Robin Reid

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Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Light Middleweight

Robin Reid (born February 19, 1971 in Sefton, England) is a British boxer, who won the Light Middleweight Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.

[edit] Professional Career

Known as the "Grim Reaper", Reid began his professional career in 1993 and quickly became a popular British fighter. In 1996, he captured the WBC Super Middleweight Title by defeating Vincenzo Nardiello by a TKO in 7. He then successfully defended his title three times, including a victory over Hacine Cherifi. Reid then lost his title to Thulani Malinga via a unanimous decision, and his career then began to sag. He then lost decisions to Joe Calzaghe and Silvio Branco, but went on a winning streak to lead him to IBF and WBA Super Middleweight Title holder Sven Ottke, who took a narrow and extremely controversial decision over Reid. In 2005, Reid landed a shot at IBF Super Middleweight Title holder Jeff Lacy, who dominated Reid and won via an 8th round TKO.

Preceded by Vincenzo Nardiello	WBC Super Middleweight Champion 12 Oct 1996–19 Dec 1997	Succeeded by Thulane Malinga

[edit] Amateur Career

1989 2nd at Light Middleweight at Junior World Championships in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Lost to Leonides Bedey of Cuba in the final on points.
1990 3rd at Light Middleweight in ABA championships
1991 fought as a Light Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
- Defeated Charmstrong Karnshupan (Thailand) TKO 1
- Lost to Israel Akopkokhian (Soviet Union) points
1992 1st place at Canada Cup as a Light Middleweight. Results were:
- Defeated Darren Obah (Australia) points
- Defeated Ray Downey (Canada) points
- Defeated Alexander Pavelets (Ukraine) points
Won the Light Middleweight bronze medal for Great Britain at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Results were:
- Defeated Marcus Thomas (Barbados) KO 1
- Defeated Leonidas Maleckis (Lithuania) points
- Defeated Ole Klemetsen (Norway) points
- Lost to Orhan Delibas (Netherlands) points