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.

Amateur career Highlights 1988 2nd at Light Middleweight at Junior Tournament in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Lost to Marco Theuer of Germany in the finalInternational Junior Tournament - Bratislava, Czechoslovakia - June 1988, International Junior Tournament Results. Bratislava, 1988. 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 Henry Wharton and Hacine Cherifi. Reid then lost his title to Thulani Malinga via a unanimous decision. He then lost decisions to Joe Calzaghe 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. He was keen on a rematch with Calzaghe, but the latter was more interested in pursuing other current and former champions such as Mitchell, Brewer (both of whom he defeated) and Ottke himself (who took only one more fight, then retired without fighting Calzaghe, leaving his titles vacant). In 2005, Reid landed a shot at IBF super middleweight title holder Jeff Lacy, who had taken one of Ottke's vacated titles. A victory would have made a rematch (which would have been both a grudge match and a WBO/IBF unification fight) with Calzaghe almost inevitable, but Lacy dominated him and won via an 8th-round TKO, and it was Lacy who went on to fight Calzaghe and lose a lop-sided 12-round decision.

After the Lacy fight, Reid beat Jessie Brinkley and then suffered a retired hurt 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.”Reid’s plea for a Scouse crunch, Liverpool Echo, 2009-01-24, Retrieved on 2009-03-08 .

Reid competed in the super middleweight prizefighter competition on 23 March 2011, losing in his first fight via unanimous decision to Tobias Webb. He was to fight three more times over the following year, two victories being followed by a fifth-round defeat which sent him back into retirement.

Personal life Reid is mixed race; he is half black Jamaican. Reid briefly dabbled in nude modeling, posing for sexually explicit magazine photographs in 2000 and 2002.

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'.

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.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes51LossKenny AndersonTKO5 (12), 20 Oct 201250Win42–7–1Daniel CadmanTKO5 (8), 28 Jan 201249Win41–7–1Wayne ReedTKO4 (6), 25 Jun 201148Loss40–7–1Tobias WebbUD323 Mar 201147Win40–6–1Jamie AmblerPTS426 Feb 201146Loss39–6–1Carl FrochRTD5 (12), 9 Nov 200745Win39–5–1Jesse BrinkleyUD830 Mar 200744Loss38–5–1Jeff Lacy7 (12), 6 Aug 200543Win38–4–1Ramdane SerdjanePTS613 Feb 200542Win37–4–1Brian MageeUD1226 Jun 200441Loss36–4–1Sven OttkeUD1213 Dec 200340Win36–3–1Dmitry AdamovichKO4 (8), 24 Oct 200339Win35–3–1Willard LewisTKO6 (8), 4 Oct 200338Win34–3–1Enrique CamposTKO8 (8)5 Apr 200337Win33–3–1Mondli MbonambiTKO2 (10), 29 Nov 200236Win32–3–1Francisco Antonio MoraUD1210 Jul 200235Win31–3–1Julio César VásquezUD1219 Dec 200134Win30–3–1Jorge Andres SclarandiKO3 (12)20 Oct 200133Win29–3–1Soon BotesTKO4 (12), 14 Jul 200132Win28–3–1Roman BabaevTKO3 (12), 19 May 200131Win27–3–1Mike GormleyTKO1 (12)8 Dec 200030Loss26–3–1Silvio BrancoUD1224 Jun 200029Loss26–2–1Joe CalzagheSD1213 Feb 199928Win26–1–1Graham TownsendTKO6 (8), 18 Apr 199827Loss25–1–1Thulani Malinga1219 Dec 199726Win25–0–1Hacine Cherifi1211 Sep 199725Win24–0–1Henry Wharton123 May 199724Win23–0–1Giovanni PretoriusKO7 (12), 8 Feb 199723Win22–0–1Vincenzo NardielloTKO7 (12), 12 Oct 199622Win21–0–1Donnie PeneltonTKO4 (8)31 Aug 199621Win20–0–1Mark Lee DawsonKO5 (8)8 Jun 199620Win19–0–1Hunter ClayTKO1 (8)26 Apr 199619Win18–0–1Andy FluteTKO7 (8)16 Mar 199618Win17–0–1Paul MasonKO2 (8), 26 Jan 199617Win16–0–1Danny JumaPTS810 Nov 199516Win15–0–1Trevor AmbroseKO5 (6)15 Sep 199515Win14–0–1John DuckworthPTS822 Jul 199514Win13–0–1Martin JolleyKO1 (8), 10 Jun 199513Win12–0–1Steve GoodwinKO1 (8)6 May 199512Win11–0–1Marvin O'BrienTKO6 (8), 4 Mar 199511Win10–0–1Bruno WuestenberghsTKO1 (8)4 Feb 199510Win9–0–1Chris RichardsTKO3 (6), 19 Nov 19949Win8–0–1Andrew JervisTKO1 (6)17 Aug 19948Win7–0–1Andrew Furlong2 (6), 4 Jun 19947Win6–0–1Kesem ClaytonTKO1 (6)9 Apr 19946Draw5–0–1Danny Juma618 Dec 19935Win5–0Ernie LoveridgePTS49 Oct 19934Win4–0Jose Angel GarciaPTS610 Sep 19933Win3–0Andrew Furlong610 Apr 19932Win2–0Julian EavisTKO2 (4), 6 Mar 19931Win1–0Mark Lee DawsonTKO1 (4)27 Feb 1993

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