Michael Simms (boxer)

Michael Simms
Personal information
Full name	Michael Simms Jr.
Nationality	United States
Born	July 26, 1974 (age 49); Sacramento, California
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light heavyweight
Medal record
World Championships

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 edit

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.^{[citation needed]}

A year later, Simms was dropped from the Olympics 2000 team for breaches of discipline, and replaced with Olanda Anderson.[1]

Professional career edit

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.^{[citation needed]}

Professional boxing record edit

22 Wins (14 knockouts, 8 decisions), 16 Losses (2 knockouts, 14 decisions), 2 Draws [2]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	24-0	Mateusz Masternak	TKO	4	04/02/2012	Fraport Arena, Frankfurt	Referee stopped the bout at 1:16 of the fourth round.
Win	8-16-1	Leo Bercier	TKO	5	05/11/2011	Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California
Loss	10-0	Rakhim Chakhkiyev	KO	4	24/09/2011	Dima-Sportcenter, Hamburg	Simms knocked out at 1:43 of the fourth round.
Loss	11-2	Anatoliy Dudchenko	UD	6	03/06/2011	Warner Center Marriott, Woodland Hills, California
Loss	21-0	Alexander Frenkel	UD	8	13/03/2010	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Win	12-1-1	Martin Kempf	UD	8	05/12/2009	Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg
Loss	19-1	Matt Godfrey	SD	10	12/09/2009	Red Lion Hotel, Sacramento, California
Draw	24-10-2	Kelvin Davis	PTS	6	07/08/2009	Red Lion Hotel, Sacramento, California
Loss	21-1	Troy Ross	UD	10	19/06/2009	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Loss	16-1	Yoan Pablo Hernandez	MD	8	25/10/2008	Weser-Ems-Halle, Oldenburg
Win	25-6	Derrick Harmon	UD	6	15/05/2008	Red Lion Hotel, Sacramento, California
Loss	28-1	Grigory Drozd	UD	8	23/02/2008	DIVS, Ekaterinburg
Loss	10-5	Damian Norris	SD	10	07/02/2008	Red Lion Hotel, Sacramento, California
Loss	24-0	Roman Greenberg	UD	10	10/03/2007	Madison Square Garden, New York City
Loss	18-3-2	Louis Azille	UD	8	22/02/2007	Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, California
Loss	11-0	Marco Huck	UD	8	17/12/2005	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Win	19-22-3	Willie Chapman	UD	6	30/09/2005	Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks, California
Win	23-23-5	David Vedder	UD	8	26/08/2005	Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, California
Loss	9-1-3	Ola Afolabi	UD	8	19/08/2005	Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	12-6-1	Troy Beets	UD	10	21/07/2005	ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California
Loss	18-0-1	Vadim Tokarev	UD	10	13/05/2005	Kazan Sports Hall, Kazan
Win	10-7-3	Jonathan Young	UD	8	29/04/2005	Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, California
Win	27-8-2	Joseph Kiwanuka	RTD	8	10/12/2004	ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California	Kiwanuka retired after the eighth round.
Win	8-8-2	Victor Maciel	KO	1	14/10/2004	ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California	Maciel knocked out at 0:55 of the first round.
Loss	13-0-2	Felix Cora, Jr.	MD	12	25/06/2004	Ramada Inn, Rosemont, Illinois	IBF USBA Cruiserweight Title.
Win	5-1	Marcelino Novaes	TKO	6	27/03/2004	ARCO Arena, Stateline, Nevada	Referee stopped the bout at 1:47 of the sixth round.
Loss	7-0	Yanqui Diaz	MD	6	21/02/2004	City Center Pavilion, Reno, Nevada
Draw	10-0	Felix Cora, Jr.	PTS	10	15/03/2003	UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois
Win	13-32-8	Wesley Martin	KO	2	01/11/2002	ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California	Martin knocked out at 1:45 of the second round.
Win	6-22-1	Miguel Aquila	RTD	4	24/05/2002	Feather Falls Casino, Oroville, California
Win	9-20	Tracy Barrios	TKO	4	29/03/2002	Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, California	Referee stopped the bout at 0:36 of the fourth round.
Win	14-23	Ali Sanchez	TKO	3	19/12/2001	Feather Falls Casino, Oroville, California	Referee stopped the bout at 2:58 of the third round.
Win	11-4	Reggie Roberts	UD	10	07/09/2001	Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, California
Win	--	Richard Curtis	TKO	1	21/07/2001	Feather Falls Casino, Oroville, California	Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the first round.
Win	--	Maximo Martinez	KO	2	22/06/2001	Vallejo, California
Win	3-4	Kevin Gilchrist	TKO	1	27/04/2001	Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada
Win	3-3	Kevin Gilchrist	KO	2	11/03/2001	Feather Falls Casino, Oroville, California	Gilchrist knocked out at 1:42 of the second round.
Win	4-4-2	Marcus Harvey	KO	2	19/01/2001	ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California	Harvey knocked out at 1:08 of the second round.
Win	5-3-1	Jose Carlos Gonzalez	KO	2	27/10/2000	Feather Falls Casino, Oroville, California
Win	24-23-2	Jesus Mayorga	MD	4	19/08/2000	Feather Falls Casino, Oroville, California