Mihai Leu
Leu in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Romanian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1968 Hunedoara, Romania | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 July 2025 (aged 57) Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (171 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||
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| Reach | 64 in (163 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Mihai Leu (13 February 1968 – 1 July 2025), also known as Michael Löwe, was a Romanian professional boxer who competed between 1991 and 1997. He held the WBO welterweight title in 1997.
Leu retired after one title defense, against Michael Carruth, becoming the third European boxer to retire as an undefeated world champion, after Jack McAuliffe and 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 rally driver. He later became a national rally champion.