Michael Simms

Michael Simms

Personal information
Full name	Michael Simms Jr.
Nationality	United States
Born	July 26, 1974 (1974-07-26) (age 37) Sacramento, California
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Light Heavyweight
Medal record World Amateur Championships Gold 1999 Houston Light Heavyweight

Michael Simms Jr (born July 26, 1974 in Sacramento, California) is an American boxer best known to win the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships at light heavyweight.

Amateur

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 Olanda Anderson.[1]

Pro

He turned pro in 2000 but disappointed displaying a world class chin but moderate power and questionable work ethics. 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.

External links

• Pro record

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Olanda Anderson	United States Amateur Light Heavyweight Champion 1999	Succeeded by Olanda Anderson

Persondata
Name	Simms, Michael
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	July 26, 1974
Place of birth	Sacramento, California
Date of death
Place of death