Neil Simpson (boxer)

Neil "Simmo" Simpson ( (1974-01-23) 23 January 1974 ) born in London, now based in Coventry, is an English professional light heavy/cruiser/heavyweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s, who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Midlands Area light heavyweight title, BBBofC British light heavyweight title, British Masters Cruiserweight title, and Commonwealth light heavyweight title, and was a challenger for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) Inter-Continental light heavyweight title against Darren Corbett, European Boxing Union (EBU) light heavyweight title against Yawe Davis[1], World Boxing Union (WBU) light heavyweight title against Tony Oakey, and BBBofC British light heavyweight title against Peter Oboh, his professional fighting weight varied from 169 lb (77 kg; 12 st 1 lb), i.e. light heavyweight to 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb), i.e. heavyweight.