lindsay v arthur on 5th february in wales

I think Simpson'll beat Lindsay as well .Just watched a bit of that Simpson Dazzo Williams fight .Simpson's got to be one of the unluckiest boxers ever man .Robbed in that fight and the Matthews fight not to mention how close the Appelby fight was .The board of control said it was alright to fight Lindsay then changed there minds.That just ties Simpson down even more man.Can't wait to see him exploding onto the European scene.Hope he goes far.Would like to see him going all the way , hopefully.

 

Read this from Scottish boxing .The Appelby fight was close to call but Mattews tactiics were anything but fair.

John Simpson Robbed Again As Boxing Hits New Low Sunday March 11th 2007 , 10:19 am

Thank God his British title wasn’t at stake. That’s all I can say after witnessing John Simpson’s WBU Featherweight title clash against Derry Matthews at Liverpool’s Olympia last night. Because yet again a Scottish boxer has found himself on the wrong end of some very poor and dubious judging.
ITV’s pre-bout coverage told you all you needed to know about who was going to win the fight.
There was an extended build up for Derry Matthews, comparing him to the likes of John Conteh and basically telling you he is the next big thing in British boxing. There was footage of him in the gym, running alongside the Mersey and even at Anfield for Liverpool’s European match with Barcelona. Even Steven Gerrard popped up to tell you how good he was.
In contrast, John Simpson was given a 30 second introduction while in the dressing room waiting to enter the ring. Hardly a mention of the fact that he is the British Featherweight champion and they couldn’t even pronounce his hometown of “Grenok” properly. And then a buffoon with a microphone told John that “all the experts” and everyone at ringside thought that he didn’t have a chance.
What do you say to that when you are just about to enter the ring?
In fact John Simpson answered him - and “all the experts” - in the best way possible by putting Matthews down in the very first round with a right hook that found its target all night long thanks to Matthews‘ poor defence.
Simpson then went on to dominate the early part of the fight, threatening to drop Matthews again in the third with another of those right hooks and punishing body shots.
For his part, Matthews was all over the place. This certainly wasn’t the same man who beat Steve Foster Jr to claim the WBU belt last year, not by a long chalk.
His only answer to Simpson’s superior boxing skills was to hold and cling and throw rabbit punches at every opportunity. Referee Mickey Vann warned him consistently about his behaviour and twice took a point off him - in the sixth and ninth - for his antics. Why he wasn’t disqualified, I don’t know. I’ve seen plenty of other boxers thrown out of a ring for much less.
In the sixth an accidental clash of heads opened up a nasty cut on the top of John Simpson’s head and for much of the second half of the contest he had to box with blood dripping into his left eye. At one point in the seventh it looked like the fight might even be stopped, but Simpson was allowed to box on.
The injury certainly hampered the Scot’s work and gave Matthews the opportunity to get back into the fight, but despite tiring as the bout came to an end and despite having to fight with blood covering his face, Simpson continued to outbox his opponent, particularly at close quarters.
When the final bell rang, only one boxer deserved to leave that ring as a winner. John Simpson. Some of the rounds were close and Matthews was able to come back into the fight following the head injury, but adding up the rounds Simpson had won together with his 10-8 opener and the two points that were deducted from Matthews during the fight, a repeat of his “defeat” at the hands of Dazzo Williams surely wasn’t on the cards?
Well it depends whose cards you are talking about. Me, I had Simpson winning by one or two rounds. It was a close messy fight, but for me Simpson was the winner.
Still, what do I know? Because the judges at ringside scored the contest 118-112, 117-110 and 113-111 in favour of Derry Matthews.
118-112? What where you watching Larry O’Connell? You get ten points for winning a round and there were 12 rounds. Matthews had two points deducted and was put down in the first so surely the most points he could have won is 117. Or am I missing something here?
Not that Matthews came close to winning every round so even the 117-110 scorecard was a complete and utter joke. The judge in question? Dave Parris - the only bloke on the planet who thought Barry Morrison lost to Lenny Dawes.
Simpson the winner, I thought so. A draw, possibly. Matthews edging it, hmmmm. A landslide win for Matthews, not in a million years. But that’s how those ringside judges saw it.
As we all know, the WBU belt is not the world title it claims to be. And as I said at the start, thank God the Lonsdale belt wasn’t also at stake on the night because John Simpson would have been reporting it as stolen to the Merseyside Police before heading home because he certainly wouldn’t have lost it by fair means in the ring.
The joke in Scottish boxing circles is that you now need a knockout to get a draw on English soil. The problem is the joke is now wearing a bit thin.

 

It was the slip knockdown that won Appelby the fight .Cards were close .If it wasn't for that Simpson could have won it the cards were that close.Simpson said it was a slip.

 

When is the Simpson v Bell fight? I thought it was on the Khan undercard, but, apparently not. Nothing up on Boxrec either

 

how good is arthurs...cant say i have seen him fight:good