Michael Simms Jr (born July 26, 1974) is an American former

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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

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8-2, Humberto Savigne of Cuba 5-1, defeating

Ali Ismayilov Ali Ismayilov (born May 8, 1974) is a boxer from Azerbaijan and the current WBO Latino Cruiserweight champion. Amateur Ismayilov won the bronze medal at light heavyweight at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas ...

of Azerbaijan by 7-5 and getting a controversial 3-3 (countback 33-26) decision over

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of France in the final. A year later, Simms was dropped from the Olympics 2000 team for breaches of discipline, and replaced with Olanda Anderso

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

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in 2004, undefeated cruiser Vadim Tokarev, Ola Afolabi (9-1) and undefeated

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in 2005. In 2007 he lost to Louis Azille and undefeated heavyweight

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Professional boxing record

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Matt Godfrey Matt Godfrey (born January 16, 1981) is a Wampanoag former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2012. He challenged for the WBO cruiserweight title in 2010. Amateur career Godfrey, who is a close friend of Jason Estrada since his child ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Simms, Michael 1974 births Living people Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers from Sacramento, California World boxing champions Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers National Golden Gloves champions American male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists