Edinburgh’s Stephen "Monster" Simmons (18-3, 7 early) has admitted that he is contemplating retirement following his failure to win the British cruiserweight title against Blackpool-based Matty Askin (23-3-1, 15 KOs) on a David Haye-promoted show at the York Hall on Saturday night.
“It was a bitter pill to swallow on the night because going in, I was feeling confident and after the first round, I was even more confident,” he said when speaking to Susan Egelstaff of The Herald (Glasgow edition). “But I think I maybe got a little bit too confident and a bit of complacency maybe set in because I ended up square-on after a left-hook and I got a dink in the solar plexus and it just took all of the wind right out of me. It was a mistake and these things happen—he won the fight and that's that."
He said: “I'll take some time out and spend some time with my family but there's a decent chance I'll end up retiring now. I'd mentioned it before the fight that it was an option and while I'm not making any official announcement, I'll have a think about things over the next few weeks and see how I'm feeling.”
