Simon Brown (born August 15, 1963) is a Jamaican former professional boxer. Known as "Mantequilla", a name given to him by his famous trainer Jose 'Pepe' Correa, Brown was two-weight world champion in the welterweight and light-middleweight divisions, and at one point considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in boxing.

Professional boxing career

Welterweight Brown began his career in 1982 at the age of 19 and ran off a string of 21 consecutive victories, prior to losing a split decision to Marlon Starling for the USBA welterweight title in 1985. Simon won three consecutive bouts, including a victory against undefeated former Olympian Shawn O'Sullivan to line up a shot at the vacant IBF welterweight title against Tyrone Trice. Brown won via 14th round TKO and went on to successfully defend his title 9 times, including a unification bout with Lineal/WBC welterweight champion Maurice Blocker, winning by TKO in the 10th. Brown lost his belts in his next fight to James McGirt.

Light-middleweight After the loss, Brown moved up to light-middleweight and in 1993 defeated Terry Norris via a devastating 4th round KO to win the WBC light-middleweight title in a fight proclaimed Upset of the Year by Ring Magazine. After making one successful defense of the WBC title against Troy Waters, Brown lost a rematch and the title to Norris via a clear decision in May 1994.

In 1995, Brown challenged IBF light-middleweight title holder Vincent Pettway. Brown knocked Pettway down towards the end of round one, and was knocked down by a Pettway right hand in round three. In round five, Brown hit Pettway low then continued to hit Pettway until Pettway fell through the ropes. Not seeing the low blow, the referee ruled a knockdown. In round six, Brown was knocked out by a Pettway left hook. Brown famously continued to throw punches whilst lying on his back unconscious.

In his next bout, Brown lost a hard-fought ten round decision to former WBA welterweight title holder Aaron Davis.

Middleweight In August 1996, Brown challenged undefeated WBO middleweight title holder Lonnie Bradley and lost a unanimous decision. Brown then challenged IBF middleweight title holder Bernard Hopkins in January 1998, but lost via TKO in the round six. This was to be Brown's last title shot.

After the loss to Hopkins, he went on a five fight losing streak, including defeats to Olympian David Reid and Omar Sheika, and retired after the loss to Sheika in 2000.

Brown is now a trainer in Hagerstown, MD.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes59Loss47–12 Omar SheikaUD8 (8)8 Jan 200058Loss47–11 Mads LarsenRTD5 (8)1 Oct 199957Loss47–10Kenny LopezSD10 (10)31 Jul 199956Loss47–9 Quirino GarciaUD12 (12)14 May 199955Loss47–8 David ReidKO4 (10), 27 Jun 199854Loss47–7Bernard HopkinsTKO6 (12), 31 Jan 199853Win47–6 Rueben BellRTD5 (10)12 Sep 199752Win46–6 David MendezRTD7 (10)23 Apr 199751Loss45–6 Lonnie BradleyUD12 (12)30 Aug 199650Win45–5 Glenwood BrownUD10 (10)18 Jun 199649Win44–5 Mike BryanKO1 (?)15 Mar 199648Loss43–5Aaron DavisUD10 (10)16 Sep 199547Loss43–4Vincent PettwayKO6 (12), 29 Apr 199546Win43–3 Frank NewtonTKO1 (10) 17 Dec 199445Win42–3 Nestor MacielUD10 (10)12 Sep 199444Loss41–3 Terry NorrisUD12 (12)7 May 199443Win41–2Troy WatersMD12 (12)29 Jan 199442Win40–2 Terry NorrisKO4 (12), 18 Dec 1993 41Win39–2 Verdell SmithTKO3 (10), 23 Oct 199340Win38–2 Terry AckerTKO2 (10), 6 Aug 199339Win37–2Carlton HaywoodPTS10 (10)23 Apr 199338Win36–2 Anthony IvoryUD10 (10)1 Aug 199237Win35–2 Melvin WynnKO2 (10)26 Jun 199236Loss34–2 Buddy McGirtUD12 (12)29 Nov 199135Win34–1 Maurice BlockerTKO10 (12), 18 Mar 199134Win33–1 Ozzie O'NealTKO1 (10), 8 Dec 199033Win32–1 Tyrone TriceTKO10 (12), 1 Apr 199032Win31–1Luis SantanaUD12 (12)9 Nov 198931Win30–1Bobby Joe YoungKO2 (12), 20 Sep 198930Win29–1Al LongKO7 (12), 27 Apr 198929Win28–1Jorge MaysonetTKO3 (12), 18 Feb 198928Win27–1Mauro MartelliUD12 (12)14 Oct 198827Win26–1Jorge VacaTKO3 (15), 16 Jul 198826Win25–1Tyrone TriceTKO14 (15), 23 Apr 198825Win24–1Dexter SmithTKO6 (10)25 Sep 198724Win23–1Shawn O'SullivanTKO3 (10), 8 Jun 198623Win22–1Kevin HowardTKO7 (10), 21 Mar 198622Loss21–1Marlon StarlingSD12 (12)22 Nov 198521Win21–0Randy MitchemTKO1 (10), 23 Jul 198520Win20–0Martin RojasTKO8 (10)30 Apr 198519Win19–0Jerome JohnsonUD10 (10)17 Aug 198418Win18–0Clayton HiresUD10 (10)2 Jun 198417Win17–0Robert AdamsUD10 (10)13 Nov 198316Win16–0Darryl PennUD10 (10)1 Nov 198315Win15–0Domingo AyalaTKO1 (10), 4 Jun 198314Win14–0Milton SewardTKO7 (10)26 Apr 198313Win13–0Tom MoodyTKO3 (10)15 Mar 198312Win12–0Ricardo BryantTKO7 (10), 25 Jan 198311Win11–0Ruby OrtizKO1 (8)14 Dec 198210Win10–0Allen BraswellTKO2 (8)9 Nov 19829Win9–0George BurtonTKO6 (8)5 Oct 19828Win8–0Sergio BautistaTKO7 (8)24 Aug 19827Win7–0Carlos SantanaTKO3 (8)3 Aug 19826Win6–0Eugene EllingtonTKO1 (6)18 Jul 19825Win5–0Cliff LeeTKO2 (6)22 Jun 19824Win4–0Cookie JamesTKO5 (6)27 Apr 19823Win3–0Peanut WrightTKO2 (4)10 Apr 19822Win2–0Vito MaselliUD6 (6)2 Mar 19821Win1–0Ricky WilliamsPTS4 (4)16 Feb 1982

See also Lineal championship List of world welterweight boxing champions List of world light-middleweight boxing champions

References

External links

Simon Brown profile at Cyber Boxing Zone