Mihai Nistor

Mihai Nistor (born 5 November 1990) is a Romanian professional boxer. A southpaw, he is best known for stopping Anthony Joshua 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 Hussein Ishaish. Nistor competed in the semi-professional World Series of Boxing 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.

International highlights
2009 – Arena Cup (Pula, Croatia) 5th place – 91 kg 2010 – Sportaccord World Combat Games (Beijing, China) 2nd place – +91 kg 2011 – Bocskai Memorial Tournament (Debrecen, Hungary) 2nd place – +91 kg 2011 – Zlatko Hrbic Memorial Tournament (Zagreb, Croatia) 3rd place – +91 kg 2011 – Hakija Turajlic Memorial Tournament (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2nd place – +91 kg 2011 – EUBC European Continental Championships (Ankara, Turkey) 3rd place – +91 kg 2011 – AIBA World Championships (Baku, Azerbaijan) participant – +91 kg
 * 1/4: Lost to Marko Calic (Croatia) RSCI 2
 * 1/4: Defeated Andrew Jones (Wales) 7:1
 * 1/2: Defeated Tomasz Duszak (Poland) 9:1
 * Finals: Lost to Zhang Zhilei (China) AB 3
 * 1/4: Defeated Hrvoje Kisicek (Croatia) RSC 1
 * 1/2: Defeated Bence Bouquet (Hungary) AB 3
 * Finals: Lost to Erislandy Savón (Cuba) AB 2
 * 1/4: Defeated Stjepan Radić (Croatia) 9:4
 * 1/2: Lost to Rok Urbanc (Slovenia) 7+:7
 * Finals: Lost to Primislav Dimovski (Macedonia) DQ 2
 * 1/16: Defeated Muhammet Guner (Turkey) RSCI 1
 * 1/8: Defeated Petar Belberov (Bulgaria) RSCI 2
 * 1/4: Defeated Anthony Joshua (United Kingdom) RSCH 3
 * 1/2: Lost to Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) AB 2
 * 1/16: Defeated Bence Bouquet (Hungary) KO 1
 * 1/8: Lost to Filip Hrgović (Croatia) 22:10

2012 – Chemistry Cup (Halle, Germany) 3rd place – +91 kg 2012 – AIBA European Olympic Qualification Tournament (Trabzon, Turkey) 6th place – +91 kg 2013 – Golden Belt Tournament (Constanta, Romania) 1st place – +91 kg 2013 – Independence Cup (Drochia, Moldova) 1st place – +91 kg 2013 – EUBC European Continental Championships (Minsk, Belarus) 5th place – +91 kg 2013 – AIBA World Championships (Almaty, Kazakhstan) 11th place – +91 kg 2015 – EUBC European Confederation Boxing Championships (Samokov, Bulgaria) 3rd place – +91 kg
 * 1/4: Defeated Sardorbek Abdullayev (Uzbekistan) RSC 3
 * 1/2: Lost to Sergey Kuzmin (Russia) 18:11
 * 1/8: Defeated Otto Wallin (Sweden) KO 2
 * 1/4: Lost to Tony Yoka (France) 13:9
 * 1/2: Defeated Issa Ahmed Madian Kassem (Egypt) 3:0
 * Finals: Defeated Jose Angel Larduet (Cuba) 3:0
 * Finals: Defeated Erik Pfeifer (Germany) PTS
 * 1/8: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin (Moldova) TKO 2
 * 1/4: Lost to Magomedrasul Medzhidov (Azerbaijan) DQ 3
 * 1/8: Defeated Milutin Stanković (Serbia) 2:1
 * 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 – +91 kg 2013, Season 2012/2013 9th Round – +91 kg 2013, Season 2012/2013 Finals – +91 kg 2013, Season 2013/2014 1st Round – +91 kg 2014, Season 2013/2014 5th Round – +91 kg 2014, Season 2013/2014 9th Round – +91 kg 2014, Season 2013/2014 Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – +91 kg
 * Lost to Tony Yoka (France) 2:1
 * Defeated Clemente Russo (Italy) 2:1
 * Lost to Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine) 3:0
 * Defeated Facundo Cesar Ghiglione (Argentina) 3:0
 * Defeated Paul Koon (United States) 3:0
 * Defeated Yegor Plevako (Ukraine) 3:0
 * Lost to Arslanbek Mahmudov (Azerbaijan) 3:0

AIBA Pro Boxing
2014, Pre-Ranking Round 1 (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91 kg 2014, Pre-Ranking Round 2 (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91 kg 2014, Ranking Match (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91 kg 2015, Title Round (Baku, Azerbaijan) – +91 kg 2015, Cycle I Round 1 (Marrakech, Marocco) – +91 kg 2015, Cycle I Round 2 (Marrakech, Marocco) – +91 kg
 * Defeated Ali Kiyidin (Germany) 3:0
 * Lost to Mohamed Arjaoui (Marocco) 3:0
 * Lost to Erik Pfeifer (Germany) 3:0
 * Defeated Tony Yoka (France) WO
 * Defeated Magomed Omarov (Russia) 2:1
 * Defeated Mohamed Arjaoui (Marocco) 2:1

National highlights
2009 National Cup 7th place – 91 kg 2009 National Championships 3rd place – 91 kg 2010 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg 2012 National Cup 1st place – +91 kg 2012 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg 2013 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg 2014 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg 2015 National Cup 1st place – +91 kg 2016 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg 2017 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg 2018 National Championships 1st place – +91 kg
 * Romania
 * 1/8: Defeated Alin Manea RSC 2
 * 1/4: Lost to Adrian Zabava WO
 * 1/4: Defeated Adrian Ciobanu 5:1
 * 1/2: Lost to Petrisor Gananau 14:4
 * 1/2: Defeated Artur David AB 1
 * Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau AB 3
 * Finals: Defeated Petrisor Gananau PTS
 * 1/2: Defeated Adrian Motorga WO
 * Finals: Defeated Adrian Marc WO
 * 1/4: Defeated Ionel Oșvat TKO
 * 1/2: Defeated Ionuț Patriche WO
 * Finals: Defeated Marian Preda KO
 * Finals: Defeated Tiberiu Porcoi TKO
 * 1/4: Defeated Andrei Crivat DQ 2
 * 1/2: Defeated Ionel Osvat TKO 2
 * Finals: Defeated Tiberiu Porcoi TKO 1
 * Finals: Defeated Lucian Atănăsoaie WO
 * 1/2: Defeated Mădălin Nicolae
 * Finals: Defeated Adrian Poputea
 * Finals: Defeated Daniel Berciu AB 2

2010 Prime Ministry Team Tournament (Briceni, Moldova) 2nd place – +91 kg
 * Moldova
 * 1/2: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin RSC 3
 * Finals: Lost to Mihail Muntean 7:1