Article by Adrian Duţă – published Wednesday, 02 July 2025 22:38 / Updated Wednesday, 02 July 2025 22:43
Ioan Andone was present at the Hunedoara Theater Hall, where Mihai Leu's coffin was deposited. The former great footballer from Dinamo spoke excited about the former world boxing champion.
Mihai Leu died on July 1, at Fundeni Hospital, in Bucharest, at the age of 56. The inanimate body of the former great boxer was transported to his hometown, Hunedoara. Ioan Andone spoke with tears in his eyes about his friend and about the disease with which he fought, cancer in the colon.
Ioan Andone: “Mihai Leu fought with death”
„Un sportiv de excepție, un om de excepție, un hunedorean și după aia român. Sunt momente foarte grele, dar de 11 ani se lupta cu boala asta nenorocită.
The last 7 months were terrible, had 23 operations in total. I have seen him many times during this period. We met in Bucharest and spoke. Mihai was holding a lot in Hunedoara, he wanted to come to Hunedoara, did the second bleeding and could not be saved.
He fought with death, I was even telling him “Do you resist?”/ “How not, Ando! I have to compete in automobile ». The disease does not forgive you, unfortunately for us. I was little friends, but you know he was talented in football. It was an exceptional athlete.
I understood that a boxing room will be made with his name. It was an example. No one expected, only the close ones knew how serious it is. Mihai never complained, “said Ioan Andone, in Hunedoara, according to digisport.ro.
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In 2014, Mihai Leu was diagnosed with colon cancer. Since then, the former world champion, undefeated to the professionals, has led a fierce fight with the disease. He defeated the cancer at one point, but he has recurred aggressively lately.
Mihai Leu will be buried on Friday / Photo: Facebook @mihai Leu
