Constantin Nour

Constantin Nour
Born	(1907-06-15)June 15, 1907 Tiraspol, Russian Empire
Died	November 17, 1986(1986-11-17) (aged 79) Baba Ana, Socialist Republic of Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Boxing record
Total fights	30
Wins	10
Wins by KO	6
Losses	16
Draws	4

Constantin Nour (June 13, 1906[1] or June 15, 1907,[2] Tiraspol — November 17, 1986) was a Romanian champion middleweight boxer and national team trainer.

In 1926, he won the Romanian national championship in the middleweight category.[3]

Nour, who was a so-called Honored Trainer ("Antrenor emerit"), trained both the Romanian national junior and the senior teams.[4]

Disciples

• Olympic champions Nicolae Linca and Ion Monea
• Olympic silver medal winners Mircea Şimon[5] and Mircea Dobrescu[6]
• European triple champion (flyweight, super flyweight and bantamweight) Lucian Popescu[7]

Legacy

His old club, Dinamo Bucharest, has a boxing gym named in his honor.[8]

Professional boxing record

10 Wins (6 knockouts, 3 decisions, 1 disqualification), 16 Losses (3 knockouts, 11 decisions 2 disqualifications), 4 Draws [9]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	6-8-5	Dumitru Călinescu	DQ	2 (10)	1934-10-31	Timișoara, Romania
Loss	1-5	Dumitru Pavelescu	PTS	10 (10)	1932-02-27	Sidoli Circus, Bucharest, Romania
Loss	10-8-9	Mihai Fulea	KO	3 (10)	1931-05-09	Bucharest, Romania
Draw	71-37-21	Auguste Lengagne	PTS	10 (10)	1930-05-15	Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Loss	30-37-3	Maurice Kunter	DQ	1 (10)	1930-05-10	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Loss	9-8-5	Emile Caulier	TKO	10 (10)	1930-03-22	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Loss	6-4-8	Mihai Fulea	PTS	10 (10)	1929-12-14	Bucharest, Romania
Draw	6-4-7	Mihai Fulea	PTS	10 (10)	1929-11-16	Bucharest, Romania
Win	27-6-2	Martin Franchi	PTS	10 (10)	1929-06-09	Bucharest, Romania
Win	5-7-1	Ali Sadek	PTS	10 (10)	1929-05-25	Bucharest, Romania
Loss	27-10-15	Motzi Spakow	PTS	10 (10)	1929-04-20	Bucharest, Romania	For Romanian middleweight title.
Loss	44-9-4	Michel Riond	PTS	10 (10)	1929-03-16	Bucharest, Romania
Loss	6-9-2	Louis Legras	PTS	8 (8)	1929-02-16	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Win	6-8-2	Louis Legras	DQ	3 (10)	1929-02-02	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Win	9-11-5	Henri Barras	PTS	10 (10)	1929-01-19	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Draw	23-9-13	Motzi Spakow	PTS	10 (10)	1928-12-08	Bucharest, Romania
Loss	10-3-4	Umberto Lancia	PTS	10 (10)	1928-09-13	Bucharest, Romania
Loss	4-4-2	Dumitru Teica	PTS	10 (10)	1928-01-14	Bucharest, Romania
Draw	14-5-10	Motzi Spakow	PTS	10 (10)	1927-11-23	Bucharest, Romania
Win	38-15-14	Emile Romerio	TKO	2 (10)	1927-05-14	Bucharest, Romania
Loss	16-3-4	Poldi Steinbach	PTS	10 (10)	1927-04-10	Bucharest, Romania
Win	4-1	Dumitru Teica	KO	3 (10)	1927-02-27	Bucharest, Romania
Win	4-0	Dumitru Teica	KO	2 (10)	1927-02-26	Bucharest, Romania
Loss	0-1	Boris Alexeev	KO	1 (10)	1927-02-12	Bucharest, Romania
Loss	2-0	Dumitru Teica	PTS	10 (10)	1927-01-19	Bucharest, Romania	For Romanian heavyweight title.
Loss	15-2-4	Poldi Steinbach	TKO	5 (10)	1926-06-05	Bucharest, Romania
Loss	1-0	Dumitru Teica	PTS	10 (10)	1926-04-01	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-0	Al Puggi	KO	2 (10)	1926-03-06	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-0	Umberto Lancia	PTS	6 (6)	1926-02-01	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-0	Gaspard Luiggi	RTD	1 (10)	1923-09-30	Galați, Romania

Awards

• Honored Trainer ("Antrenor emerit")[10]
• In 1976, he was awarded the title Meritul Sportiv Cl. II ("The Sport Merit, Second Class").[11]

References

1. "Calendar" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on April 4, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
2. "Constantin Nour". Retrieved April 4, 2014.
3. "ISTORIA BOXULUI ROMÂNESC: Primul, prima, primii primele" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 5, 2014.
4. "EPOCA INTERBELICĂ (CONTINUARE)" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 5, 2014.
5. "Mircea Şimon – Românul care a rezistat două reprize în faţa lui Stevenson" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 4, 2014.
6. "Hercule de buzunar" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 5, 2014.
7. "Lucian Popescu şi cele trei centuri europene" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 5, 2014.
8. "Dinamo a inaugurat sala de box "Constantin Nour"" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 4, 2014.
9. "Constantin Nour profile at boxrec.com". Retrieved December 28, 2018.
10. "Antrenori" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
11. "Decretul nr. 250/1976 privind conferirea de distinctii ale Republicii Socialiste Romania unor sportivi, antrenori si activisti din domeniul educatiei fizice si sportului" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2014.