Robbie Sims (born November 5, 1959) is an American former

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

who competed from 1980 to 1996. He is the half-brother of former world middleweight champion

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Professional career

He KOd an inexperienced

Iran Barkley Iran Barkley (born May 6, 1960) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1999. He held world championships in three weight classes, including the WBC middleweight title from 1988 to 1989, the IBF super middleweight tit ...

, outpointed

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and rose to prominence as a middleweight contender by a very polemical defeating

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in 1986. Sims lost to

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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 Nigel Gregory Benn (born 22 January 1964) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 1996. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO middleweight title in 1990 and the WBC super-middleweight ti ...

. Sims was trained by famous Brockton based trainers Pat and

Goody Petronelli Guerino "Goody" Petronelli (October 12, 1923 – January 29, 2012) was an American boxing trainer and co-manager. With his brother Pasquale (Pat), Petronelli managed and trained world middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler. His other fight ...

. He had a career record of 38-10-2 with 26 knockouts.

Professional boxing record

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Vinny Pazienza Vinny Paz (born Vincenzo Edward Pazienza, December 16, 1962), formerly Vinny Pazienza, is an American former professional boxer who held world titles at lightweight and light middleweight. The 2016 film ''Bleed for This'' is based on his comebac ...

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Bobby Czyz Robert Edward Czyz ( ; born February 10, 1962) is an American retired boxer and commentator. Czyz was a two-division world titlist at light heavyweight and cruiserweight. Czyz was born in Orange, New Jersey. He grew up in Wanaque, New Jersey an ...

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sims, Robbie Living people 1959 births American male boxers Middleweight boxers Boxers from Massachusetts Sportspeople from Brockton, Massachusetts