Mihai Nistor

{{Short description|Romanian boxer (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox boxer | name = Mihai Nistor | image = | caption = | realname = | nickname = | height = 183 cm<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/850299|title=Mihai Nistor|publisher=Boxrec.com|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref> | reach = 176 cm<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/850299|title=Mihai Nistor|publisher=Boxrec.com|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref> | weight_class = Super-heavyweight | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|11|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Erbiceni, Romania | death_date = | death_place = | website = | style = Southpaw | total = 3 | wins = 3 | KO = 3 | losses = 0 | draws = | no contest = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's amateur boxing}} {{MedalCountry | {{ROM}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 2009 Arad | Heavyweight}} {{MedalGold| 2010 Bacău | Super-heavyweight}} {{MedalGold| 2012 Reșița | Super-heavyweight}} {{MedalGold| 2013 Reșița | Super-heavyweight}} {{MedalGold| 2014 Piatra Neamț| Super-heavyweight}} {{MedalGold| 2016 Brăila | Super-heavyweight}} {{MedalGold| 2017 Bucharest | Super-heavyweight}} {{MedalGold| 2018 Tomești | Super-heavyweight}} {{MedalCompetition|World Combat Games}} {{MedalSilver| 2010 Beijing | Super-heavyweight}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 2011 Ankara | Super-heavyweight}} {{MedalBronze| 2015 Samokov | Super-heavyweight}} | show-medals = yes }}

'''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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/boxing/870981/Anthony-Joshua-knockout-British-heavyweight-stopped-Mihai-Nistor|title=Anthony Joshua loses by KNOCKOUT: How British heavyweight was stopped by Mihai Nistor|last=Gray|first=James|date=28 October 2017|work=Express.co.uk|access-date=25 October 2018|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/mihai-nistor |title=Mihai Nistor |access-date=13 August 2016 |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806082430/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/mihai-nistor# |archive-date=6 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nistor competed in the semi-professional World Series of Boxing 2013 to 2018, representing Astana Arlans,<ref>[http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WSB2012_f.html World Series of Boxing - finals - 2012/2013 - Amateur Boxing Results]</ref> Italia Thunder,<ref>[http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WSB2017_q2.html World Series of Boxing - Season 2017 - Round 2 of quarterfinals]</ref> and Fighting Roosters.<ref>[http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WSB2018_s1.html World Series of Boxing - Season 2018 - semifinal 1]</ref> He had 157 fights as an amateur and finished with a record of 138–19. In 2019 Nistor started his professional career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/850299|title=Mihai Nistor|publisher=Boxrec.com|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>

==Amateur career== ===International highlights=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} 2009 – Arena Cup (Pula, Croatia) 5th place – 91 kg * 1/4: Lost to Marko Calic (Croatia) RSCI 2 {{silver2}} 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 {{silver2}} 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 {{bronze3}} 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 {{silver2}} 2011 – Hakija Turajlic Memorial Tournament (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2nd place – +91 kg * Finals: Lost to Primislav Dimovski (Macedonia) DQ 2 {{bronze3}} 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 {{col-2}} {{bronze3}} 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 {{gold1}} 2013 – Golden Belt Tournament (Constanța, Romania) 1st place – +91 kg * 1/2: Defeated Issa Ahmed Madian Kassem (Egypt) 3:0 * Finals: Defeated Jose Angel Larduet (Cuba) 3:0 {{gold1}} 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 * 1/16: Defeated Milutin Stanković (Serbia) 2:1 * 1/8: Lost to Erik Pfeifer (Germany) 3:0 {{bronze3}} 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 {{col-end}}

==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 {{col-end}}

==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 {{col-2}}

===National highlights=== ; Romania 2009 National Cup 7th place – 91 kg * 1/8: Defeated Alin Manea RSC 2 * 1/4: Lost to Adrian Zabava WO {{bronze3}} 2009 National Championships 3rd place – 91 kg * 1/4: Defeated Adrian Ciobanu 5:1 * 1/2: Lost to Petrisor Gananau 14:4 {{gold1}} 2010 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg * 1/2: Defeated Artur David AB 1 * Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau AB 3 {{gold1}} 2012 National Cup 1st place – +91 kg * Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau PTS {{gold1}} 2012 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg * 1/2: Defeated Adrian Motorga WO * Finals: Defeated Adrian Marc WO {{gold1}} 2013 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg * 1/4: Defeated Ionel Oșvat TKO * 1/2: Defeated Ionuț Patriche WO * Finals: Defeated Marian Preda KO {{gold1}} 2014 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg * Finals: Defeated Tiberiu Porcoi TKO {{gold1}} 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 {{gold1}} 2016 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg * Finals: Defeated Lucian Atănăsoaie WO {{gold1}} 2017 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg * 1/2: Defeated Mădălin Nicolae * Finals: Defeated Adrian Poputea {{gold1}} 2018 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg * Finals: Defeated Daniel Berciu AB 2

; Moldova {{silver2}} 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 {{col-end}}

==Professional boxing record== {{BoxingRecordSummary |draws= |nc= |ko-wins=8 |ko-losses=0 |dec-wins= |dec-losses= |dq-wins= |dq-losses= }} {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" |- !{{abbr|No.|Number}} !Result !Record !Opponent !Type !Round, time !Date !Location !Notes |- |3 |{{yes2}}Win |3–0 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Colby Madison |KO |2 (8), {{small|2:16}} |9 Jul 2021 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California}} |style="text-align:left;"| |- |2 |{{yes2}}Win |2–0 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Jaime Solorio |KO |1 (8), {{small|2:24}} |23 Jan 2020 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California}} |style="text-align:left;"| |- |1 |{{yes2}}Win |1–0 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Christian Mariscal |KO |3 (6), {{small|2:00}} |5 Dec 2019 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California}} |style="text-align:left;"| |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{AIBA|mihai-nistor-91kg}} * {{Olympics.com profile|oc_archive=20200204053036|org_archive=20181010213537}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{COSR profile}}

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