Robbie Sims

Robbie Sims
Statistics
Real name	Robbie Sims
Nickname(s)	n/a
Rated at	Middleweight
Nationality	American
Born	(1959-06-23) June 23, 1959 Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	50
Wins	38
Wins by KO	26
Losses	10
Draws	2
No contests	0

Robbie Sims (born November 5, 1959) is a former contender at middleweight, (boxing) fighting out of Brockton, Massachusetts like his half-brother, world middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler, also a southpaw.

Career

He KOd an inexperienced Iran Barkley, outpointed Doug DeWitt and rose to prominence as a middleweight contender by defeating Roberto Durán in 1986. Sims lost to Sumbu Kalambay in a shot for the WBA title in 1988 and it was all downhill from there. All his losses were on points except a KO7 vs Nigel Benn.

Sims was trained by famous Brockton based trainers Pat and Goody Petronelli. He had a career record of 38-10-2 with 26 knockouts.

Professional boxing record

38 Wins (26 knockouts, 12 decisions), 10 Losses (1 knockout, 9 decisions), 2 Draws
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	4-2	Jose "Bert" Burgos	PTS	8	20/09/1996	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Loss	34-5	Vinny Pazienza	UD	10	26/10/1993	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	93-97, 93-98, 93-99.
Win	1-5	Willis Ely	KO	3	16/04/1993	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	23-39-2	Keheven Johnson	TKO	3	26/02/1993	Woodbridge, Virginia, United States
Win	11-85	Jerry Strickland	KO	1	26/06/1992	Randolph, Massachusetts, United States
Win	14-19	Dennis "The Menace" Johnson	KO	4	02/04/1992	Randolph, Massachusetts, United States
Win	19-29	Robert "Vindaloo" Curry	PTS	10	22/02/1992	Randolph, Massachusetts, United States
Loss	27-2	Nigel Benn	KO	7	03/04/1991	Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win	24-12	Ralph Moncrief	UD	10	24/11/1990	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	99-92, 99-91, 97-93.
Loss	21-3-2	Ron "Dragon" Essett	MD	10	26/06/1990	Tampa, Florida, United States	95-95, 95-97, 94-97.
Win	19-6	Kenny "Special Delivery" Butler	DQ	5	13/04/1990	Taunton, Massachusetts, United States
Win	2-11	Victor King	TKO	9	30/12/1989	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Loss	12-2-1	Dennis "Magician" Milton	UD	10	12/09/1989	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	92-98, 92-98, 91-99.
Loss	30-6-4	Doug DeWitt	SD	12	18/04/1989	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	WBO World Middleweight Title. 113-115, 112-116, 115-113.
Loss	44-3-1	Sumbu Kalambay	UD	12	12/06/1988	Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy	WBA World Middleweight Title. 110-118, 113-117, 113-119.
Win	10-9-1	Ralph "Shocktime" Smiley	TKO	9	18/03/1988	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:40 of the ninth round.
Win	11-2	Lee Sanders	TKO	5	10/04/1987	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:53 of the fifth round.
Draw	12-2	Tim "The Refrain" Williams	PTS	10	12/02/1987	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	96-94, 95-96, 96-96.
Win	79-6	Roberto Duran	SD	10	23/06/1986	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	97-92, 95-94, 94-96.
Win	34-1-1	John "Jackie" Collins	TKO	1	09/03/1986	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	IBF USBA Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:46 of the first round.
Win	15-7	Mario Tineo	TKO	4	06/12/1985	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	25-1-3	Doug DeWitt	UD	10	30/08/1985	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	6-4, 7-3, 5-4.
Win	10-11-1	Stacy McSwain	KO	4	30/05/1985	Portland, Maine, United States
Loss	16-2-1	Mike Tinley	UD	10	01/11/1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	3-5, 4-5, 3-7.
Win	44-19-3	"Irish" Mike Baker	TKO	5	26/07/1984	Miami Beach, Florida, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:30 of the fifth round.
Win	31-6	Danny Long	SD	12	10/05/1984	Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
Win	24-17-5	Curtis Ramsey	UD	10	29/03/1984	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	7-1	Iran Barkley	KO	6	06/01/1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	5-8	Charlie Hecker	KO	2	25/10/1983	Portland, Maine, United States
Win	27-12	Teddy Mann	SD	10	01/09/1983	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Loss	11-1-1	Mike Tinley	SD	10	03/08/1983	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	39-8-2	Tony Chiaverini	KO	5	23/03/1983	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Draw	37-9	Murray Sutherland	PTS	10	04/02/1983	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	95-96, 96-94, 95-95.
Loss	19-2	Clint Jackson	PTS	10	16/10/1982	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	5-4	Bruce "The Truce" Thompson	KO	1	20/08/1982	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Win	3-6	Jose Green	KO	4	10/07/1982	McAfee, New Jersey, United States
Win	6-15-1	Fred "Flintstone" Reed	TKO	5	30/04/1982	South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:48 of the fifth round.
Loss	16-0	Bobby Czyz	UD	10	17/01/1982	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	3-6, 2-7, 3-6.
Win	18-24-1	Johnny Heard	UD	10	23/12/1981	Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Win	16-8-1	O'Dell Leonard	KO	5	16/09/1981	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	17-7	Jesus Castro	TKO	3	06/08/1981	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	19-2-1	Dom DiMarzo	TKO	2	13/06/1981	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:55 of the second round.
Win	4-0	James "Hard Rock" Green	PTS	8	12/04/1981	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	3-2-1	Jamal Arbubakar	PTS	8	06/03/1981	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Win	4-1	Lenny Villers	KO	5	12/02/1981	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	2-2-1	Bill "Commander Jet" Harrington	KO	2	17/01/1981	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	0-3	Robert Gregory Thomas	KO	4	25/11/1980	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	16-10-1	Danny Heath	KO	1	02/10/1980	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	3-0	David "College" Dean	KO	1	18/08/1980	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	3-8-2	Troy Vaughn	KO	3	17/05/1980	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

External links

• Robbie Sims career fighting record