Robin Reid

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Competitor for United Kingdom
Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Light Middleweight

Robin Reid (born February 19, 1971 in Sefton, England) is a former British boxer also known as the "Grim Reaper", who won the light middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.

[edit] Amateur record

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

[edit] Professional career

Reid began his professional career in 1993 and quickly became a popular British fighter. 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 and Silvio Branco.

In 2003 Reid faced IBF and WBA super middleweight title holder Sven Ottke, who took a narrow decision over Reid. 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 defeaed Jessie Brinkley and then suffered a knockout defeat at the hands of Carl Froch in November 2007. He retired after that fight.