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Rated at | Heavyweight | |||||||||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||
Born |
Bucharest, Romania |
January 22, 1954 |||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||
Boxing record | ||||||||||
Total fights | 14 | |||||||||
Wins | 12 | |||||||||
Wins by KO | 10 | |||||||||
Losses | 0 | |||||||||
Draws | 2 | |||||||||
Medal record
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Mircea Şimon (born January 22, 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. 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.