John Simpson | |
---|---|
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
Reach | 65 in (165 cm) |
Nationality | British |
Born | Greenock, Scotland | 26 July 1983
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 37 |
Wins | 26 |
Wins by KO | 11 |
Losses | 11 |
John Simpson (born 26 July 1983) is a Scottish former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2015. He held the British featherweight title twice between 2006 and 2010 and the Commonwealth featherweight title from 2009 to 2010.
Simpson's professional boxing career began in September 2002, with a first-round knockout of Simon Chambers. Simpson suffered a setback when he lost his second fight on points against Lee Holmes. Simpson remained undefeated in his next ten fights, and a victory over Marc Callaghan led to him receiving a shot at the British featherweight title.
On 5 November 2004, Simpson faced Dazzo Williams in a challenge for the British featherweight title. Simpson lost a very close points decision as referee Phil Edwards scored the bout 115–114 in favour of Williams. After a six-month lay off, Simpson returned to the ring to defeat former European lightweight title challenger Dariusz Snarski via a third-round knockout.
On 5 November 2005, exactly one-year after his last title challenge, Simpson fought Andy Morris for the vacant British featherweight title. Simpson was defeated by a unanimous decision with scores of 118–111, 117–111 and 118–110. Following this fight, Simpson lost to Stephen Foster Jr. via a unanimous points decision in a challenge for the WBU featherweight title.
On 9 December 2006, Simpson fought Andy Morris in his third challenge for the British featherweight title. Simpson claimed the title after stopping Morris in the 5th round. The fight was stopped after referee John Keane deemed that a cut over Morris' left eye was too severe to allow the fight to continue. Morris' trainer Bob Shannon has argued that his fighter should have been allowed to continue.
On 10 March 2007, Simpson lost a controversial points decision to Derry Mathews in a contest for the WBU featherweight title. Matthews was floored in the first round before Simpson was badly cut by an accidental headbutt. Mathews went on to be deducted points in the 6th and 9th rounds for hitting behind the head and holding. Despite the deductions and the knockdown, Mathews was awarded a wide points decision with scores of 118–112, 117–110 and 113–111. It was later announced that two of the ringside judges had failed to deduct the two points Mathews lost from their scorecards.
On 6 August 2007, Simpson defended his British featherweight title with a fifth-round knockout of Ryan Barrett.
On 7 September 2007, Simpson fought Andy Morris for a third time and defeated him via a seventh-round knockout to defend his British title. After the fight, Simpson said "I hope I can go on to bigger and better things now. Hopefully now I can go on to European and World titles, I started boxing to win a World title and that is my ambition".
On 6 June 2008, Simpson lost his British featherweight title to Paul Appleby in a close unanimous points decision.
On 28 November 2008, Simpson returned to the ring to defeat Kenyan John Gicharu on points over 8 rounds.
On 16 January 2009, Simpson travelled to Middlesbrough to meet Paul Truscott for Truscott's Commonwealth featherweight Championship. The fight ended in victory for Simpson following a clash of heads which caused the fight to be stopped on cuts in the 8th round. [1] On 4 September 2009 Simpson made his first defence against the man he had beaten for the title. The fight once again took place in Middlesbrough and saw the Scotsman retain his title this time stopping Truscott in the 10th round with both fighters contesting a furiously paced bout. [2]
Result | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | Paul Truscott | TKO | 8 (12), 0.54 | 16 January 2009 | Middlesbrough, England | Won Commonwealth Featherweight title |
Loss | Paul Appleby | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 6 June 2008 | Glasgow, Scotland | Lost British Featherweight title. |
Win | Andy Morris | TKO | 7 (12), 0.53 | 7 September 2007 | London, England | Defended British Feathweight title. |
Win | Ryan Barrett | KO | 5 (12), 2.50 | 6 August 2007 | London, England | Defended British Feathweight title. |
Loss | Derry Mathews | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 10 March 2007 | Liverpool, England | Bout for Matthews' WBU Featherweight title. |
Win | Andy Morris | TKO | 5 (12), 2.27 | 9 December 2006 | London, England | Won British Featherweight title. |
Loss | Stephen Foster Jr. | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 1 April 2006 | London, England | Bout for Foster's WBU Featherweight title. |
Loss | Andy Morris | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 5 November 2005 | Glasgow, Scotland | Bout for vacant British Featherweight title. |
Loss | Dazzo Williams | Decision | 12 | 5 November 2004 | Hereford, England | Bout for Williams' British Featherweight title. |
Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2011. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the WBO junior featherweight title twice between 1995 and 2001, the Ring magazine and lineal featherweight titles between 2001 and 2003, and the unified WBC and IBF super featherweight titles between 2004 and 2007.
James Leija, best known as Jesse James Leija, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2005. He held the WBC super featherweight title in 1994, and challenged twice each for world titles at lightweight and light welterweight.
Joel Casamayor Johnson is a Cuban American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2011. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA super featherweight title from 2000 to 2002; and the WBC, Ring magazine and lineal lightweight titles between 2006 and 2008. As an amateur, Casamayor won a gold medal in the bantamweight division at the 1992 Olympics, after which he defected to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Olympics.
