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{{short description|Romanian boxer}}
{{Infobox boxer
|name=Mihai Leu
| image= |
| name image= Mihai Leu.png
|image_size=180px
| realname =
|caption=Leu in 2014
| nickname =Michael Loewe<br>Lion
|realname=
| weight = [[Welterweight]]
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1969|02|13|df=y}}
| height = 5 ft. 7½ in. (172 cm.)
|birth_place=[[Hunedoara]], Romania
| reach =
| nationality = {{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Romanians|Romanian]]
|nickname={{plainlist|
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|2|13|df=y}}
*Michael Loewe
| birth_place = [[Hunedoara]], [[Hunedoara County]], [[Romania]]
*Lion}}
| style = [[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]
|weight=[[Welterweight]]
| total = 28
|height=5 ft 7+1/2 in
| wins = 28
| KO reach=64 10in
|style=[[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]
| losses = 0
|total=28
| draws = 0
|wins=28
[http://www.mihaileu.ro/ Official Site]
|KO=10
|losses=
|draws=
|no contests=
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Amateur boxing]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ROM}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Youth and Junior World Boxing Championships#Youth (Junior) Championships (U19)|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1987 Havana|Light welterweight}}
}}
 
'''Mihai Leu''' also known as '''Michael Loewe''' (born 13 February 1969, in [[Hunedoara]])<ref>{{cite news| url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=004130&cat=boxer | work=boxrec.com | title=Michael Loewe | date=May 29, 2011}}</ref> is a [[Romania]]nRomanian former [[professional [[boxing|boxer]] who foughtcompeted outbetween of1991 [[Hamburg]],and [[Germany]]1997. He isheld a formerthe [[WBO]] [[Welterweightwelterweight]] Championtitle in 1997.
 
Leu retired after one title defense, against [[Michael Carruth]], becoming the secondthird [[Europe]]an boxer to retire as an [[List of undefeated boxing world champions|undefeated world champion]], after [[Jack McAuliffe (boxer)|Jack McAuliffe]] and [[Terry Marsh (boxer)|Terry Marsh]]. Due to an injury, he was forced to abandon boxing but unwilling to give up the world of sports, he turned to be a [[rallying|rally driver]]. He later became a national rally champion.
 
==Amateur highlights==
He started boxing in 1977 at the Hunedoara Constructorul club. In 1981 he moved to the Hunedoara Metalul from where in 1982 he moved on to [[Dinamo Bucharest]]. During his time with Dinamo, he won the national championship four consecutive years: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986. In 1986, he moved to [[CSA Steaua București|Steaua Bucharest]] and also became part of the national team.
 
In 1987, he became World Junior Champion.<ref>[http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldJuniorChamps1987.html World Junior Championship 1987]</ref>
 
In total he fought 200 amateur matches, out of which he won 190.
 
==Professional career==
In 1991, he became a professional boxer in Germany (using the name Michael Loewe). He would go on to win the vacant WBO welterweight title in 1997 by defeating Santiago Samaniego.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/02/23/devers-bounds-past-torrence-in-60m-dash/|title=Devers bounds past Torrence in 60m dash|publisher=Tampa Bay Times|access-date=2024-06-30}}</ref> He would defend the title once against Irish challenger Michael Carruth,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-21-sp-34843-story.html|title=Arizona’s Olson to Receive 2-Year Extension|publisher=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2024-06-30}}</ref> before retiring in 1998.
In 1991, he became a professional boxer in Germany (using the name Michael Loewe) and had 28 wins of 28 matches in welterweight, winning the following titles:
 
