{"id":8679,"date":"2025-06-02T06:39:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/callum-simpson-headlines-at-oakwell-stadium-on-saturday-this-time-next-year-ill-be-ready-for-world-titles-boxing-news\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T06:39:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:39:45","slug":"callum-simpson-headlines-at-oakwell-stadium-on-saturday-this-time-next-year-ill-be-ready-for-world-titles-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/callum-simpson-headlines-at-oakwell-stadium-on-saturday-this-time-next-year-ill-be-ready-for-world-titles-boxing-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Callum Simpson headlines at Oakwell stadium on Saturday: ‘This time next year I\u2019ll be ready for world titles’ | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Callum Simpson believes winning the European title on Saturday will put him on course for a world championship bout.<\/p>\n

Simpson takes on Italy’s hard-punching Ivan Zucco for the European super-middleweight belt on Saturday at Barnsley’s Oakwell stadium, live on Sky Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“I’ve won the British and I’ve won the Commonwealth, European’s the next step. After that we push on for world titles next year,” Simpson told Sky Sports.<\/em><\/p>\n

“This is it. I want to be fighting for world titles by the end of next year and the way we’re going I don’t see no reason why not. I’m learning every day, every fight, I’m progressing.<\/p>\n

“This time next year I’ll be ready to push on for world titles.”<\/p>\n

Winning a European championship is typically a step toward boxing for world honours.<\/p>\n

Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez has unified all four of the major 168lb titles. But it’s likely those belts could fragment by 2026 and Simpson also has the support of a passionate fanbase in Barnsley that will help propel him to that level.<\/p>\n

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“I’ve grown up watching Josh Warrington at Leeds Arena or Kell Brook at Sheffield Arena. I didn’t realise the capacity there was 10,000. We’ll be doing 15,000 [on Saturday],” Simpson said.<\/p>\n

“It’s pretty crazy. Kell Brook [at Bramall Lane] was for the world title, Josh Warrington was doing stadiums for the world title, whereas me, I did it for the British and Commonwealth, which is unheard of and I’m doing it for the European.<\/p>\n

“To be doing those numbers for the European title, it’s something special. It’s credit to my supporters, it’s credit to Barnsley and my community, they’re getting behind me.”<\/p>\n

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Simpson does have a unique connection with his supporters.<\/p>\n

“They’re not fans. They’re my people, my community,” he explained. “I’m one of their own and that’s it. I’ve not changed who I am. I’m just a normal working-class Barnsley lad, Yorkshire lad, who’s worked very, very hard to get to where I’ve got to and where I’m going. I’ll never change.<\/p>\n

“I support my community in any way I can and because they’ve seen that, they get behind me. It’s real as well.<\/p>\n

“I’m one of them. A normal lad and I work hard to achieve my dreams.”<\/p>\n

Watch Callum Simpson vs Ivan Zucco on June 7 live on Sky Sports<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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Callum Simpson believes winning the European title on Saturday will put him on course for a world championship bout. Simpson takes on Italy’s hard-punching Ivan Zucco for the European super-middleweight belt on Saturday at Barnsley’s Oakwell stadium, live on Sky Sports. “I’ve won the British and I’ve won the Commonwealth, European’s the next step. After […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-8679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8679"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=8679"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=8679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}