Callum Simpson (born 16 October 1996) is a British

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. He has held the

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and

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titles since August 2024 and the European super-middleweight title since June 2025.

Early life

Callum Simpson was born 1996 in

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider boroug ...

, South Yorkshire. He attended Longcar primary school and Horizon High School, Barnsley. Before pursuing a career in boxing, Simpson was a keen footballer, playing for Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division side, Dodworth Miner's Welfare F.C. where his Dad was manager. He left at the age of eight before taking up boxing in Bolton upon Dearne, Barnsley, later moving to train at Barnsley Star Boxing Club under Trevor Schofield. He had 53 amateur fights, winning 38 before turning professional in 2019.

Professional career

Simpson made his professional debut in 2019 against seasoned journeyman Elvis Dube at

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, winning a points decision. In October of the same year, Simpson faced and beat Kiril Psonko. A month later, he beat Richard Harrison via TKO at the Metrodome, Barnsley. Simpson had two fights in 2021, the first in October against Lewis van Poetsch. The second in December versus Antony Woolery, winning both via TKO. The latter in 50 seconds. In 2022, Simpson was scheduled to fight Michael Osmanu Osunla. However, when the bout began, it was visibly noted that the opponent shared no resemblance to Osunla. Simpson continued to win the fight via KO. But an investigation was opened to uncover the identity of the imposter fighter. It is currently unknown who Simpson faced. Later that year, Simpson had four subsequent fights. Winning all by TKO against Michal Gazdik, Michal Loniewski, Farouk Daku, and won his first title by defeating Ben Ridings to win the Central Area

title. In February 2023, Simpson signed an exclusive promotional agreement with Boxxer. Simpson made his Boxxer debut in March 2023 against Celso Neves,winning via TKO. In July, Simpson beat Boris Crighton via unanimous decision. The third fight of the year came against Jose de Jesus Macias, with Simpson winning via unanimous decision after scoring a knockdown in the eighth round. In 2024, on the undercard of Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke at the O2 Arena in London, Simpson defended his title once again vs. Dulla Mbabe, winning via knockout in round four. Simpson won the

and

titles against champion Zak Chelli on 3 August 2024 in

at Simpson's childhood football club Barnsley F.C.'s stadium Oakwell. The fight, billed as Battle Lines was won by Simpson via unanimous decision He made a successful first defense of his titles by stopping Steed Woodall in round two of their bout at Park Community Arena in Sheffield on 11 January 2025. Three weeks later, on 1 February 2025, he defended his Commonwealth title against Ghanian boxer Elvis Ahorgah at

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in London, stopping his opponent in the fifth round. Simpson faced Ivan Zucco for the vacant European super-middleweight title at Oakwell in

, England, on 7 June 2025. He was knocked to the canvas in the first and third rounds, but recovered to win by stoppage when he felled his opponent three times in the 10th round.

Personal life

Simpson has one older brother, Bradley, a professional model, and one older sister. His younger sister, Lily-Rae Simpson, died at 19 in a road accident in

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in August 2024. Simpson now trains at Dicky's Gym in

Batley Batley is a market town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield, in the Heavy Woollen District. In 2011, the popu ...

, the former gym of IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington. He is a lifelong fan of Barnsley F.C. and is notably proud of his Yorkshire roots. In May 2025, Simpson partnered with The Trussell Trust to launch the Fight Against Hunger campaign with the aim of raising £15,000 for the Barnsley Foodbank.

Professional boxing record

, - , 18 , Win , 18-0 , Ivan Zucco , TKO , 10 (12) , 7 Jun 2025 , , , - , 17 , Win , 17-0 , Elvis Ahorgah , TKO , 5 (12) , 1 Feb 2025 , , , - , - , 16 , Win , 16-0 , Steed Woodall , KO , 2 (12) , 11 Jan 2025 , , , - , 15 , Win , 15-0 , Zak Chelli , , 12 , 3 Aug 2024 , , , - , 14 , Win , 14–0 , Dulla Mbabe , , 4 (10) , 31 Mar 2024 , , , - , 13 , Win , 13–0 , Jose de Jesus Macias , , 10 , 30 Sep 2023 , , , - , 12 , Win , 12–0 , Boris Crighton , , 10 , 1 Jul 2023 , , , - , 11 , Win , 11–0 , Celso Neves , , 3 (8) , 25 Mar 2023 , , , - , 10 , Win , 10–0 , Ben Ridings , , 2 (10) , 1 Oct 2022 , , , - , 9 , Win , 9–0 , Farouk Daku , , 1 (6) , 2 Jul 2022 , , , - , 8 , Win , 8–0 , Michal Loniewski , , 1 (6) , 30 Apr 2022 , , , - , 7 , Win , 7–0 , Michal Gazdik , , 1 (6) , 9 Apr 2022 , , , - , 6 , Win , 6–0 , Unknown , , 1 (6) , 26 Feb 2022 , , , - , 5 , Win , 5–0 , Antony Woolery , , 3 (4) , 17 Dec 2021 , , , - , 4 , Win , 4–0 , Lewis van Poetsch , , 3 (4) , 16 Oct 2021 , , , - , 3 , Win , 3–0 , Richard Harrison , , 1 (4) , 23 Nov 2019 , , , - , 2 , Win , 2–0 , Kiril Psonko , , 4 , 12 Oct 2019 , , , - , 1 , Win , 1–0 , Elvis Dube , , 4 , 22 Jun 2019 , , , -

References

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