==Professional boxing record==
* 1993 - Germany Intercontinental Title (which he gave up without fighting)
{{BoxingRecordSummary
* 1995 - [[WBO]] Intercontinental Title (which he gave up without fighting)
|draws=
* 1997 - [[WBO]] [[Welterweight]] champion (which he gave up due to medical reasons)
|nc=
 
|ko-wins=10
== Professional record ==
|dec-wins=18
{{s-start}}
|ko-losses=
|dec-losses=
}}
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
|align="center" colspan=8|'''28 Wins''' (10 knockouts, 18 decisions), '''0 Losses''', '''0 Draws''' [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=004130&cat=boxer]
!Result
!Record
!Opponent
!Type
!Round, time
!Date
!Location
!Notes
|-
|28
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res.
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
|-align=center
|{{yes2}}Win
|28–0
|28-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Michael Carruth]]
| MD || 12
|12
|1997-09-20 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Tivoli Eissporthalle, [[Aachen]]
|20 Sep 1997
|align=left| Retained [[WBO]] [[Welterweight]] Title.
|align=left|{{small|Tivoli Eissporthalle, Aachen, Germany}}
|-align=center
|align=left|{{small|Retained WBO welterweight title}}
|-
|27
|{{yes2}}Win
|27–0
|27-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Santiago Samaniego]]
| UD || 12
|12
|1997-02-22 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Sporthalle, [[Hamburg]]
|22 Feb 1997
|align=left| Won vacant [[WBO]] [[Welterweight]] Title.
|align=left|{{small|Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany}}
|-align=center
|align=left|{{small|Won vacant [[List of WBO world champions#Welterweight|WBO welterweight title]]}}
|-
|26
|{{yes2}}Win
|26–0
|26-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Jakubowski]]
|TKO
| TKO || 5 {{small|(10)}}
|5 (10)
|1996-11-16 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Sporthalle, [[Hamburg]]
|16 Nov 1996
|align=left|{{small|Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|25
|{{yes2}}Win
|25–0
|25-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} [[Jorge Ramirez (boxer)|Jorge Ramirez]]
| PTS || 8
|8
|1996-10-19 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Zoo-Gesellschaftshaus, [[Frankfurt]]
|19 Oct 1996
|align=left|{{small|Zoo-Gesellschaftshaus, [[Frankfurt]], Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|24
|{{yes2}}Win
|24–0
|24-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dwayne Swift]]
|KO
| KO || 4 {{small|(10)}}
|4 (10)
|1996-06-08 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Deutz Sporthalle, [[Cologne]]
|8 Jun 1996
|align=left|{{small|Deutz Sporthalle, [[Cologne]], Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|23
|{{yes2}}Win
|23–0
|23-0
| align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Freddy Demeulenaere]]
| PTS || 8
|8
|1996-05-04 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Sport und Erholungszentrum, [[Berlin]]
|4 May 1996
|align=left|{{small|Sport und Erholungszentrum, Berlin, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|align=left|
|22
|-align=center
|{{yes2}}Win
|22–0
|22-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Jose Brand]]
| PTS || 8
|8
|1996-04-13 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Sporthalle, [[Hamburg]]
|14 Apr 1996
|align=left|{{small|Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|21
|{{yes2}}Win
|21–0
|21-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miguel AngelÁngel Pena]]Peña
| PTS || 8
|8
|1995-06-10 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Europahalle]], [[Karlsruhe]]
|10 Jun 1995
|align=left|{{small|[[Europahalle]], [[Karlsruhe]], Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|20
|{{yes2}}Win
|20–0
|20-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Houk]]
|TKO
| TKO || 11 {{small|(12)}}
|11 (12), {{small|2:24}}
|1995-04-01 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Saaltheater Geulen, [[Aachen]]
|1 Apr 1995
|align=left|Won vacant [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] Inter-Continental [[Welterweight]] Title.
|align=left|{{small|Saaltheater Geulen, Aachen, Germany}}
|-align=center
|align=left|{{small|Won vacant [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] Inter-Continental welterweight title}}
|-
|19
|{{yes2}}Win
|19–0
|19-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Butters]]
| UD || 8
|8
|1995-01-28 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Sporthalle, [[Berlin]]
|28 Jan 1995
|align=left|{{small|Sporthalle, Berlin, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|18
|{{yes2}}Win
|18–0
|18-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Harold Bennett (boxer)|Harold Bennett]]
| PTS || 8
|8
|1994-12-17 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Sporthalle, [[Hamburg]]
|17 Dec 1994
|align=left|{{small|Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|17
|{{yes2}}Win
|17–0
|17-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Stefan Schramm]]
| PTS || 10
|10
|1994-12-03 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Atelier Bruno Bruni, [[Hamburg]]
|3 Dec 1994
|align=left|Won vacant [[Germany|German]] International [[Welterweight]] Title.
