Robin Reid (boxer)
Robin Reid (born 19 February 1971) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012. He held the WBC super-middleweight title from 1996 to 1997, and the IBO super-middleweight title from 2004 to 2005. As an amateur, Reid represented Great Britain at 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the light-middleweight division.
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Weight(s) | Super-middleweight | |||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||
Reach | 76 in (193 cm) | |||||||||||||
Nationality | British | |||||||||||||
Born | Sefton, Merseyside, England | 19 February 1971|||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||
Boxing record | ||||||||||||||
Total fights | 51 | |||||||||||||
Wins | 42 | |||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 29 | |||||||||||||
Losses | 8 | |||||||||||||
Draws | 1 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amateur career
Highlights
- 1988 2nd at Light Middleweight at Junior Tournament in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Lost to Marco Theuer of Germany in the final[1]
- 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 Delibaş (Netherlands) points
51-16 Amateur record.
Professional career
Reid began his professional career in 1993. In 1996, he captured the World Boxing Council 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. He then lost decisions to Joe Calzaghe[2] and Silvio Branco.
In 2003 Reid faced IBF and WBA super middleweight title holder Sven Ottke, who took a narrow and highly disputed unanimous decision over Reid.[3] In 2005, Reid landed a shot at IBF super middleweight title holder Jeff Lacy, who dominated him and won via an 8th-round TKO.
After the Lacy fight, Reid beat Jessie Brinkley and then suffered a knockout defeat at the hands of Carl Froch in a British super-middleweight fight in November 2007, he announced his decision to retire soon after this fight.
In January 2009 Reid said on Liverpool's City Talk radio station that he would like to come out of retirement and fight Tony Dodson for the British super-middleweight title, providing Dodson overcomes Brian Magee on 28 March at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside.
“I would love to fight Tony Dodson for the British super-middleweight title at the ECHO Arena, no disrespect to Tony as I think he is a great fighter, but I have never held the Lonsdale Belt and would love the chance to put it around my waist.
“Obviously, I feel like I still have something left to offer the sport and a fight with Tony in Liverpool – two Scousers going at it for the British title – would be the fight that Liverpool fight fans would want to see most.”[4]
Reid competed in the super middleweight prizefighter competition on 23 March 2011, losing in his first fight via unanimous decision to Tobias Webb.
Personal life
Reid is mixed race; he is half black Jamaican.[5]
In 2010, Reid took over a lead role in the controversial movie Killer Bitch from the MMA fighter Alex Reid who had walked out of the film. His latest film role is in 'Mob Handed'.[6]
Reid still retains strong ties to professional boxing, acting as a judge. In September 2016 he joined the Advisory Board of the World Boxing Federation.[7]
Reid is a boyhood Everton fan and his family were season ticket ticket holders at Goodison Park.
Professional boxing record
51 fights | 42 wins | 8 losses |
By knockout | 29 | 3 |
By decision | 13 | 5 |
Draws | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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51 | Loss | 42–8–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12), 2:45 | 20 Oct 2012 | ![]() |
For vacant British super-middleweight title |
50 | Win | 42–7–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (8), 1:20 | 28 Jan 2012 | ![]() |
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49 | Win | 41–7–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6), 2:52 | 25 Jun 2011 | ![]() |
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48 | Loss | 40–7–1 | ![]() |
UD | 3 | 23 Mar 2011 | ![]() |
Prizefighter 17: super-middleweight quarter-final |
47 | Win | 40–6–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 26 Feb 2011 | ![]() |
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46 | Loss | 39–6–1 | ![]() |
RTD | 5 (12), 3:00 | 9 Nov 2007 | ![]() |
For British super-middleweight title |
45 | Win | 39–5–1 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 30 Mar 2007 | ![]() |
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44 | Loss | 38–5–1 | ![]() |
RTD | 7 (12), 3:00 | 6 Aug 2005 | ![]() |
Lost IBO super-middleweight title; For IBF super-middleweight title |
43 | Win | 38–4–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 13 Feb 2005 | ![]() |
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42 | Win | 37–4–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 26 Jun 2004 | ![]() |
Won IBO super-middleweight title |
41 | Loss | 36–4–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 13 Dec 2003 | ![]() |
For WBA (Super) and IBF super-middleweight titles |
40 | Win | 36–3–1 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (8), 1:21 | 24 Oct 2003 | ![]() |
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39 | Win | 35–3–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (8), 2:33 | 4 Oct 2003 | ![]() |
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38 | Win | 34–3–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (8) | 5 Apr 2003 | ![]() |
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37 | Win | 33–3–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10), 2:06 | 29 Nov 2002 | ![]() |
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36 | Win | 32–3–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 10 Jul 2002 | ![]() |
