Career
Simon is currently undefeated as a professional. In 2002 Simon was involved in a serious car crash. He was later striped off the belt.
He was found guilty of "culpable homicide" and sentenced to jail in 2007.
Simon was released in 2009. As an amateur Simon represented Namibia as a welterweight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and had an overall amateur record of 121-9.
His result was:
Lost to Aníbal Acevedo (Puerto Rico) 11-13
He later captured the WBO Middleweight title against Sweden"s Armand Krajnc in a 12 round unanimous decision. Simon returned to boxing in March 2007, winning an eight round decision over Stephen Nzuemb, in Namibia.
Following his release from jail in 2009 Simon launched a comeback, recording several wins over journeyman opposition.
In his most recent outing in June 2012, Simon stopped journeyman Ruben Groenewald at 1:23 of the first round after knocking him down twice. Simon weighed over 200 pounds, the heaviest of his career. Simon was involved in two serious car accidents resulting in fatalities.
The latest one in late 2002 also saw him seriously injured, and eventually sent to jail.
Three Belgian tourists - two adults and a baby - died in the collision with Simon"s Mercedes-Benz at Langstrand in November 2002. On 5 August 2005, Simon was given a two-year jail sentence after he was found guilty of "culpable homicide" stemming from the November 2002 car accident that resulted in the deaths of the three people.
On 9 July 2007, Simon began serving his two year prison sentence for culpable homicide after losing the appeal of his 2005 conviction. Simon did not call any witnesses nor testify in his own behalf during the appeal proceedings, and his conviction and sentence were not overturned.
He was released in 2009.