Sylvester Sim

"[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.