Real Life Boxing #1 - Stephen Simmons
We're honoured to have fellow Scot, Former International Amateur & Professional Boxer Stephen Simmons as our very first guest on our premier interview. We discuss his career highlights and how boxing has shaped his life.
Stephen Simmons started boxing aged 12 and fought his entire Amateur Career out of renowned Scottish Amateur Boxing Club Leith Victoria AAC, being coached by his Uncle Kenny who boxed for Scotland at Middleweight. He won numerous trophies throughout Europe since 2004, having around 115 Amateur contests winning approximately 80 of them. Simmons competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, winning the Bronze Medal in the 91 kg Heavyweight Division.
According to Boxrec, in October 2016, Simmons was ranked 5th in the UK and 46th in the World at Cruiserweight level.
On 27 June, 2014, Simmons battled against Noel Gevor in Hamburg, Germany. Simmons was aggressive throughout the fight, while Gevor boxed well, but neither fighter looked like they did enough to win the rounds by a clear margin. In the end, it was a very close fight, and the judges scored it 116-112 twice for Gevor, and 116-113, awarding Gevor the split-decision win.
On 17 March, 2018, Simmons fought Matty Askin for the vacat British cruiserweight belt. Simmons was outmatched by Askin, losing the fight in the second round via TKO.
In April 2018, Simmons announced that he is retiring from the sport of boxing