Danny Simpson’s boxing debut ends in shock result after Premier League medal bet

Danny Simpson just about held onto his Premier League winner’s medal at Misfits Boxing 17.

The former defender was famously part of the Leicester City team that overcame odds of 5000-1 to win the Premier League title in 2016.

Ahead of his boxing debut, Simpson wagered one of his most prized possessions on a win over Danny Aarons, who was also fought for the first time at Misfits 17

“I wanted to bring this to you,” Aarons said during a pre-fight interview.

“You won the Premier League. You got something for that, right?

“What colour is the medal? It’s gold. When I got 1 million subscribers on YouTube, I got a gold YouTube play button. We both have a gold award.

“The winner gets the loser’s gold reward.”

Simpson immediately agreed to massively up the ante for their fight.

It looked like it could backfire in round one as Aarons was the more accomplished boxer.

However, Simpson’s wild attacks started to land and impact his opponent, who he refused to give his Premier League winner’s medal without a fight.

It was a similar story in round two. The Leicester City legend struggled with Aarons, who is more technically sound, before landing with big eye-catching punches.

Aarons landed the best combination of the fight in round three.

3

3

Simpson looked like he could be in trouble, but he bounced back with more big shots that made his rival think twice about going for the kill.

Both men gave it all in the fourth and final round. Aarons appeared to hurt Simpson before the recently retired footballer rallied to take his first fight to the judges’ scorecards.

Ultimately, it was called a split draw and Simpson got to keep his medal.

Both men insisted they had done enough to emerge victorious during a joint post-fight interview, which ended with them agreeing to do a rematch.

“I’m obviously going to say that I thought I nicked it,” Simpson said.

“This week has been one of the craziest weeks of my life.

“We said we were going to have fun in here and I think we did. I think Danny knows I tried to jump in last minute and tried to do everything I could in the five weeks.

“Maybe I’ll have the chance to have a full camp and I’d love to come back and have another go.”

Aarons added: “A draw. it is what it is, we’ll run it back.

“Thank you to everyone who came out. It was a pleasure to get in the ring, there’s a lot to learn from this, hopefully, I can come back with a knockout and with a win.”