Anthony Crolla will meet John Simpson at the SECC in Glasgow on March 1, live on Sky Sports. Manchester contender Crolla is hunting a World title shot this Summer and will face Greenock’s Simpson on the undercard of Ricky Burns’ WBO Lightweight title defence against unbeaten American Terence Crawford. Crolla claimed the vacant WBO Inter-Continental…
Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing presented another top night of boxing action last night at the Hull Ice Arena. Australian – Lucas Browne stopped Richard Towers of Sheffield in the fifth round of their Commonwealth Heavyweight title final eliminator. Taller Towers kept Browne at bay with his long-reaching jab in round one, but Browne was…
Tommy Coyle is aiming to put the disappointment of his heart-breaking defeat to Commonwealth Lightweight champion Derry Mathews behind him when he faces John Simpson on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports from the Hull Ice Arena. Coyle tackles Simpson for the vacant IBF International title after returning to action in September with a four-round…
John Simpson will face Tommy Coyle at the sold-out Hull Arena on November 2, live on Sky Sports. The former British Super Featherweight champion steps up to Lightweight to face local star Coyle after Gavin Rees was forced to withdraw from the fight through injury. Coyle is back in action after his fantastic performance against…
Choi Tseveenpurev says he’ll prove that age is nothing but a number and show the divide in class between him and John Simpson as they clash for the WBO International featherweight title live on Sky Sports, in ‘Fighting Pride of Scotland’ at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, on Saturday, May 11. ‘The Mongolian Warrior’ is…
On September 11th 2010 Ryan ‘Mr Attitude’ Barrett comprehensively destroyed Mark ‘The Flash’ Alexander, in just one minute and thirty six seconds, to be crowned the International Masters Lightweight Champion. Ryan was clinical in his approach and within that 96 seconds sent the highly rated Alexander to the canvas no less than three times.
Glasgow turned into the UK’s boxing capital on Saturday night as super featherweight Ricky Burns turned up with the fight of his life to topple WBO champion Roman Martinez. Burns was given an early setback when he found himself on the floor in the first frame but the Scot refused to buckle as he beat…
This Saturday, September 4th Commonwealth super featherweight champion Ricky Burns, 28-2 (7), meets WBO champion Roman Martinez, 24-0-1 (15), at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. Also on the bill, Commonwealth featherweight champion John Simpson, 21-6 (9), faces off against Stephen Smith, 10-0 (6), in a British title eliminator, with the winner fighting Martin Lindsay. Stephen Smith has,…
At the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England last night, WBA light welter titlist Amir Khan made short work of mandatory challenger Dmitriy Salita. Making the first defense of his world title belt, Khan was facing an undefeated yet untested challenger in the form of Salita and that gulf in experience proved to be the…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Eston Sports Academy in Middlesbrough, England, Matchroom Sport hosted a fight night which headlined by the much anticipated Commonwealth Featherweight title rematch between Champion John Simpson of Greenock, Scotland and local man Paul Truscott of Middlesbrough. The fight against Simpson in January was…
Sat on the canvas straight after eight hard fought rounds for the Commonwealth Featherweight belt on January 16 of this year, John Simpson and Paul Truscott were conducting an interview for Sky Sports and had agreed that a rematch should be put into place, after the referee had stopped the fight due to cuts suffered…
Certified spoiler John Simpson pulled off another upset last night after defeating Commonwealth Featherweight Champion Paul Truscott at Eston Sports Academy in Truscott’s hometown of Middlesbrough, England on a Barry Hearn promotion. Simpson, a former British Feather Champion, was tagged in the early rounds as he tried to come in on the sharper skilled Truscott…