Mircea Simon boxer
- bouts
- 14
- won
- 12
- lost
- 0
- draw
- 2
- Status
- inactive
- Division
- heavyweight
- Debut
- 1978-03-18
- Height
- 6′ 3″/191cm
- Reach
- -
- Age
- -
- Born
- 1954-01-22
- Death
- -
- Nationality
- Romania
Mircea Șimon (born 22 January 1954) is a retired Romanian heavyweight boxer. He took up boxing in 1971 at Dinamo Bucharest, coached by Constantin Nour, and won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics, losing to Teófilo Stevenson in the final. Șimon also won four national senior titles and two bronze medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.citation needed 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. 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.
Date | Opponent | Last Opponents' Results | Place | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1979-09-27 | Leroy Caldwell | LDDWLL | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | DRAW Points |
1979-08-30 | Charlie Johnson | WWLLWW | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN KO |
1979-07-26 | Koroseta Kid | LWLWWW | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN KO |
1979-06-14 | Tony Pulu | WWWLWL | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN KO |
1979-04-26 | Beau Williford | WLLWWW | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN Technical knockout |
1979-03-01 | Eddie Lopez | WWLWWL | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | DRAW Points |
1979-02-01 | James Dixon | WWWLLL | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN Technical knockout |
1978-10-26 | Oliver Philipps | LLWLLW | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN Technical knockout |
1978-09-15 | David Wynne | WWLWLW | Superdome, New Orleans | WIN KO |
1978-07-27 | Mark Junior | WWLWW | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN KO |
1978-06-15 | Dan Johnson | LLLLLL | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN KO |
1978-05-18 | Bob Swoopes | LLLL | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN Points |
1978-05-04 | Rocky Jones | WWDLLL | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN Technical knockout |
1978-03-18 | Rocky Jones | WWWDL | The Aladdin, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |