Mihai Nistor

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]

Mihai Nistor
Born	(1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 (age 34) Erbiceni, Romania
Statistics
Weight class	Super-heavyweight
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Reach	176 cm (69 in)[2]
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	3
Wins	3
Wins by KO	3
Losses	0
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Romania Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships 2009 Arad Heavyweight 2010 Bacău Super-heavyweight 2012 Reșița Super-heavyweight 2013 Reșița Super-heavyweight 2014 Piatra Neamț Super-heavyweight 2016 Brăila Super-heavyweight 2017 Bucharest Super-heavyweight 2018 Tomești Super-heavyweight World Combat Games 2010 Beijing Super-heavyweight European Championships 2011 Ankara Super-heavyweight 2015 Samokov Super-heavyweight

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 (Constanța, 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 Romania 2009 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

8 fights	8 wins	0 losses
By knockout	8	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
3	Win	3–0	Colby Madison	KO	2 (8), 2:16	9 Jul 2021	Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California
2	Win	2–0	Jaime Solorio	KO	1 (8), 2:24	23 Jan 2020	The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California
1	Win	1–0	Christian Mariscal	KO	3 (6), 2:00	5 Dec 2019	The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California