Mircea Șimon
Passed away on 10/11/2014
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| Born | 22 January 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mircea Șimon (born 22 January 1954) is a retired Romanian heavyweight boxer.
Amateur career
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.
Professional career
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]
Professional record
References
- ^ 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".