Danny Simpson nearly held onto his Premier League winner’s medal at Misfits Boxing 17.
The previous defender was famously a 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 considered one of his most prized possessions on a win over Danny Aarons, who was also fought for the primary time at Misfits 17
“I desired to bring this to you,” Aarons said during a pre-fight interview.
“You won the Premier League. You bought something for that, right?
“What color is the medal? It’s gold. Once I got 1 million subscribers on YouTube, I got a gold YouTube play button. We each have a gold award.
“The winner gets the loser’s gold reward.”
Simpson immediately agreed to massively up the ante for his or her fight.
It looked prefer it could backfire in round one as Aarons was the more achieved boxer.
Nonetheless, Simpson’s wild attacks began to land and impact his opponent, who he refused to provide his Premier League winner’s medal and not using a fight.
It was the same story in round two. The Leicester City legend struggled with Aarons, who’s more technically sound, before landing with big eye-catching punches.
Aarons landed the perfect combination of the fight in round three.
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Simpson looked like he could possibly be in trouble, but he bounced back with more big shots that made his rival think twice about going for the kill.
Each men gave all of it within the fourth and final round. Aarons appeared to harm 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 maintain his medal.
Each men insisted that 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 assumed I nicked it,” Simpson said.
“This week has been considered one of the craziest weeks of my life.
“We said we were going to have a good time in here and I believe we did. I believe Danny knows I attempted to leap in last minute and tried to do all the pieces I could within the five weeks.
“Possibly I’ll have the possibility to have a full camp and I’d love to come back back and have one other go.”
Aarons added: “A draw. it’s what it’s, we’ll run it back.
“Thanks to everyone who got here out. It was a pleasure to get within the ring, there’s rather a lot to learn from this, hopefully, I can come back with a knockout and with a win.”
