Viorel Simion | |||||||||||||||||||
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Real name | Viorel Simion | ||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Bombardierul (Bomber) | ||||||||||||||||||
Rated at | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Romanian | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | October 19, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Draws | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Viorel Simion (born October 19, 1981) is a Romanian professional boxer and a former WBC International Featherweight champion.
As an amateur, Simion won two bronze medals, at the 2005 World Boxing Championships in Mianyang, China and at the 2002 European Boxing Championships in Perm, Russia. He also represented Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece also as a featherweight.
The WBC final Featherwight eliminator ordered by the World Boxing Council between Simion and Celestino Caballero (36-4, 23KOs), with the winner landing a shot at current champion Daniel Ponce de León, should take place on a date in 2013.