Passed away on 10/11/2014
Mircea Șimon (born 22 January 1954) is a retired
Romania
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n heavyweight
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Amateur career
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
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Stevenson won the Val Barker Trophy (1972) as well was honored with the Olympic Order (1987) and is one of only three bo ...
in the final. Șimon also won four national senior titles and two bronze medals at the
European Amateur Boxing Championships
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.
Professional career
In 1978 he fled to the
United States
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, 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
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Personal
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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.
[Mircea Șimon]
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History
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Professional record
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, 12–2–0
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, 1979-09-27
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Olympic Auditorium,
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, 12–1–0
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, 1979-08-30 , , align=left,
Olympic Auditorium,
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, Win
, 11–1–0
, align=left, Koroseta Kid
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, 1979-07-26 , , align=left,
Olympic Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
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United States
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, 10–1–0
, align=left, Tony Pulu
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, 1979-06-14 , , align=left,
Olympic Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
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United States
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, Win
, 9–1–0
, align=left, Beau Williford
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, 1979-04-26 , , align=left,
Olympic Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
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United States
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, style="background:#abcdef;", Draw
, 8–1–0
, align=left, Eddie López
, PTS , , 10
, 1979-03-01 , , align=left,
Olympic Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
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United States
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, 8–0
, align=left, James Dixon
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, 1979-02-01 , , align=left,
Olympic Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
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, Win
, 7–0
, align=left, Oliver Philipps
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, 1978-10-26 , , align=left,
Olympic Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
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, 6–0
, align=left, David Wynne
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1978-09-15 , , align=left,
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, 5–0
, align=left, Mark Junior
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, 1978-07-27 , , align=left,
Olympic Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
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, Win
, 4–0
, align=left, Dan Johnson
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, 1978-06-15 , , align=left,
Olympic Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
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, Win
, 3–0
, align=left, Bob Swoopes
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, 1978-05-18 , , align=left,
Olympic Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
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, 2–0
, align=left, Rocky Jones
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, 1978-05-04 , , align=left,
Olympic Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
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References
External links
1974 Romanian National Championships
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1954 births
Living people
Heavyweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Romania
Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Romania
Place of birth missing (living people)
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Romanian defectors
Romanian male boxers
Boxers from Bucharest
20th-century Romanian sportsmen