Caldwell	PTS	10 (10)	1979-09-27	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	12–1–0	Charlie Johnson	KO	4 (10)	1979-08-30	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	11–1–0	Koroseta Kid	KO	2 (10)	1979-07-26	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	10–1–0	Tony Pulu	KO	3 (10)	1979-06-14	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	9–1–0	Beau Williford	KO	2 (10)	1979-04-26	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Draw	8–1–0	Eddie López	PTS	10 (10)	1979-03-01	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	8–0	James Dixon	KO	2 (10)	1979-02-01	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	7–0	Oliver Philipps	TKO	2 (10)	1978-10-26	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	6–0	David Wynne	KO	1	1978-09-15	Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Win	5–0	Mark Junior	KO	2	1978-07-27	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	4–0	Dan Johnson	KO	6 (8)	1978-06-15	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	3–0	Bob Swoopes	PTS	8 (8)	1978-05-18	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	2–0	Rocky Jones	KO	1	1978-05-04	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	1–0	Rocky Jones	UD	6 (6)	1978-03-18	The Aladdin, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

References

1. . sports-reference.com
2. "Mircea Şimon – Românul care a rezistat două reprize în faţa lui Stevenson" (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
3. Boxing record for Mircea Șimon from BoxRec (registration required)
4. Mircea Șimon. Romanian Olympic Committee
5. "BoxRec: Login".

External links

• 1974 Romanian National Championships
• 1975 Romanian National Championships
• 1976 Romanian National Championships
• 1977 Romanian National Championships