Simpson-Truscott

By Nate Anderson: For the second time in a year, Commonwealth featherweight champion John Simpson (20-6, 8 KO’s) stopped Paul Truscott (13-2, 1 KO’s), this time in the 10th round on Friday night at the Eston Sports Academy, Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire. Simpson, 26, was making his Commonwealth title, which he won with an eighth round [...]

By Nate Anderson: Making his first defense of his Commonwealth (British Empire) featherweight title, Paul Truscott (12-1, 1 KOs) was stopped in the 8th round by challenger John Simpson (19-6, 7 KOs) of a scheduled 12-round bout at the Eston Sports Academy, Middlesbrough, in Northumbria. With Truscott trailing in the fight, the bout was stopped [...]