Stephen Simmons (born 6 August 1984) is a Scottish former professional boxer who competed from 2011 to 2018. He held multiple cruiserweight championships; and challenged once for the British title in 2018.
Amateur career 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.
Professional career He is currently trained by Billy Nelson. Simmons is managed by MTK Global (Mathew Macklin).
According to Boxrec, in October 2016, Simmons was ranked 5th in the UK and 46th in the World at Cruiserweight level.
On 27 June 2016, 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 vacant 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.
Personal life Simmons married his fiancée Nicole on 1 June 2014. They live in Edinburgh and they have 3 children.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes21Loss18–3Matty AskinTKO2 (12), 17 Mar 201820Win18–2Simon BarclayUD126 Oct 201719Win17–2Lukasz Rusiewicz6 (6), 8 Jul 201718Win16–2Arturs KulikauskisPTS619 May 201717Loss15–2Norair Mikaeljan1214 Oct 201616Win15–1Lars BuchholzRTD3 (10), 1 Oct 201615Win14–1Remigijus ZiausysPTS628 Jan 201614Win13–1Imantas DavidaitisTKO5 (6), 5 Dec 201513Win12–1Jiri SvacinaPTS85 Sep 201512Loss11–1Jon-Lewis DickinsonTKO8 (10), 4 Apr 201511Win11–0Courtney RichardsPTS64 Oct 201410Win10–0Wadi CamachoTKO10 (10), 27 Jun 20149Win9–0David Graf107 Sep 20138Win8–0Michael Sweeney3 (10), 11 May 20137Win7–0Jovan Kaludjerovic2 (6), 12 Jul 20146Win6–0Tayar MehmedPTS622 Sep 20125Win5–0Jevgenijs AndrejevsPTS629 Jun 20124Win4–0Hastings RasaniTKO6 (6), 1 Feb 20143Win3–0John AnthonyPTS625 Nov 20112Win2–0Hari Miles421 May 20111Win1–0Nick Okoth2 (4), 12 Mar 2011
References
External links
Stephen Simmons - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live