john Simpson the unluckiest man in british boxing???

[billy nelson]

Simpson has been very unlucky but lets not get ahead of ourselves. Some have suggested he's approaching world class. He isn't. I'm a huge Simpson fan and think he won both fights, but the simple fact is that he rarely decisively beats anyone near the top of domestic level. He robbed against Williams and the Matthews fight was debatable. Every other loss has been fair enough, including the two defeats to Smith (which I think he won). He's billed as a pressure fighter but has little power, average handspeed and consistently gets his shots off second. Alot of the time he fights more like a counter puncher.

I'm not having a dig here, he's my favourite domestic fighter and my previous posts bear that out. I'm just saying that realistically he's at his absolute peak and couldnt decsively beat a relative novice in Stephen Smith, or Paul Appleby for that matter.

He did beat Smith read what eveyones saying mate,they all cant be wrong

[mickey1975]

Simpson has been very unlucky but lets not get ahead of ourselves. Some have suggested he's approaching world class. He isn't. I'm a huge Simpson fan and think he won both fights, but the simple fact is that he rarely decisively beats anyone near the top of domestic level. He robbed against Williams and the Matthews fight was debatable. Every other loss has been fair enough, including the two defeats to Smith (which I think he won). He's billed as a pressure fighter but has little power, average handspeed and consistently gets his shots off second. Alot of the time he fights more like a counter puncher.

I'm not having a dig here, he's my favourite domestic fighter and my previous posts bear that out. I'm just saying that realistically he's at his absolute peak and couldnt decsively beat a relative novice in Stephen Smith, or Paul Appleby for that matter.

He did beat Smith read what eveyones saying mate,they all cant be wrong

He did not beat Smith.Thats not my opinion,its a fact and will go down in the record books. I think what Trojans44 is getting at is if Simpson is as good as what some people think then he should be beating the likes of Smith and Appleby comfortably. The only time he has looked top class was against Lindsay.

[Emmseegee]

I dont think simpson is world class either and hes among my favourite fighters but although i wouldnt rate him as world class id love to see him get a shot at a title.
Half the battle is getting the opportunity and if given the opportunity against the rignt opponent at the right time he could maybe cause an upset.
If anyone would deserve it, simpson would but sadly boxing doesnt usually work that way and the decision against smith has sent him backwards AGAIN.

Hes a warrior and a great advert for british boxing.
Hopefully he gets everything he wants and deserves from his career.

[Trojans44]

Tell you what, he could win one against Molitor if that were possible.