Robert Hines

Name: Robert Hines
Alias: Bam Bam
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 180cm
Reach: 187cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: Al Fennell (1981-1990)
Manager: Sam Ingerman (1981-1990)

Notes

• He was 8 when he started boxing.
• He had fought 1972 and 1976 Olympian Davey Lee Armstrong three times losing all three in close fights.
• His next door neighbor was Bernard Hopkins whom he beat in a 1977 amateur bout. He would later spar with Hopkins as a pro.
• He also fought former WBA junior welterweight champion Johnny Bumphus in the amateurs.
• His amateur record was 178-11.
• Bernard Hopkins remarked on HBO prior to the Antonio Tarver fight "the two toughest southpaw’s I ever fought were #2 John David Jackson (WBO light middleweight and WBA middleweight champion), and #1 Rob ‘Bam Bam’ Hines".
• He retired at the age of 29.
• "Al Fennell was always my trainer from the time I started. Sam Ingerman was my only manager. He also had Charles Singleton and Roger Stafford," Robert Hines said.

Sources

• "Interview with Rob ‘Bam Bam’ Hines - Former IBF Light Middleweight Boxing Champion" by Ken Hissner (Jan 25, 2008) "Doghouse Boxing"

Preceded by: Matthew Hilton

IBF Light Middleweight Champion 1988 Nov 4 – 1989 Feb 5

Succeeded by: Darrin Van Horn