https://universul.net/former-romanian-world-boxing-champion-mihai-leu-dead-at-56/ **** cancer, romanian boxer who detained WBO welterweight championship in 97 for anyone not familiar
That's crazy. I've never heard of Leu but I just ran across him while looking at BoxRec about two minutes ago. I was surprised I'd never heard of a world champion who retired undefeated. I searched the forum to see if there were posts about him and I see this one saying he died just last week. Leu won the vacant WBO welterweight title in 1997, defeating Santiago Samaniego by unanimous decision. He made his only defense against 1992 Olympic gold medal winner Michael Carruth of Ireland. Leu won by majority decision and called it a career. RIP Mr. Leu
