"[3][4] According to Sim's management agency, "this decision was made after careful considerations of the potential risks involved and ensuring Sylvester’s safety and well-being is of paramount importance.
"[3][4] However, many locals believed that Sim pulled out as Lim, through a series of posts on social media, demonstrated that he was training for the fight seriously.
[5] Sim was replaced by Pradip Subramanian, the President of the World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Federation in Singapore.
[6] Subramanian lost consciousness shortly after and died from a cardiac arrest respiratory failure.
Sim married Sisy Wang, a dance choreographer from China, at Singapore Recreation Centre on 7 August 2012.