Mark Simmons (boxer)
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1974 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mark Simmons (born May 23, 1974) is a professional boxing referee and a former 4 time Canadian senior National Champion, who boxed in the heavyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[1] As an amateur boxer, he had a record of 201 wins in 241 recorded bouts.
Boxing career
Born in
With 16 countries competing, Simmons qualified 1 of only 2 spots by winning a Gold medal in the 91 kg
At the 2000 Summer Olympics Simmons defeated Iran's Rouhollah Hosseini in the round of 16 by a score of 11–6, once again suffering a broken hand in this bout. Simmons then lost the guaranteed bronze medal match to Germany's Sebastian Köber in the quarterfinal.[3]
Personal life
Simmons has also appeared in movies, including Rocky Marciano, Phantom Punch and Cinderella Man, and Flint Strong. In Cinderella Man, Simmons played 1930s heavyweight boxer Art Lasky, and was also the stunt double for Craig Bierko, who played Max Baer.[citation needed]
In 2011, Simmons joined the Ontario Athletic Commission as a professional boxing referee.[4]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mark Simmons". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ "Team Canada – Mark Simmons". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Talbot, Michael (19 August 2016). "How a former Canadian boxer triumphed over Olympic heartbreak - CityNews Toronto". CityNews Toronto. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Mark Simmons - Referee". boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-02.
External links
- Mark Simmons at Team Canada
- Mark Simmons at Olympics.com
- Mark Simmons at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Mark Simmons at IMDb