Sport & Note

Mircea SIMON

Male

(Mircea Şimon)
Heavyweight, Romania, Bucharest
In 1978-1979 was based in USA, Los Angeles, California, as a professional
Born: 22 January 1954, Bucharest, Romania
Height: 6ft 3in, mt 1,91

When returned to Romania became a coach

as an amateur:
1974 Romanian light-heavyweight champion
1975 and 1977 Romanian heavyweight champion
1975 Katowice, Poland, European heavyweight bronze medal
1976 Montreal, Canada, Olympic Games heavyweight silver medal
1977 Halle, East Germany, European heavyweight bronze medal

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1974
Bucharest, Romania, Romanian Championships gold medal, 81 kg
+ Oct. 21	Petre Parvu	Bucharest, Romania	WKO 2
+ Oct. 25	Constantin Varan	Bucharest, Romania	WPTS 5:0
+ Oct. 27	Marin Constantinescu	Bucharest, Romania	WPTS 5:0
1975
Bucharest, Romania, Golden Belt Tournament silver medal, +81 kg
- Apr. 7	Teofilo Stevenson	Bucharest, Romania	LWO
Katowice, Poland, European Championships bronze medal, +81 kg
+ June 2	Kenneth Wiberg	Katowice, Poland	WRSC 2
+ June 4	Rajko Miljic	Katowice, Poland	WDQ 2
- June 6	Andrzej Biegalski	Katowice, Poland	LKO 2
Bucharest, Romania, Romanian Championships gold medal, +81 kg
+ Oct. 18	Ion Boanca	Bucharest, Romania	WAB 1
+ Oct. 22	Mihai Morarescu	Bucharest, Romania	WKO 1
+ Oct. 24	Ilie Dascalu	Bucharest, Romania	WAB 2
+ Oct. 26	Ion Alexe	Bucharest, Romania	WWO
1976
Bucharest, Romania, Golden Belt Tournament gold medal, +81 kg
+ Apr. 19	Mahmoud Ahmed Ali	Bucharest, Romania	WAB 1
+ Apr. 21	Faiz	Bucharest, Romania	WKO 1
+ Apr. 22	Abdellatif Fatihi	Bucharest, Romania	WKO 1
+ Apr. 25	Angel Milian Rivero	Bucharest, Romania	WPTS 4:1
Montreal, Canada, Olympic Games silver medal, +81 kg
+ July 24	Trevor Berbick	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0
+ July 26	Atanas Suvandzhiev	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 4:1
+ July 28	Clarence Hill	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0
- July 30	Teofilo Stevenson	Montreal, Canada	LAB 3
1977
Hannover, West Germany, Dual Match West Germany vs Romania, +81 kg
- Mar. 3	Peter Hussing	Hannover, West Germany	LPTS
Bucharest, Romania, Golden Belt Tournament gold medal, +81 kg
+ Apr. 20	Petre Ungureanu	Bucharest, Romania	WAB 1
+ Apr. 22	Gica Axente	Bucharest, Romania	WAB 1
+ Apr. 24	Igor Vysotsky	Bucharest, Romania	WWO
Halle, East Germany, European Championships bronze medal, +81 kg
+ May 29	Finn Nielsen	Halle, East Germany	WAB 2
+ June 1	Ladislav Resl	Halle, East Germany	WAB 2
- June 3	Evgeny Gorstkov	Halle, East Germany	LPTS 5:0
Bucharest, Romania, Romanian Championships gold medal, +81 kg
+ Oct. 10	Constantin Varan	Bucharest, Romania	WKO 1
+ Oct. 12	Petre Ungureanu	Bucharest, Romania	WPTS 3
+ Oct. 14	Ion Giurca	Bucharest, Romania	WPTS 3
+ Oct. 16	Ion Boanca	Bucharest, Romania	WTKO 1

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1978
+ Mar. 18	Rocky Jones	Las Vegas, United States	W 6
+ May 4	Rocky Jones	Los Angeles, United States	KO 1
+ May 18	Bob Swoopes	Los Angeles, United States	W 8
+ June 15	Dan Johnson	Los Angeles, United States	KO 6
+ July 27	Mark Junior	Los Angeles, United States	KO 2
+ Sept. 15	David Wynne	New Orleans, United States	KO 1
+ Oct. 26	Oliver Philipps	Los Angeles, United States	TKO 2
1979
+ Feb. 1	James Dixon	Los Angeles, United States	KO 2
= Mar. 1	Eddie Lopez	Los Angeles, United States	Draw 10
+ Apr. 26	Beau Williford	Los Angeles, United States	KO 2
+ June 14	Tony Pulu	Los Angeles, United States	KO 3
+ July 26	Koroseta Kid	Los Angeles, United States	KO 2
+ Aug. 30	Charlie Johnson	Los Angeles, United States	KO 4
= Sept. 27	Leroy Caldwell	Los Angeles, United States	Draw 10

Summary

Total bouts: 14, Won: 12 (10 inside the limit), Lost: 0 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0