|align=left|{{small|Atelier Bruno Bruni, Hamburg, Germany}}
|-align=center
|align=left|{{small|Won vacant German International [[welterweight]] title}}
|-
|16
|{{yes2}}Win
|16–0
|16-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Benjamin Felix]]
| TKO || 2
|2 (?)
|1994-11-13 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Universum Gym, [[Hamburg]]
|13 Nov 1994
|align=left|{{small|Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|15
|{{yes2}}Win
|15–0
|15-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lloyd Ratalsky]]
| TKO || 4
|4 (?)
|1994-10-22 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Hansehalle, [[Lübeck]]
|22 Oct 1994
|align=left|{{small|Hansehalle, [[Lübeck]], Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|14
|{{yes2}}Win
|14–0
|14-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Attila Veres]]
| PTS || 8
|8
|1994-09-03 || align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Wiener Neustadt]]
|3 Sep 1994
|align=left|{{small|Domplatz, [[Wiener Neustadt]], Austria}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|13
|{{yes2}}Win
|13–0
|13-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Gejza Stipak]]
| TKO || 4
|4 (?)
|1994-04-10 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Universum Gym, [[Hamburg]]
|10 Apr 1994
|align=left|{{small|Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|12
|{{yes2}}Win
|12–0
|12-0
| align=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Pave Turic]]
| KO || 2
|2 (?)
|1994-03-19 || align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
|19 Mar 1994
|align=left|{{small|Lugner City, [[Vienna]], Austria}}
|align=left|
|-
|align=left|
|11
|-align=center
|{{yes2}}Win
|11–0
|11-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Antonio Daga]]
| PTS || 8
|8
|1994-02-19 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Sportshalle, [[Hamburg]]
|19 Feb 1994
|align=left|{{small|Sportshalle, Hamburg, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|10
|{{yes2}}Win
|10–0
|10-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Hector Omar Luque]]
| PTS || 6
|6
|1994-02-05 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|5 Feb 1994
|align=left|{{small|[[Deutschlandhalle]], Berlin, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|9
|{{yes2}}Win
|9–0
|9-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Nestor Jesus Gil]]
| PTS || 8
|8
|1993-10-15 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Sporthalle, [[Berlin]]
|15 Oct 1993
|align=left|{{small|Sporthalle, Berlin, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|8
|{{yes2}}Win
|8–0
|8-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marino Monteyne]]
| PTS || 6
|6
|1993-10-02 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Barbarossa Halle, [[Kaiserslautern]]
|2 Oct 1993
|align=left|{{small|Barbarossa Halle, [[Kaiserslautern]], Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|7
|{{yes2}}Win
|7–0
|7-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Farid Bennecer]]
|TKO
| KO || 4
|4 (?)
|1993-09-11 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Tivoli Eissporthalle, [[Aachen]]
|11 Sep 1993
|align=left|{{small|Tivoli Eissporthalle, Aachen, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|6
|{{yes2}}Win
|6–0
|6-0
| align=left|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Miroslav Strbak]]
| KO || 4
|4 (?)
|1993-06-26 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Sporthalle, [[Hamburg]]
|26 Jun 1993
|align=left|{{small|Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|align=left|
|5
|-align=center
|{{yes2}}Win
|5–0
|5-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Oscar Washington]]
|PTS
| PTS || 6 {{small|(6)}}
|6
|1993-05-22 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Tivoli Eissporthalle, [[Aachen]]
|22 May 1993
|align=left|{{small|Tivoli Eissporthalle, [[Aachen]], Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|4
|{{yes2}}Win
|4–0
|4-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Miroslav Strbak]]
| PTS || 6
|6
|1993-04-03 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Sporthalle, [[Hamburg]]
|3 Apr 1993
|align=left|{{small|Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|3
|{{yes2}}Win
|3–0
|3-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Wayne Green (boxer)|Wayne Green]]
| PTS || 4
|4
|1993-02-13 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Sporthalle, [[Hamburg]]
|13 Feb 1993
|align=left|{{small|[[Alsterdorfer Sporthalle|Sporthalle]], [[Hamburg]], Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|2
|{{yes2}}Win
|2–0
|2-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jan Mazgut]]
| KO || 2
|2 (?)
|1991-12-13 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Minden]]
|13 Dec 1991
|align=left|{{small|[[Minden]], Germany}}
|align=left|
|-
|-align=center
|1
|{{yes2}}Win
|1–0
|1-0
|align=left|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Gejza Stipak]]
| PTS || 6
|6
|1991-09-16 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Legien Center, [[Berlin]]
|16 Sep 1991
|align=left|{{small|Legien Center, [[Berlin]], Germany}}
|align=left|
|}
|-align=center
{{s-end}}
 
