Robin Reid

Robin Reid (born February 19, 1971 in Sefton, England) is a former British boxer also known as the "Grim Reaper", who won the light middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.

Amateur record

*1988 2nd at Light Middleweight at Junior Tournament in Bratislava, CSSR. Lost to Marco Theuer of Germany in the final. [http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Tournaments/BratislavianGrandPrix1988.html]
*1989 2nd at Light Middleweight at Junior World Championships in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Lost to Leonides Bedey of Cuba in the final on points.
*1990 3rd at Light Middleweight in ABA championships

*1991 fought as a Light Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
**Defeated Charmstrong Karnshupan (Thailand) TKO 1
**Lost to Israel Akopkokhian (Soviet Union) points

*1992 1st place at Canada Cup as a Light Middleweight. Results were:
**Defeated Darren Obah (Australia) points
**Defeated Ray Downey (Canada) points
**Defeated Alexander Pavelets (Ukraine) points

*Won the Light Middleweight bronze medal for Great Britain at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Results were:
**Defeated Marcus Thomas (Barbados) KO 1
**Defeated Leonidas Maleckis (Lithuania) points
**Defeated Ole Klemetsen (Norway) points
**Lost to Orhan Delibas (Netherlands) points

Professional career

Reid began his professional career in 1993 and quickly became a popular British fighter. In 1996, he captured the World Boxing Council super middleweight title by defeating Vincenzo Nardiello by a TKO in 7. He then successfully defended his title three times, including a victory over Hacine Cherifi. Reid then lost his title to Thulani Malinga via a unanimous decision. He then lost decisions to Joe Calzaghe and Silvio Branco.

In 2003 Reid faced IBF and WBA super middleweight title holder Sven Ottke, who took a narrow decision over Reid. In 2005, Reid landed a shot at IBF super middleweight title holder Jeff Lacy, who dominated him and won via an 8th round TKO.

After the Lacy fight, Reid defeaed Jessie Brinkley and then suffered a knockout defeat at the hands of Carl Froch in November 2007. He retired after that fight.

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