The priest read the messages the former great champion left to the close

The priest read several messages that the former great champion left for those close to him before he died on July 1, 2025.

The priest read in the church several messages left by Mihai Leu before he died: “You were the rock on which the whole family was supported”

According to Antena3.ro, the ceremony is officiated by a priest of priests of which Nestor, Bishop of Deva and Hunedoara is also part. The messages left by Mihai Leu were addressed to his son Marco, his wife Anna, his father and brother, but also for relatives and friends.

For his son, Marco: “Always look at the evening at the stars and smile!” For his wife, Anna: “You were the rock on which the whole family was supported. I loved you more than maybe a lover.” For his father: “Dad, be strong!” For the brother: “I should have told you more often that I love you.” For relatives and friends: “Do not be sad, I love you very much and I am pleased that you were part of my life”, were the messages left by Mihai Leu, according to the source mentioned above.

Mihai Leu fought with the colon cancer of 2014. He managed to overcome the disease once, but he relapsed the aggressive exterior.

Mihai Leu was WBO World Champion in the Semimi -Impress category in 1997. The former great champion withdrew from pugilist after an injury. Mihai Leu has never been defeated in the 28 matches of his professional boxer career. At amateur Mihai Leu he won 190 matches out of 200 in Romania and Germany.

Mihai Leu began to box in Hunedoara in 1977, and then fled from communist Romania to Germany, where he was carved as a athlete. After stopping from boxing, Mihai Leu followed another passion: car races. The former great Romanian athlete became a national champion in Raliu in 2003. The passion for motorism inherited it from his father, an important name in national races in the 70s-80s.