Sammy NeSmith

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Sammy Nesmith, known as Slammin' Sammy, was an American professional light middleweight boxer of the early 1970s.

Nesmith lived in Indianapolis during the 1970s and '80s, where he built a stellar boxing career. In 1971, he won the National Golden Gloves Light middleweight championship.

He brought home to Indianapolis the North American Boxing Federation middleweight belt in May 1980 after scoring a 10th-round knockout victory over Ronnie Harris of Canton, Ohio. Smith had a professional record of 38 wins and seven loses, with 34 of his wins by knockout.

His love for boxing was freely shared with the youth at the Riverside Family Center where he served as the boxing coach. He was married to Tondra "Fifi" Johnson for eight years. He later worked for Coca-Cola in Indianapolis.

Smith later settled in Bridgeton, New Jersey, where he married Delores Green.

Nesmith died in January 2014 of an apparent heart attack in New Jersey. His survivors include his mother Anna Nesmith, four Brothers Donald Nesmith, Keith Nesmith, Cecil Nesmith and Henry, Nesmith, two sisters Joice Cooper and Cottie Green, and five children and a host of family members and friends. He was interred in his native hometown, Kingstree, South Carolina.

External links

• "Sports News Briefs; Seales Flattens NeSmith In 5th and Captures Title", The New York Times, April 1, 1981