Golden Boy Promotions announced today the signing of WBA #1 ranked super lightweight Kenneth “Bossman” Sims Jr. (20-2-1, 7 KOs), who will make his Golden Boy debut this summer.
“With a #1 ranking in the WBA, tremendous skills and a dynamite team behind him, Kenneth Sims is poised to make some real noise in the 140-pound division,” said promoter Oscar De La Hoya. “Inside the company, we have a slew of mouth-watering match-ups for Kenneth that could quickly propel him into the world championship picture.”
Sims is an excellent fighter and another guy who was seemingly buried in PBC’s stable.
So true, but my only fear is whether GBP will do right by him! I recently looked at the long list of fighters that have left the promotional outfit over the years and was like WHOA!! IDK but I now look at them even more side eyed since Canelo ripped him verbally!!
It looks like they’re doing things differently now. I heard Eric Gomez was now running the business completely and Oscar was more of a figurehead and you see what they’ve done recently. Sims now and before him, Barboza, Ramirez, O’hara Davies and Charles Conwell. It looks like they’re at least TRYING to exist as a healthy, functioning promotional company.
Looking at Sims’ record, hard to see why he is even ranked in the top 20. BoxRec has him #47. I don’t always agree with BoxRec’s rankings, but in this case it seems about accurate.