Mihai Nistor (born 5 November 1990) is a Romanian

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at the 39th European Amateur Boxing Championships in 2011. 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

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. Nistor competed in the semi-professional

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2013 to 2018, representing Astana Arlans, Italia Thunder, and Fighting Roosters. He had 157 fights as an amateur and finished with a record of 138-19. In 2019 Nistor started his professional career.

Amateur career

International highlights

2009 – Arena Cup (Pula, Croatia) 5th place – 91KG * 1/4: Lost to Marko Calic (Croatia) RSCI 2 2010 – Sportaccord World Combat Games (Beijing, China) 2nd place – +91KG * 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 – +91KG * 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 – +91KG * 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 – +91KG * Finals: Lost to Primislav Dimovski (Macedonia) DQ 2 2011 – EUBC European Continental Championships (Ankara, Turkey) 3rd place – +91KG * 1/16: Defeated Muhammet Guner (Turkey) RSCI 1 * 1/8: Defeated Petar Belberov (Bulgaria) RSCI 2 * 1/4: Defeated

(United Kingdom) RSCH 3 * 1/2: Lost to

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(Italy) AB 2 2011 – AIBA World Championships (Baku, Azerbaijan) participant – +91KG * 1/16: Defeated Bence Bouquet (Hungary) KO 1 * 1/8: Lost to Filip Hrgović (Croatia) 22:10 2012 – Chemistry Cup (Halle, Germany) 3rd place – +91KG * 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 – +91KG * 1/8: Defeated Otto Wallin (Sweden) KO 2 * 1/4: Lost to

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(France) 13:9 2013 – Golden Belt Tournament (Constanta, Romania) 1st place – +91KG * 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 – +91KG * Finals: Defeated Erik Pfeifer (Germany) PTS 2013 – EUBC European Continental Championships (Minsk, Belarus) 5th place – +91KG * 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 – +91KG * 1/8: Defeated Milutin Stanković (Serbia) 2:1 2015 – EUBC European Confederation Boxing Championships (Samokov, Bulgaria) 3rd place – +91KG * 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 – +91KG * Lost to

(France) 2:1 2013, Season 2012/2013 9th Round – +91KG * Defeated

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(Italy) 2:1 2013, Season 2012/2013 Finals – +91KG * Lost to

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(Ukraine) 3:0 2013, Season 2013/2014 1st Round – +91KG * Defeated Facundo Cesar Ghiglione (Argentina) 3:0 2014, Season 2013/2014 5th Round – +91KG * Defeated Paul Koon (United States) 3:0 2014, Season 2013/2014 9th Round – +91KG * Defeated Yegor Plevako (Ukraine) 3:0 2014, Season 2013/2014 Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – +91KG * Lost to Arslanbek Mahmudov (Azerbaijan) 3:0

AIBA Pro Boxing

2014, Pre-Ranking Round 1 (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91KG * Defeated Ali Kiyidin (Germany) 3:0 2014, Pre-Ranking Round 2 (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91KG * Lost to Mohamed Arjaoui (Marocco) 3:0 2014, Ranking Match (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91KG * Lost to Erik Pfeifer (Germany) 3:0 2015, Title Round (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91KG * Defeated

(France) WO 2015, Cycle I Round 1 (Marrakech, Marocco) – +91KG * Defeated Magomed Omarov (Russia) 2:1 2015, Cycle I Round 2 (Marrakech, Marocco) – +91KG * Defeated Mohamed Arjaoui (Marocco) 2:1

National highlights

; Romania 2009 National Cup 7th place – 91KG * 1/8: Defeated Alin Manea RSC 2 * 1/4: Lost to Adrian Zabava WO 2009 National Championships 3rd place – 91KG * 1/4: Defeated Adrian Ciobanu 5:1 * 1/2: Lost to Petrisor Gananau 14:4 2010 National Championships 1st place – +91KG * 1/2: Defeated Artur David AB 1 * Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau AB 3 2012 National Cup 1st place – +91KG * Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau PTS 2012 National Championships 1st place – +91KG * 1/2: Defeated Adrian Motorga WO * Finals: Defeated Adrian Marc WO 2013 National Championships 1st place – +91KG * 1/4: Defeated Ionel Oșvat TKO * 1/2: Defeated Ionuț Patriche WO * Finals: Defeated Marian Preda KO 2014 National Championships 1st place – +91KG * Finals: Defeated Tiberiu Porcoi TKO 2015 National Cup 1st place – +91KG * 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 – +91KG * Finals: Defeated Lucian Atănăsoaie WO 2017 National Championships 1st place – +91KG * 1/2: Defeated Mădălin Nicolae * Finals: Defeated Adrian Poputea 2018 National Championships 1st place – +91KG * Finals: Defeated Daniel Berciu AB 2 ; Moldova 2010 Prime Ministry Team Tournament (Briceni, Moldova) 2nd place – +91KG * 1/2: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin RSC 3 * Finals: Lost to Mihail Muntean 7:1

Professional boxing record

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nistor, Mihai 1990 births Living people Romanian male boxers Olympic boxers of Romania Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) European Games competitors for Romania Boxers at the 2019 European Games Super-heavyweight boxers