Regardless of residing within the shadow of the Marvelous One, Sims had a really spectacular profession of his personal that deserves a minute underneath the highlight.
Robbie Sims fights Roberto Duran
By way of boxing, Robbie Sims might be most well-known for being the half-brother of Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Robbie was the man who usually accompanied his well-known brother to the ring together with Hagler’s lifelong trainers Pat and Goody Petronelli.
Regardless of residing within the shadow of the Marvelous One, Sims had a really spectacular profession of his personal that deserves a minute underneath the highlight.
New Jersey-born, Brockton, Massachusetts-residing Sims turned professional in 1980 and would battle for 16 years, logging a formidable 38-10-2 (26 KOs) over 50 fights.
Whereas he by no means gained a world title, he did go the space with Sumbu Kalambay in a WBA middleweight title shot in Italy in 1988.
He additionally got here very shut a second time, dropping a razor-thin SD to rugged Doug DeWitt a yr later for the WBO middleweight title.
The checklist of contenders and champions he confronted all through his profession was spectacular, to say the least.
After going 12-0 in his first 2 years as a professional, Sims would drop a 10-round UD to future champion and budding star Bobby Czyz.
Over the following 11 years, Sims would face an extended checklist of high contenders and champions whereas sustaining a place within the high 10 of the world rankings.
On this run, he fought the likes of rugged opponents Clint Jackson, Tony Cheverini, Mike Tinley, Ronnie Essett, Dennis Milton, and Teddy Mann, amongst others. He would additionally defeat legendary champion Roberto Duran, together with going through world champs Doug DeWitt, Vinnie Pazienza, Nigel Benn, and Iran Barkley. He would battle to a draw with Scottish champion Murray Sutherland.
After dropping his final battle in 1993 (Pazienza), he would return 3 years later to attain a UD win over Jose Burgos earlier than hanging up the gloves for good.
Years in the past, in an interview, Brockton, Massachusetts, enterprise proprietor Invoice Hogan, who knew the well-known preventing brothers effectively throughout their time, summed up Robbie.
“Hagler was the undisputed middleweight champion, however Sims was an important fighter in his personal proper”, he stated. “Robbie was a top-notch boxer. Timing is all the things. There was plenty of nice middleweights when he was preventing, together with his brother. There should have been 12 middleweights, and anybody of them might have been world champions, for my part. Rob’s a pleasant man, too.”
Nice profession, Robbie!
