Nistor was a pretty good amateur who beat AJ, Hrgovic, Majidov among others. You are right though, AM has beat no one in the pros to show he would be a favorite over Whyte. The only reason I rate him at all is he has some good amateur wins where he showed a good chin, although as we all know that doesn't always translate to the pros
Whytes been enough wars and been dropped heavilylots of times, you could see a fresh very powerful big up and comer knocking him clean out.