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Robbie Sims was a former middleweight
Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s....
 boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 out of Brockton, Massachusetts
Brockton, Massachusetts

Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population size was recorded as 94,304 in the 2000 census; the size has roughly stayed about the same since....
. A southpaw born November 5th, 1959, he rose to prominence as a middleweight contender after defeating Roberto Duran
Roberto Durán

Roberto Dur?n is a retired professional boxing from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. During his career he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra", "Hands of Stone"....
 in a split decision on 6/23/86. Sims lost to Sumbu Kalambay
Sumbu Kalambay

Sumbu "Patrizio" Kalambay was a world champion boxer. He was born April 10, 1956 in Zaire. As a young man, he moved to Italy, which is where he still resides....
 in a shot for the WBA
World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level....
 title in 1988.

Sims was trained by famous Brockton based trainers Pat and Goody Petronelli
Goody Petronelli

Guerino Petronelli is an American boxing trainer and co-manager.With his brother Patrick, Petronelli managed and trained Marvin Hagler. His other fighters have included Robbie Sims, Steve Collins, and Kevin McBride....
. The half-brother of world middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Marvin Hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler , is a former United States boxing. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest middleweights of all time and finished his career with a record of 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts....
, Sims had a career record of 38-10-2 with 26 knockouts.








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Robbie Sims was a former middleweight
Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s....
 boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 out of Brockton, Massachusetts
Brockton, Massachusetts

Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population size was recorded as 94,304 in the 2000 census; the size has roughly stayed about the same since....
. A southpaw born November 5th, 1959, he rose to prominence as a middleweight contender after defeating Roberto Duran
Roberto Durán

Roberto Dur?n is a retired professional boxing from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. During his career he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra", "Hands of Stone"....
 in a split decision on 6/23/86. Sims lost to Sumbu Kalambay
Sumbu Kalambay

Sumbu "Patrizio" Kalambay was a world champion boxer. He was born April 10, 1956 in Zaire. As a young man, he moved to Italy, which is where he still resides....
 in a shot for the WBA
World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level....
 title in 1988.

Sims was trained by famous Brockton based trainers Pat and Goody Petronelli
Goody Petronelli

Guerino Petronelli is an American boxing trainer and co-manager.With his brother Patrick, Petronelli managed and trained Marvin Hagler. His other fighters have included Robbie Sims, Steve Collins, and Kevin McBride....
. The half-brother of world middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Marvin Hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler , is a former United States boxing. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest middleweights of all time and finished his career with a record of 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts....
, Sims had a career record of 38-10-2 with 26 knockouts.

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