Retained WBF (Federation) super-middleweight title |
35 | Win | 31–3–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 19 Dec 2001 | ![]() |
Retained WBF (Federation) super-middleweight title |
34 | Win | 30–3–1 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (12) | 20 Oct 2001 | ![]() |
Retained WBF (Federation) super-middleweight title |
33 | Win | 29–3–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (12), 2:58 | 14 Jul 2001 | ![]() |
Retained WBF (Federation) super-middleweight title |
32 | Win | 28–3–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (12), 2:54 | 19 May 2001 | ![]() |
Retained WBF (Federation) super-middleweight title |
31 | Win | 27–3–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (12) | 8 Dec 2000 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBF (Federation) super-middleweight title |
30 | Loss | 26–3–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 24 Jun 2000 | ![]() |
For WBU super-middleweight title |
29 | Loss | 26–2–1 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | 13 Feb 1999 | ![]() |
For WBO super-middleweight title |
28 | Win | 26–1–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (8), 2:42 | 18 Apr 1998 | ![]() |
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27 | Loss | 25–1–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 19 Dec 1997 | ![]() |
Lost WBC super-middleweight title |
26 | Win | 25–0–1 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | 11 Sep 1997 | ![]() |
Retained WBC super-middleweight title |
25 | Win | 24–0–1 | ![]() |
MD | 12 | 3 May 1997 | ![]() |
Retained WBC super-middleweight title |
24 | Win | 23–0–1 | ![]() |
KO | 7 (12), 2:10 | 8 Feb 1997 | ![]() |
Retained WBC super-middleweight title |
23 | Win | 22–0–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (12), 2:59 | 12 Oct 1996 | ![]() |
Won WBC super-middleweight title |
22 | Win | 21–0–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (8) | 31 Aug 1996 | ![]() |
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21 | Win | 20–0–1 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (8) | 8 Jun 1996 | ![]() |
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20 | Win | 19–0–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (8) | 26 Apr 1996 | ![]() |
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19 | Win | 18–0–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (8) | 16 Mar 1996 | ![]() |
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18 | Win | 17–0–1 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (8), 1:08 | 26 Jan 1996 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 16–0–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | 10 Nov 1995 | ![]() |
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16 | Win | 15–0–1 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (6) | 15 Sep 1995 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 14–0–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | 22 Jul 1995 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 13–0–1 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (8), 0:41 | 10 Jun 1995 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 12–0–1 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (8) | 6 May 1995 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 11–0–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (8), 2:47 | 4 Mar 1995 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 10–0–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (8) | 4 Feb 1995 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 9–0–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (6), 0:29 | 19 Nov 1994 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 8–0–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (6) | 17 Aug 1994 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 7–0–1 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (6), 2:40 | 4 Jun 1994 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 6–0–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (6) | 9 Apr 1994 | ![]() |
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6 | Draw | 5–0–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 18 Dec 1993 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 9 Oct 1993 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 10 Sep 1993 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 10 Apr 1993 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (4), 2:02 | 6 Mar 1993 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (4) | 27 Feb 1993 | ![]() |
References
- International Junior Tournament - Bratislava, Czechoslovakia - June 1988, International Junior Tournament Results. Bratislava, 1988.
- "Robin Reid still convinced he beat Joe Calzaghe in Newcastle fight 16 years ago". 7 September 2015.
- "Robbed Reid is furious". 12 August 2004.
- Reid’s plea for a Scouse crunch, Liverpool Echo, 2009-01-24, Retrieved on 2009-03-08 .
- Robin Reid [@RobReid_Boxer] (10 August 2015). "@DarrenBarker82 @clintridleybox @Brian_Magee @RealJoeCalzaghe Don't need a sunbed pal, I'm half Jamaican, mixed race 👊🏽😃" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "British Council: The British Films Catalogue".
- "WBF | World Boxing Federation".
External links
Sporting positions | ||||
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Minor world boxing titles | ||||
Vacant Title last held by Mads Larsen |
WBF (Federation) super-middleweight champion 8 December 2000 – 2003 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by William Gare | ||
Preceded by Brian Magee |
IBO super-middleweight champion 26 June 2004 – 6 August 2005 |
Succeeded by Jeff Lacy | ||
Major world boxing titles | ||||
Preceded by Vincenzo Nardiello |
WBC super-middleweight champion 12 October 1996 – 19 December 1997 |
Succeeded by Thulani Malinga |