Harry Simon (born 21 October 1972) is a Namibian undefeated professional boxer in the super welterweight (154 lb) division. Simon is currently undefeated as a professional. Simon won his first title in 1998 when he defeated Winky Wright for the WBO Light middleweight. In 2001 he won the interim WBO Middleweight against Hacine Cherifi and defeated Armand Krajnc in 2002 for the title.
In 2002 Simon was involved in a serious car crash. He lost the title being unable to defend it due to accident injuries. He was later stripped of the belt. He was found guilty of “culpable homicide” and sentenced to jail in 2007. Simon was released in 2009.
In 2013 Simon won the vacant IBF International Light Heavyweight title against Geard Ajetović, he defended it against him again in 2014.

Amateur highlights

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:

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

Professional career

Simon turned pro in 1994 and won the WBO Light Middleweight title in 1998 by defeating Winky Wright by controversial decision. The bout had initially been ruled a draw, but then a “scoring error” was discovered, favoring Simon. 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 12 round unanimous decision. In 2002 Simon was involved in a serious car accident sustaining him injuries that prevented him to defend his title, due to this he was stripped of the belt.

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. In his most recent outing in June 2012, Simon stopped journeyman Ruben Groenewald at 1:23 of the first round after knocking him down twice. Simon weighed over 200 pounds, the heaviest of his career.

Outside the ring

Simon was involved in two serious car accidents resulting in fatalities. The latest one in late 2002 also saw him seriously injured, and eventually sent to jail. 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 that resulted in the deaths of the three people.

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 nor testify in his own behalf during the appeal proceedings, and his conviction and sentence were not overturned. He was released in 2009.

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