Mircea Șimon (born 22 January 1954) is a retired Romanian heavyweight boxer.
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Weight(s) | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Draws | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amateur career
editHe 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]
Professional career
editIn 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]
Professional record
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 (registration required)
- ^ Mircea Șimon. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ "BoxRec: Login".