Mircea Șimon (born 22 January 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,[2] losing to Teófilo Stevenson in the final. Șimon also won four national senior titles and two bronze medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.[citation needed] 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.[3] 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.[4]
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| Weight(s) | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1954-01-22) 22 January 1954 (age 68) Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| 12 Wins (10 knockouts, 2 decisions), 2 Draws [5] | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| Draw | 12–2–0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1979-09-27 | |||
| Win | 12–1–0 | KO | 4 (10) | 1979-08-30 | |||
| Win | 11–1–0 | KO | 2 (10) | 1979-07-26 | |||
| Win | 10–1–0 | KO | 3 (10) | 1979-06-14 | |||
| Win | 9–1–0 | KO | 2 (10) | 1979-04-26 | |||
| Draw | 8–1–0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1979-03-01 | |||
| Win | 8–0 | KO | 2 (10) | 1979-02-01 | |||
| Win | 7–0 | TKO | 2 (10) | 1978-10-26 | |||
| Win | 6–0 | KO | 1 | 1978-09-15 | |||
| Win | 5–0 | KO | 2 | 1978-07-27 | |||
| Win | 4–0 | KO | 6 (8) | 1978-06-15 | |||
| Win | 3–0 | PTS | 8 (8) | 1978-05-18 | |||
| Win | 2–0 | KO | 1 | 1978-05-04 | |||
| Win | 1–0 | UD | 6 (6) | 1978-03-18 | |||