Mircea Șimon
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1976 Montreal | Heavyweight |
Mircea Şimon (born January 22, 1954) is a retired Romanian boxer. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he won the Heavyweight Silver medal for Romania.
His trainer was Constantin Nour.[1]
Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Trevor Berbick (Jamaica) 5-0
- Defeated Atanas Suvandzhiev (Bulgaria) 4-1
- Defeated Clarence Hill (Bermuda) 5-0
- Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (Cuba) TKO by 3
Pro career
Şimon defected in 1978, and turned pro in United States in the heavyweight division. He had pretty limited success and retired at the end of 1979 after the loss against Leroy Caldwell. He held a 12-1-1 with 10 KO's pro record.
Professional record
| 12 Wins (10 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 Loss, 1 Draw [1] | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 12-1-1 |  Leroy Caldwell |
PTS | 10 (10) | 1979-09-27 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Win | 12-1-0 | Charlie Johnson |
KO | 4 (10) | 1979-08-30 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Win | 11-1-0 |  Koroseta Kid |
KO | 2 (10) | 1979-07-26 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Win | 10-1-0 | Tony Pulu |
KO | 3 (10) | 1979-06-14 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Win | 9-1-0 | Beau Williford |
KO | 2 (10) | 1979-04-26 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Draw | 8-1-0 | Eddie López |
PTS | 10 (10) | 1979-03-01 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Win | 8-0 | James Dixon |
KO | 2 (10) | 1979-02-01 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Win | 7-0 | Oliver Philipps |
TKO | 2 (10) | 1978-10-26 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Win | 6-0 | David Wynne |
KO | 1 | 1978-09-15 | Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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| Win | 5-0 | Mark Junior |
KO | 2 | 1978-07-27 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Win | 4-0 | Dan Johnson |
KO | 6 (8) | 1978-06-15 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Win | 3-0 | Bob Swoopes |
PTS | 8 (8) | 1978-05-18 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Win | 2-0 | Rocky Jones |
KO | 1 | 1978-05-04 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Win | 1-0 | Rocky Jones |
UD | 6 (6) | 1978-03-18 | The Aladdin, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
Categories:
- Boxrec ID different in Wikidata
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Romanian boxers
- Romanian professional boxers
- Olympic boxers of Romania
- Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Romania
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Romanian defectors
- Male boxers