==Rally career==
In 1998 he started his new career at the wheel of a [[Ford Ka]] and after only three years, he managed to become Romania's rally vice-champion. He had already participated in rallying before, having made his debut in 1994, at the [[Banat]] Rally, onin a [[Volkswagen Golf GTI]].
 
Five years later, in 2003, he became Romania's [[Romanian Rally Championship|national champion]] driving a [[Hyundai Accent WRC]], with [[co-driver]] Ciprian Solomon. After failing to win another race after his championship winning year, Mihai Leu gave up competitive rallying in 2008, only to return in 2010, as team-manager of [[Jack Daniel]]'s Rally Team, in the Romanian National Rally Championship (CNR).
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He is the son of Nicolae Leu, a well-known Romanian rally driver of the `70s–`80s. His brother, Victor, also made his debut in car racing in 1999, as his [[co-driver]].
 
He is married and has a son Marco, born in 1993, who is a [[karting]]winter driversportsman.
 
He is involved in politics along with the [[Partidul Conservator]], despite failing to secure a place in the [[European Parliament]], in the 2007 national elections. He works part-time as assistant at the [[Tibiscus University]] in [[TimişoaraTimișoara]].
 
In 2014, he had colon cancer and received surgery in Bucharest and treatment in Vienna.
 
==See also==
{{commons}}
*[[List of world welterweight boxing champions]]
*[[List of undefeated world boxing champions#Undefeated male champions|List of undefeated world boxing champions]]
 
==References==
{{reflistReflist}}
 
==External links==
*{{Boxrec|id=4130}}
*[http://www.mihaileu.ro/ Mihai Leu's Official Site]
*[http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldJuniorChamps1987.html World Junior Championships 1987]
* {{boxrec|id=004130}}
*[https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/10938-mihai-leu/ eWRC-results]
 
{{s-start}}
{{s-sports}}
{{Succession box|
{{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Regional boxing titles}}
before=[[Jose Luis Lopez (boxer)|Jose Luis Lopez]]|
{{s-bef|before=Stefan Schramm}}
title=[[WBO Welterweight Champion]]|
{{s-ttl|title=German International<br>welterweight champion
after=Ahmed Kotiev|
|years=23 FebDecember 19971994 -– 2 February 1997<br>'''Vacated'''|Won world title}}
{{s-vac|next=Alpaslan Aguzum}}
}}
{{s-new}}
{{s-ttl|title=WBO Inter-Continental<br>welterweight champion
|years=1 April 1995 – 1996<br>Vacated}}
{{s-vac|next=[[Larry Barnes (boxer)|Larry Barnes]]}}
{{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=World boxing titles}}
|-
{{s-vac|last=[[José Luis López (boxer)|José Luis López]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBO world champions#Welterweight|WBO welterweight champion]]
|years=22 February 1997 – 1998<br>Retired}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Akhmed Kotiev]]<br>''{{small|promoted from interim status}}''}}
{{s-end}}
 
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