Michael Jennings is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2010. He challenged once for the vacant WBO welterweight title in 2009. At regional level, he held the British welterweight title from 2005 to 2006 also has 2 sons Mikey and Jack and a daughter, Macy.
Armando Humberto Soto Ochoa, best known as Humberto Soto, is a Mexican professional boxer. A veteran of the sport for over 20 years, he is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC super featherweight title from 2008 to 2009, and the WBC lightweight title from 2010 to 2011. He also held the WBC interim featherweight title from 2005 to 2006.
Yohannes Christian "Chris" John is an Indonesian former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2013. He held the WBA (Super) featherweight title from 2004 to 2013, with his near decade-long reign being the second longest in the division's history. During his reign, John defended the title against 16 boxers, the second most in featherweight history.
Ricardo "Rocky" Juárez is an American former professional boxer. He is a former WBC Silver featherweight champion and a multiple-time world title challenger. Juarez was known over his career for his aggressive fighting style and incredible durability; in 11 defeats he was never stopped.
José Ulises Solís Pérez is a Mexican professional boxer and is the current IBF light Flyweight champion. In 2011, he got into a street fight with light middleweight champ Saul Alvarez and had his jaw broken. He planned on pressing charges against Alvarez. His brother also is the former WBA interim Super Featherweight champion Jorge Solís.
Ryan Barrett is an English boxer. He won the English super featherweight title in 2008, and the WBU welterweight title in 2013 before retiring later in 2014. Barrett is best known for his loss to 2004 Athens Olympics silver medalist Amir Khan via a TKO in 2006; after which, he went on to fight for the British featherweight title in 2007.
Willie Limond is a Scottish professional boxer. He held the EBU European Union super featherweight title in 2004; the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2006 to 2007; the Commonwealth super lightweight title from 2013 to 2014; and the British super lightweight title in 2014.
Daniel Geale is an Australian professional boxer. He is a former unified middleweight world champion, having held the WBA (Super) and IBF titles between 2011 and 2013. Additionally he held the IBO middleweight title from 2007 to 2009. As an amateur, Geale won a welterweight gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Jorge Iván Solís Pérez, is a Mexican former professional boxer. He is a former holder of various minor and regional titles including, the Jalisco State Featherweight title, WBC Latin America title, Mexican Super Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions and WBA Fedecentro titles. He's also the brother of former IBF Champion Ulises Solís.
Martin Lindsay is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 2004 to 2014. He held the IBF Youth featherweight title in 2007. At regional level, he held the British featherweight title from 2009 to 2010 and challenged twice for the Commonwealth featherweight title between 2013 and 2014.
Derry Mathews (born 23 September 1983 is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2017. He held the WBA interim lightweight title in 2015 and has challenged twice for lightweight world championships; the WBO title in 2016 and the vacant IBO title in 2012. At regional level, he held the British lightweight title twice between 2012 and 2014; the Commonwealth lightweight title in 2013; and challenged twice for the EBU European lightweight title between 2011 and 2012.
Ted Bami Minsende is a former professional boxer. Nicknamed "Dangerous", Bami is a former European light welterweight champion and British light welterweight title challenger. He was until recently the trainer of his nephew, British boxer Isaac Chamberlain. Bami and Chamberlain parted ways following Chamberlain's accusations of theft; however, in May 2018, the Boxing Board of Control cleared Bami of all accusations and he remained Chamberlain's Manager until 2020.
Gary Sykes is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2016. He held the British super-featherweight title twice between 2010 and 2014, challenged once for the Commonwealth super-featherweight title in 2014 and once for the Commonwealth lightweight title in 2016.
Andy Morris is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2010. He held the British featherweight title from 2005 to 2006 and challenged twice for the vacant Commonwealth super featherweight title in 2010. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.
Michael Farenas, is a Filipino professional boxer.
Stephen Foster is an English professional boxer fighting in the super featherweight division. He is the former European super featherweight champion and is a former holder of the English and WBU titles at featherweight.
James Patrick "Shea" Neary is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2000. He held the WBU light-welterweight title from 1996 to 2000, and challenged once for the Commonwealth light-welterweight title in the latter year.
Regional boxing titles | ||||
Preceded by Andy Morris | British featherweight champion 9 December 2006 – 6 June 2008 | Succeeded by Paul Appleby | ||
Preceded by Paul Truscott | Commonwealth featherweight champion 16 January 2009 – 4 September 2010 | Succeeded by Stephen Smith | ||
Preceded by Martin Lindsay | British featherweight champion 15 December 2010 – 27 April 2011 | |||
Preceded by Paul Appleby | Celtic Area super-featherweight champion 29 June 2012 – April 2013 | Vacant Title next held by Anthony Cacace | ||
Vacant Title last held by Sergio Thompson | WBC International Silver super-featherweight champion 11 May 2013 – October 2013 | Vacant Title next held by Stephen Smith |