Mircea Simon boxer

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

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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

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