About Michael Simms
Born 1974. Michael Simms is an American boxer.
Michael Simms Jr (born July 26, 1974) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 1999 World Championships at light heavyweight.
Amateur career Simms won the tournament in Houston 1999 by beating David Haye 8–2, Humberto Savigne of Cuba 5–1, defeating Ali Ismayilov of Azerbaijan by 7–5 and getting a controversial 3–3 (countback 33–26) decision over John Dovi of France in the final.
A year later, Simms was dropped from the Olympics 2000 team for breaches of discipline, and replaced with.
Professional career He turned pro in 2000 but disappointed displaying a world class chin but moderate power and questionable work ethic. He drew with undefeated Felix Cora Jr. in 2003, then lost to undefeated heavyweight Nurlan Meirmanov, the rematch with Cora in 2004, undefeated cruiser Vadim Tokarev, Ola Afolabi (9–1) and undefeated Marco Huck in 2005. In 2007 he lost to Louis Azille and undefeated heavyweight Roman Greenberg.
Professional boxing record
Loss
TKO 4 04/02/2012
Win
TKO 5 05/11/2011
Loss
KO 4 24/09/2011
Loss
UD 6 03/06/2011
Loss
UD 8 13/03/2010
Win
UD 8 05/12/2009
Loss
SD 10 12/09/2009
Draw
PTS 6 07/08/2009
Loss
UD 10 19/06/2009
Loss
MD 8 25/10/2008
Win
UD 6 15/05/2008
Loss
UD 8 23/02/2008
Loss
SD 10 07/02/2008
Loss
UD 10 10/03/2007
Loss
UD 8 22/02/2007
Loss
UD 8 17/12/2005
Win
UD 6 30/09/2005
Win
UD 8 26/08/2005
Loss
UD 8 19/08/2005
Win
UD 10 21/07/2005
Loss
UD 10 13/05/2005
Win
UD 8 29/04/2005
Win
RTD 8 10/12/2004
Win
KO 1 14/10/2004
Loss
MD 12 25/06/2004
Win
TKO 6 27/03/2004
Loss
MD 6 21/02/2004
Draw
PTS 10 15/03/2003
Win
KO 2 01/11/2002
Win
RTD 4 24/05/2002
Win
TKO 4 29/03/2002
Win
TKO 3 19/12/2001
Win
UD 10 07/09/2001
Win
TKO 1 21/07/2001
Win
KO 2 22/06/2001
Win
TKO 1 27/04/2001
Win
KO 2 11/03/2001
Win
KO 2 19/01/2001
Win
KO 2 27/10/2000
Win
MD 4 19/08/2000
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Michael Simms?
American boxer
When was Michael Simms born?
Michael Simms was born on 26 July 1974 in Sacramento.
What is Michael Simms's occupation?
Michael Simms is a boxer.
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Michael Simms is American.
Sources & further reading
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