| Harry Simon | |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Walvis Bay, Namibia |
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| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in |
| Reach: | 70 in |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 31 |
| Wins: | 31 |
| Ko: | 23 |
Harry Simon (born 21 October 1971) is a Namibian professional boxer, who is the only boxer in the world to be undefeated for 30years and still, active. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBO junior middleweight title from 1998 to 2001, and the WBO middleweight title in 2002.
In 2002, Simon was involved in a serious car crash. He was found guilty of "culpable homicide" and sentenced to jail in 2007. Simon was released in 2009. He lost his world middleweight title owing to injuries sustained from the car accident, being stripped of the belt for failure to defend it.
In 2013 Simon won the vacant IBF International Light Heavyweight title against Geard Ajetović, and defended it against him again in 2014.
As an amateur Simon represented Namibia as a welterweight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and had an overall amateur record of 121–9. His result was:
Simon turned pro in 1994 and won the WBO junior middleweight title in 1998 by defeating Winky Wright by controversial decision. The bout had initially been ruled a draw, but then a "scoring error" favoring Simon was discovered. He defended the title 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 unanimous 12-round decision. In 2002, Simon was involved in a serious car accident, sustaining injuries that prevented his defending his title; because of this he was stripped of the belt.[1]
Simon returned to boxing in March 2007, winning an eight round decision over Stephen Nzuemb, in Namibia. He won a fight against Tanzanian Rashid Mutumla by knockout on 2 December 2010. Following his release from jail in 2009, Simon launched a comeback, recording several wins over journeyman opposition.
On 24 November 2018 Simon fought together with his son, Harry Simon Jr. They both won their fights, making it a first in Namibia for father and son to appear together, and to both win.[2]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Win | 31–0 | Kaminjah Ramadhan | TKO | 2 (8) | Nov 24, 2018 | |||
| 30 | Win | 30–0 | Japhet Kaseba | TKO | 2 (8) | Mar 26, 2016 | |||
| 29 | Win | 29–0 | Geard Ajetović | UD | 12 | Sep 28, 2013 | |||
| 28 | Win | 28–0 | Zoltan Kiss, Jr. | TKO | 2 (8) | Jun 29, 2013 | |||
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Ruben Groenewald | TKO | 1 (12) | Jun 23, 2012 | |||
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Rashid Matumla | KO | 1 (10) | Dec 4, 2010 | |||
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Daniel Wanyonyi | TKO | 5 (6) | Feb 20, 2010 | |||
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Stephen Nzuemba | UD | 12 | Mar 3, 2007 | |||
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Armand Krajnc | UD | 12 | Apr 6, 2002 | |||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Hacine Cherifi | UD | 12 | Jul 21, 2001 | |||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Wayne Alexander | TKO | 5 (12) | Feb 10, 2001 | |||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Rodney Jones | MD | 12 | Sep 23, 2000 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Enrique Areco | TKO | 10 (12) | Feb 19, 2000 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Kevin Lueshing | TKO | 3 (12) | May 1, 1999 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Winky Wright | MD | 12 | Aug 22, 1998 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Kasi Kaihau | KO | 4 (10) | Dec 22, 1997 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | George Richards | KO | 5 (8) | Jul 19, 1997 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Nick Odore | KO | 5 (6) | May 3, 1997 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | John Bosco | KO | 2 (8) | Feb 8, 1997 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Anthony Ivory | PTS | 6 | Aug 31, 1996 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Del Bryan | TKO | 6 (10) | Jul 6, 1996 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Paul Wesley | RTD | 4 (8) | Apr 13, 1996 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | José María Cabral | KO | 6 (10) | Sep 23, 1995 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Danny Chavez | PTS | 10 | Jul 8, 1995 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Ernest Goliath | TKO | 1 (8) | May 12, 1995 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Enuel Marshile | TKO | 5 (8) | Mar 15, 1995 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Paul Nhlumayo | TKO | 2 (6) | Dec 21, 1994 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Thandekile Boyana | TKO | 4 | Nov 20, 1994 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Petros Twala | TKO | 2 (4) | Mar 26, 1994 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Thabiso Dlamini | KO | 1 (4) | Mar 5, 1994 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Leon Van Rensburg | TKO | 1 (4) | Jan 26, 1994 |
Simon was involved in two serious car accidents resulting in fatalities. In the first accident in 2001, two people died outside Swakopmund in a hit-and-run accident. Simon's car's estimated speed was . Some controversy developed around this accident, as blood samples disappeared, and originally Simon was reported to be driving. His driver later admitted to have steered the vehicle and was sentenced to 2 years in jail.[3]
The second accident, in late 2002, saw Simon seriously injured and eventually sent to jail.[4] Three Belgian tourists - two adults and a baby - died in the collision with Simon's Mercedes-Benz at Langstrand in November 2002. On 5 August 2005, Simon was given a two-year jail sentence, after he was found guilty of culpable homicide stemming from the November 2002 car accident, which resulted in the deaths of the three people.[5]
On 9 July 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 or testify in his own behalf during the appeal proceedings, and his conviction and sentence were not overturned.[6] He was released in 2009. In 2020 he published a book, "Lifestyle and Treatments in Prison", detailing his experiences in jail.[7]
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