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Michael Simms (other)
Michael Simms may refer to: * Michael Simms (boxer) 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 Simms won the tournament in H ... (born 1974), American boxer * Michael Simms (publisher) (born 1954), American poet and literary publisher * Mike Simms, Major League Baseball outfielder {{hndis, Simms, Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Simms (boxer)
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 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 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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Simms (publisher)
Michael Simms is an American poet, novelist and literary publisher. His satiric novel ''Bicycles of the Gods: A Divine Comedy'' and his YA fantasy novel ''The Green Mage'' were published by Madville Publishing, and his most recent poetry collections are ''American Ash'' (2020) and ''Nightjar'' (2021), both published by Ragged Sky Press. His poems have been published in journals and magazines including Scientific American, Poetry Magazine, Black Warrior Review, Mid-American Review, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Southwest Review, and West Branch. Michael Simms Listing">''Poets & Writers'' > Directory of Writers > Michael Simms Listing/ref> His poems have also appeared in Poem-a-Day published by the Academy of American Poets and been read by Garrison Keillor on the nationally syndicated radio show The Writer's Almanac. Simms's poems have been translated into Spanish, Russian and Arabic. Early life Born in 1954 in Houston, Texas, Simms attended the School of Irish Studies in Dublin, Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |