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Harry Simon
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Harry Simon

Harry Simon (born 21 October 1972) is a Namibian undefeated professional boxer. Simon is undefeated as a professional. Simon won his first title in 1998. when he defeated Winky Wright for the WBO Light middleweight. In 2001. he won the interim WBO Middleweight against Hacine Cherifi. and later defeated Armand Krajnc in 2002 for the full version of the title. In 2002, Simon was also involved in a serious car crash. He lost his world middleweight title owing to injuries sustained from the car accident, being stripped of the belt for failure to defend it. He was found guilty of "culpable homicide" and sentenced to jail in 2007. Simon was released in 2009. He currently holds the longest undefeated streak in boxing history, at 24 years. In 2013 Simon won the vacant IBF International Light Heavyweight title against Geard Ajetović, and defended it against him again in 2014.

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