Mihai Nistor
Mihai Nistor 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 Boxing at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Men's super heavyweight|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.
Amateur career
International highlights
2009 – Arena Cup 5th place – 91 kg- 1/4: Lost to Marko Calic RSCI 2
- 1/4: Defeated Andrew Jones 7:1
- 1/2: Defeated Tomasz Duszak 9:1
- Finals: Lost to Zhang Zhilei AB 3
- 1/4: Defeated Hrvoje Kisicek RSC 1
- 1/2: Defeated Bence Bouquet AB 3
- Finals: Lost to Erislandy Savón AB 2
- 1/4: Defeated Stjepan Radić 9:4
- 1/2: Lost to Rok Urbanc 7+:7
- Finals: Lost to Primislav Dimovski DQ 2
- 1/16: Defeated Muhammet Guner RSCI 1
- 1/8: Defeated Petar Belberov RSCI 2
- 1/4: Defeated Anthony Joshua RSCH 3
- 1/2: Lost to Roberto Cammarelle AB 2
- 1/16: Defeated Bence Bouquet KO 1
- 1/8: Lost to Filip Hrgović 22:10
- 1/4: Defeated Sardorbek Abdullayev RSC 3
- 1/2: Lost to Sergey Kuzmin 18:11
- 1/8: Defeated Otto Wallin KO 2
- 1/4: Lost to Tony Yoka 13:9
- 1/2: Defeated Issa Ahmed Madian Kassem 3:0
- Finals: Defeated Jose Angel Larduet 3:0
- Finals: Defeated Erik Pfeifer PTS
- 1/8: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin TKO 2
- 1/4: Lost to Magomedrasul Medzhidov DQ 3
- 1/16: Defeated Milutin Stanković 2:1
- 1/8: Lost to Erik Pfeifer 3:0
- 1/8: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin TKO 2
- 1/4: Defeated Igor Shevadzutskiy 3:0
- 1/2: Lost to Filip Hrgović 2:1
World Series of Boxing
2012, Season 2012/2013 4th Round – +91 kg- Lost to Tony Yoka 2:1
- Defeated Clemente Russo 2:1
- Lost to Oleksandr Usyk 3:0
- Defeated Facundo Cesar Ghiglione 3:0
- Defeated Paul Koon 3:0
- Defeated Yegor Plevako 3:0
- Lost to Arslanbek Mahmudov 3:0
AIBA Pro Boxing
2014, Pre-Ranking Round 1 – +91 kg- Defeated Ali Kiyidin 3:0
- Lost to Mohamed Arjaoui 3:0
- Lost to Erik Pfeifer 3:0
- Defeated Tony Yoka WO
- Defeated Magomed Omarov 2:1
- Defeated Mohamed Arjaoui 2:1
National highlights
; Romania2009 National Cup 7th place – 91 kg
- 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 2nd place – +91 kg
- 1/2: Defeated Aleksei Zavatin RSC 3
- Finals: Lost to Mihail Muntean 7:1
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  |