- Travis Simms
Infobox Boxer
name=Travis Simms
realname=Travis Simms
nickname=Tremendous
weight=Light Middleweight
nationality=Flagicon|USA U.S.
birth_date=Birth date and age|1971|5|1|mf=y
birth_place=Norwalk,Connecticut , U.S.
death_date|=
death_place|=
style=Southpaw
total=26
wins=25
losses=1
draws=0
no contests=0
KO=19|Travis Simms (born
May 1 ,1971 ) is a professional American boxer in thesuper welterweight (154 lb) division.On
January 6 ,2007 , Simms won a nine-round knockout victory against Jose Antonio "El Gallo" Rivera in a championship bout inHollywood, Florida .Simms, nicknamed "Tremendous", turned pro late, at the age of 26, after a stellar amateur career. Although he held the title twice, he was still undefeated until his 26th bout. He first won it in 2003, but was stripped of the belt in May 2005 because he filed a lawsuit against the WBA Organization (in November 2004) for not enforcing his mandatory contract that he received from the organization when he won the regular world title from
Alejandro Garcia Dec. 2, 2003. Simms made a request to enforce his mandate or strip the Super championRonald "Winky" Wright .As the result of an out-of-court settlement in the summer of 2006, the WBA reinstated Simms as "Champion in Recess" in August of 2006 while maintaining the full champion status of reigning champion
Jose Antonio Rivera [http://www.sho.com/site/boxing/profile.do?fighter=454411&event=454229&fight=507924] .Simms is a native of the
South Norwalk section of Norwalk,Connecticut . His brother,Tarvis Simms , is also a fighter. On July 7th, 2007, Simms lost his title toJoachim Alcine , of Montreal, Quebec (Canada) in theArena at Harbor Yard inBridgeport, Connecticut See also
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List of current world boxing champions *
List of WBA world champions References
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