Mihai Nistor
Mihai Nistor is a Romanian boxer, a southpaw. He competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is best known for stopping Anthony Joshua at the super heavyweight division of 39th European Amateur Boxing Championships in 2011.
He competed in semi-professional World Series of Boxing 2013 to 2018, representing Astana Arlans, Italia Thunder, and Fighting Roosters. Nistor had 157 fights as an amateur. His amateur record is 138-19.
Amateur career
International highlights
2009 – Arena Cup 5th place – 91KG- 1/4: Lost to Marko Calic RSCI 2
- 1/4: Defeated Andrew Jones 7:1
- 1/2: Defeated Tomasz Duszak 9:1
- Finals: Lost to Zhang Zhilei AB 3
- 1/4: Defeated Hrvoje Kisicek RSC 1
- 1/2: Defeated Bence Bouquet AB 3
- Finals: Lost to Erislandy Savón AB 2
- 1/4: Defeated Stjepan Radić 9:4
- 1/2: Lost to Rok Urbanc 7+:7
- Finals: Lost to Primislav Dimovski DQ 2
- 1/16: Defeated Muhammet Guner RSCI 1
- 1/8: Defeated Petar Belberov RSCI 2
- 1/4: Defeated Anthony Joshua RSCH 3
- 1/2: Lost to Roberto Cammarelle AB 2
- 1/16: Defeated Bence Bouquet KO 1
- 1/8: Lost to Filip Hrgović 22:10
- 1/4: Defeated Sardorbek Abdullayev RSC 3
- 1/2: Lost to Sergey Kuzmin 18:11
- 1/8: Defeated Otto Wallin KO 2
- 1/4: Lost to Tony Yoka 13:9
- 1/2: Defeated Issa Ahmed Madian Kassem 3:0
- Finals: Defeated Jose Angel Larduet 3:0
- Finals: Defeated Erik Pfeifer PTS
- 1/8: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin TKO 2
- 1/4: Lost to Magomedrasul Medzhidov DQ 3
- 1/8: Defeated Milutin Stanković 2:1
- 1/8: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin TKO 2
- 1/4: Defeated Igor Shevadzutskiy 3:0
- 1/2: Lost to Filip Hrgović 2:1
World Series of Boxing
- Lost to Tony Yoka 2:1
- Defeated Clemente Russo 2:1
- Lost to Oleksandr Usyk 3:0
- Defeated Facundo Cesar Ghiglione 3:0
- Defeated Paul Koon 3:0
- Defeated Yegor Plevako 3:0
- Lost to Arslanbek Mahmudov 3:0
AIBA Pro Boxing
- Defeated Ali Kiyidin 3:0
- Lost to Mohamed Arjaoui 3:0
- Lost to Erik Pfeifer 3:0
- Defeated Tony Yoka WO
- Defeated Magomed Omarov 2:1
- Defeated Mohamed Arjaoui 2:1
National highlights
2009 National Cup 7th place – 91KG
- 1/8: Defeated Alin Manea RSC 2
- 1/4: Lost to Adrian Zabava WO
- 1/4: Defeated Adrian Ciobanu 5:1
- 1/2: Lost to Petrisor Gananau 14:4
- 1/2: Defeated Artur David AB 1
- Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau AB 3
- Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau PTS
- 1/2: Defeated Adrian Motorga WO
- Finals: Defeated Adrian Marc WO
- 1/4: Defeated Andrei Crivat DQ 2
- 1/2: Defeated Ionel Osvat TKO 2
- Finals: Defeated Tiberiu Porcoi TKO 1
2010 Prime Ministry Team Tournament 2nd place – +91KG
- 1/2: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin RSC 3
- Finals: Lost to Mihail Muntean 7:1
Professional boxing record
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Jaime Solorio | KO | 1, 2:24 | 23 January 2020 | The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Christian Mariscal | KO | 3, 2:00 | 5 December 2019 | The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California |