Callum Simpson vs. Ivan Zucco | Sky Sports - 7 June 2025

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Adam Azim added.

Bit short notice. Who’s he gonna fight? A nobody obviously.

[a force]

Zucco’s not bad is he? I just imagined he would be a typical overmatched Italian.

He’s got some fast hands on him & I don’t think Simpson’s faced a southpaw. Certainly not since he’s been fighting on Sky. Styles should gel well.

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Azim Fighting Eliot Chavez (12-7-4)

[jameswilson]

Yeah have to say it's unfortunate for there to be 2 cards on saturday night and both have such poor undercards.

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Yeah have to say it's unfortunate for there to be 2 cards on saturday night and both have such poor undercards.

You reckon the main events will clash

[jameswilson]

Yeah have to say it's unfortunate for there to be 2 cards on saturday night and both have such poor undercards.

You reckon the main events will clash

Lets hope sense prevails. If it doesn't then it becomes clear both sides can't be reasonable with one another tho.

[MightyWarrior]

Does anyone reckon the Italian is really a puncher or is this one of those carefully doctored records?

I guess I’ll have to watch him

Seems unlikely you’d bring in a threat to the local boy who is actually a real ticket seller, unless you’re into self inflicted pain.

[MightyWarrior]

Just had a closer look at his record, yeah clearly padded. He’s not knocked out anyone that would make you think he’s a genuine threat.

[a force]

I don’t know if he’s a puncher but he’s got some ability. He looked pretty decent in the Brown fight

[a force]

Popped down to the weigh in today.

A few thoughts -

Shane McGuigan is pretty small. I don’t know if I’m alone but I always thought Shane was tall. He’s only average height at best. Maybe it’s years of seeing him with his dad, Frampton & Josh Pritchard.

Johnny Nelson is a thoroughly decent human being. While the rest of the Sky team kept themselves to themselves in the cordoned off section he made an effort to speak to people & have photos & was taking the time to ask some young lads from Simpson’s amateur gym about their records. I know he comes out with some nonsense at times but he’s a good bloke is Johnny.

Shalom wasn’t present which I found a bit strange. Simpson’s been a huge success story for him, arguably his best find & I was surprised he wasn’t there.

Sam Hickey seems a likeable lad. Spoke really well & has sold 150 tickets to his fans from Dundee which is one hell of a journey. He’ll probably have the second best support there on the night.

Mark Jeffers really needs to get his name out there. He wants there to be some kind of rivalry with Simpson but there were no pantomime boo’s for him or anything like that. Fans just politely applauded him like they did the journeymen on the bill. I honestly don’t think Simpson-Jeffers sells many more tickets than Simpson versus a random European which is probably why Maree & Shalom aren’t making it yet.

[MightyWarrior]

Interesting, I’ve not really heard of Mark Jeffers.
Weird Shalom wasn’t there, and apparently Frank and Eddie missing from Weigh in/press conference recently? has Turki called them in for a sauna meeting?

Do we reckon the two main events will clash tonight, if so, the heavyweight one might be over during the introductions for this one I guess.

Anyway, what does sky care, probably throwing the towel in by the looks of it - maybe they’ll just go box office prestige events down the road, although they’ve screwed the pooch recently with the advertising % fiasco, and are probably running out of money with the boxing budget.

Company Johnny is a nice guy, but he doesn’t half talk a load of shite. What’s the betting with sky going under Adam Smith pulls him over to DAZN because he’s such a GREAT GUY.

[a force]

Interesting, I’ve not really heard of Mark Jeffers.
Weird Shalom wasn’t there, and apparently Frank and Eddie missing from Weigh in/press conference recently? has Turki called them in for a sauna meeting?

Do we reckon the two main events will clash tonight, if so, the heavyweight one might be over during the introductions for this one I guess.

Anyway, what does sky care, probably throwing the towel in by the looks of it - maybe they’ll just go box office prestige events down the road, although they’ve screwed the pooch recently with the advertising % fiasco, and are probably running out of money with the boxing budget.

Company Johnny is a nice guy, but he doesn’t half talk a load of shite. What’s the betting with sky going under Adam Smith pulls him over to DAZN because he’s such a GREAT GUY.

