Mihai Nistor Explained

Mihai Nistor
Height:	180 cm^[1]
Reach:	176 cm^[2]
Weight Class:	Super-heavyweight
Birth Date:	5 November 1990
Birth Place:	Erbiceni, Romania
Style:	Southpaw
Total:	3
Wins:	3
Ko:	3
Losses:	0
Medaltemplates:
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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]

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

Romania2009 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

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
3	Win	3–0	Colby Madison	KO	2 (8),	9 Jul 2021
2	Win	2–0	Jaime Solorio	KO	1 (8),	23 Jan 2020
1	Win	1–0	Christian Mariscal	KO	3 (6),	5 Dec 2019

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mihai Nistor. Boxrec.com. 21 January 2021.
2. Web site: Mihai Nistor. Boxrec.com. 21 January 2021.
3. News: Anthony Joshua loses by KNOCKOUT: How British heavyweight was stopped by Mihai Nistor. Gray. James. 28 October 2017. Express.co.uk. 25 October 2018. en.
4. Web site: Mihai Nistor . 13 August 2016 . Rio2016.com . Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806082430/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/mihai-nistor# . 6 August 2016 . live .
5. http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WSB2012_f.html World Series of Boxing - finals - 2012/2013 - Amateur Boxing Results
6. http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WSB2017_q2.html World Series of Boxing - Season 2017 - Round 2 of quarterfinals
7. http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WSB2018_s1.html World Series of Boxing - Season 2018 - semifinal 1
8. Web site: Mihai Nistor. Boxrec.com. 21 January 2021.