Callum Simpson will defend his European, British & Commonwealth super-middleweight titles against Troy Williamson in Leeds on 20 December.<\/p>\n
The event at the First Direct Arena will feature Barnsley’s Simpson making the first defence of his European crown since beating Ivan Zucco in June.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old is unbeaten in the first 18 fights of his career, but faces the English super-middleweight champion in Darlington’s Williamson, who has won 21 of his 26 pro bouts.<\/p>\n
The event marks the next chapter of the BBC’s broadcast deal with Boxxer and will be shown live on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n
“Leeds is going to be bouncing with the Barnsley Army,” said Simpson.<\/p>\n
“Troy’s a tough fighter but this is my time and I’m ready to prove again why I’m one of the most exciting boxers in Britain right now.<\/p>\n
“To headline live on the BBC is massive and we’re putting Yorkshire boxing back on the map at the same time.”<\/p>\n
Williamson last fought in September, beating Mark Dickinson, but has won only two of his last six fights – the 34-year-old’s other victory in that run coming against Ramiro Blanco in 2023.<\/p>\n
“Callum’s had a great run but he’s never faced anyone like me. I’m gonna ruin his Christmas,” said Williamson.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been in big fights, I’ve been the champion, and I know what it takes. This is my opportunity to show that I’m number one and to take the belts home with me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Callum Simpson will defend his European, British & Commonwealth super-middleweight titles against Troy Williamson in Leeds on 20…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-244888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}