ON August 3, 2024, Callum Simpson fulfilled a promise he made final 12 months to his supervisor, Kevin Maree.
The vow got here when Maree Boxing’s Mark Heffron misplaced his British super-middleweight title to Jack Cullen on the Manchester Enviornment. Cullen ended the champion’s 14-month stint with a textbook left hook in spherical three.
Maree had been “satisfied to bits” when Heffron beat Lennox Clarke to win the Lonsdale belt however needed to wait two years to see one other one in all his fighters win the well-known outdated title.
“When he [Heffron] misplaced, that evening Callum stated to me, ‘Don’t fear boss, I promise you, I promise you I’m getting that again,’” Maree recalled when Boxing Information not too long ago spoke to him.
Simpson did get it again after an evening to recollect for the Yorkshireman at Oakwell, the house of Barnsley Soccer Membership. Simpson had a number of thousand followers supporting him and one man in his manner – Zak Chelli. Whereas the struggle didn’t flip into the barnburner many had hoped, the 6ft 3ins challenger received the job completed, profitable huge on all three scorecards.
The success carried on Maree’s affection for a weight class which was his favorite to observe when he was youthful due to one fighter, Steve Collins.
“I really like Steve and I really like the period of him boxing Eubank and Benn and I liked the super-middleweight division,” Maree stated.
“Then I used to be fortunate sufficient to have Kenny Anderson at super-middleweight and he received the British title. That basically meant the world to me that he’d received his palms on that as a result of I’d grown up watching that division and he received.
“We’ve now received it again within the camp once more. I do get pleasure from that belt and seeing the names of fighters that we’ve had preventing and profitable that belt. It means loads to me so I used to be satisfied to bits that Callum received his palms on it.”
Maree’s relationship with the division continues on October 5 at Oldham Leisure Centre, when Ryszard Lewicki and Reece Farnhill, two of his fighters, will meet for the English title.
Enterprise has arguably by no means been higher for Maree with the texture good issue of Simpson’s win in Barnsley nonetheless rippling by way of the crew. The British champion spent every week in Spain after beating Chelli however the vital downtime was interrupted by… boxing.
“He was in a boxing health club over there,” Maree stated. “He’s simply one in all them. You simply can’t cease him. He’s the final word Duracell bunny. He’s simply received unbelievable power out and in of the ring, and that’s why he’s so in style, as a result of he’s all the time received time for everyone.”
“He desires to field quickly,” Maree added.
“If it was in Yorkshire, we just like the look of the Liam Cameron struggle. We expect that will be a superb struggle. Manchester, you’ve received Brad[ley] Rea, Birmingham, you’ve received Steed Woodall.
“He desires to struggle often, and he desires to struggle whoever’s subsequent in line, so he’ll struggle any of them, and he’s able to go. So he’ll definitely be out within the subsequent few months.”
