Mihai Nistor is eyeing a rematch with Anthony Joshua after knocking him out within the unpaid ranks 14 years in the past.
The Romanian heavyweight loved a fruitful beginner profession that included seven nationwide titles and two European bronze medals.
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En path to his first European medal in Turkish capital Ankara again in 2011, Nistor turned the primary man to cease Joshua after they met within the quarter-finals.
It marked Joshua’s second defeat as an beginner following an early setback in opposition to Dillian Whyte in 2009, and it stays his solely to have come inside the space throughout his vested days.
After two hard-fought rounds, Nistor caught AJ with a large left hook within the third stanza that buckled his knees.
As he was held up by ropes, the referee stepped in and initially administered a rely earlier than subsequently waving off the competition.
Whereas Joshua gained Olympic gold in 2012 and launched into a profitable skilled profession one 12 months later, Nistor stayed within the amateurs till 2019.
In a stop-and-start skilled run hampered by the COVID pandemic, Nistor has compiled an unblemished 8-0 document.
As an beginner, Nistor boxed Oleksandr Usyk, Filip Hrgovic, Frazer Clarke and Joshua, however he’s but to step up the degrees within the execs.
That’s one thing he intends to alter within the not-so-distant future.
“I’d like to field once more with my former rivals,” Nistor informed World Boxing Information.
“If I might field in opposition to Joshua and Usyk once more, that might be my purpose.
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“However proper now, I’m simply not with them. I’ve been persevering with to win fights. I’m a bit disillusioned with my profession.
“I used to be held again for about two years due to the pandemic.
“I’m assured and satisfied that I’ll make it to the extent of Joshua and Usyk.”
At 34 years outdated, Nistor must get a transfer on if he needs to tangle with the divisional elite.
He final fought in April 2024, when he blasted Peruvian journeyman David Zegarra away in two rounds in Timisoara, Romania.
Previous to that, Nistor retired 8-3 Colombian Jhan Carlo Delgado on his stool on the finish of the third body in his maiden look on British soil on the Brentwood Centre in September 2023.
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Joshua, in the meantime, is but to step again within the ring since struggling a devastating knockout defeat to Daniel Dubois in September.
The British heavyweight just lately underwent surgical procedure on his left elbow and is at present rehabilitating his harm.
He’s anticipated to return earlier than the tip of 2025, with some large fights within the pipeline.