Harry Simon Personal information Full name: Harry Simon Nickname(s): The Terminator Nationality:  Namibia Rated at: Welterweight Date of birth: October 21, 1971 (1971-10-21) (age 38) Place of birth: Walvis Bay, Erongo Height: 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight: 67 kg (150 lb)

Medal record All-Africa Games Gold 1991 Cairo Welterweight

Harry Simon (born October 21, 1972 in Walvis Bay, Namibia) is a former professional boxer in the super welterweight (154 lb) division.

Contents 1 Amateur Highlights 2 Pro career 3 Outside the Ring 4 Return to the Ring 5 Jail Sentence 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Amateur Highlights

As an amateur Simon represented Namibia as a welterweight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His result was:

• Lost to Aníbal Acevedo (Puerto Rico) 11-13

[edit] Pro career

Simon turned pro in 1994 and won the WBO Light Middleweight Title in 1998 by defeating Winky Wright. He defended it four times against Kevin Lueshing, Enrique Areco, Rodney Jones and Wayne Alexander. He later captured the WBO Middleweight title against Sweden's Armand Krajnc in a 12 round unanimous decision. Nicknamed "The Terminator" he is still undefeated, but was stripped of the belt for failing to defend after beating Krajnc in 2002.

[edit] Outside the Ring

Simon was involved in a car accident in late 2002, and was seriously injured. Three Belgian tourists - two adults and a baby - died in the collision with Simon's Mercedes-Benz at Langstrand in November 2002. He was earlier involved in another car accident that saw two people killed. On August 5, 2005, Simon was given a two-year jail sentence after he was found guilty of "culpable homicide" stemming from the November 2002 car accident that resulted in the deaths of the three people ^[1]

[edit] Return to the Ring

Simon returned to boxing in March 2007, winning an 8-round decision over Stephen Nzuemba, in Namibia.

[edit] Jail Sentence

On July 9, 2007, Simon began serving his two year prison sentence for culpable homicide after losing the appeal of his 2005 conviction. Simon did not call any witnesses nor testify in his own behalf during the appeal proceedings, and his conviction and sentence were not overturned. ^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Professional boxing record for Harry Simon from Boxrec

Preceded by Winky Wright	WBO Light Middleweight boxing champion 22 August 1998–July 2001	Vacant Failed to defend after accident Title next held by Daniel Santos
Preceded by Armand Krajnc	WBO Middleweight boxing champion 6 April 2002–July 2003	Succeeded by Hector Javier Velazco Interim champ promoted

v • d • e All-Africa Boxing Champions in Men's Welterweight 1965 – 1999: up to 67 kg  •  2003 – 2007: up to 69 kg  1965: Joseph Bessala (CMR)  •  1973: Barry Balasayo (GUI)  •  1978: Vincent Byarugaba (UGA)  •  1987: Robert Wangila (KEN)  •  1991: Harry Simon (NAM)  •  1995: Kamel Chater (TUN)  •  1999: Kamel Chater (TUN)  •  2003: Mohamed Hikal (EGY)  •  2007: Rached Merdassi (TUN)

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