I wondered the same about a possible meeting after seeing Warren & Hearn weren’t in Ipswich either.

Jeffers looks a decent talent but this is the first time he’ll fight quite high up a bill & isn’t well known at all. He’s got this idea that he’s somehow been avoided but the truth is both he & Simpson have the same manager & promoter. If they thought Jeffers was the better fighter it would have been him that got the push & the opportunities that Simpson has got & has taken.

I think there will definitely be a clash as they have to have main events done by a certain time in outdoor stadiums.

I think more hardcore boxing fans will watch Wardley but far more will watch Simpson as it’s on Sky.

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Fight night!

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Full list of weights:

12x3 – EBU super-middleweight title
Callum Simpson – 165lbs
Ivan Zucco – 165lbs

10x3 – super middleweight
Mark Jeffers – 166lbs
Sean Hemphill – 166lbs

8x3 – super lightweight
Adam Azim – 143lbs
Eliot Chavez – 143lbs

8x3 – featherweight
Rhys Edwards – 125lbs
Thomas Essomba – 124lbs

8x3 – lightweight
Frankie Stringer – 136lbs
Kane Baker –

6x3 – lightweight
Ellis Price – 135lbs
Jake Price – 135lbs

6x3 – super middleweight
Red Johnson – 167lbs
Harley Collison – 168lbs

6x3 – middleweight
Sam Hickey – 166lbs
Harley Hodgetts – 165lbs

6x3 – middleweight
Mauro Silva – 161lbs
Omir Rodriguez – 158lbs

[handsofstone]

Azim's opponent not allowed to fight, using sauna apparently, hopefully they'll get a Brit in to replace him but knowing Shalom I doubt it, Sky counting their blessings they're done with this mob

[Ruthless-RKO]

Yh just seen. Weight making error.

So much for that then ..

Quickest ever time between fight being made official and cancelling.

[a force]

Azim's opponent not allowed to fight, using sauna apparently, hopefully they'll get a Brit in to replace him but knowing Shalom I doubt it, Sky counting their blessings they're done with this mob

What a farce.

Funny that the board allowed Eubank to fight. It’s amazing what difference money makes.

[a force]

Yh just seen. Weight making error.

So much for that then ..

Quickest ever time between fight being made official and cancelling.

Up there with Bellew stepping in to face / not face Cleverly that time

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Yh just seen. Weight making error.

So much for that then ..

Quickest ever time between fight being made official and cancelling.

Up there with Bellew stepping in to face / not face Cleverly that time

Was that officially announced?

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Adam Azim-Eliot Chavez cancelled on fight day

The junior-welterweight contest between Adam Azim and Eliot Chavez has been cancelled by the British Boxing Board of Control.

England's Azim and Chavez, of Mexico, were scheduled to fight on the undercard of Saturday's European super-middleweight title fight between Azim's compatriot Callum Simpson and the Italian Ivan Zucco at Oakwell Football Ground in Barnsley, England.

The 30-year-old Chavez, however, according to a statement released on social media by the promoters Boxxer, no longer has the permission of the governing body of British boxing to fight, as a consequence of his using a sauna to make weight.

"The British Boxing Board of Control has withdrawn permission for Eliot Chavez to face Adam Azim in Barnsley following concerns raised by The Mexican Boxing Commission relating to Chavez's use of a sauna to make weight – a practice that is prohibited by the board," the statement read.

Azim, 23, had made weight on Friday. He would have been fighting for the first time since impressively stopping Kazakhstan's Sergey Lipinets in February. He and Chavez were scheduled to fight over eight rounds; their date had been confirmed only three days ahead of fight night.

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It’s a shambles really.

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Who knows. Some of the fights might turn out out to be decent scraps.

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Might watch the Ipswich card instead.

Can always watch highlights on the Sky.

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Will post the running order shortly.

Will be a 5pm start on YouTube.

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Azim's opponent not allowed to fight, using sauna apparently, hopefully they'll get a Brit in to replace him but knowing Shalom I doubt it, Sky counting their blessings they're done with this mob

What a farce.

Funny that the board allowed Eubank to fight. It’s amazing what difference money makes.
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I don’t think he used a sauna did he?

I know there was an investigation with them videos of him in that hot suit. Not sure what happened with that.