For the reason that retirements of George Groves, James DeGale and Carl Froch, Britain has been ready for its subsequent super-middleweight star.
However Groves believes British and Commonwealth champion Callum Simpson can comply with of their footsteps.
“He’s already got a tremendous following. He’s going to get looked after in that respect because he’s commercially valuable. The people of Barnsley are behind him, and beyond,” Groves instructed Sky Sports activities.
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Simpson will get a controversial TKO win in opposition to Woodall after the referee stops the bout within the second spherical
“I think as he goes through the levels that will only get bigger. From what I’ve seen of Callum Simpson I really like him. I really like his attitude. I like the way he fights.
“He kind of burst on the scene of late. He isn’t like an novice star who earlier than individuals had even seen him have been speaking about him. So I respect that as properly. I like that about him.
“You’d struggle to go against saying Callum Simpson can get to the very top because he hasn’t given us any reason to doubt that. We just want to see him in more great fights.”
Simpson, simply three weeks after his final battle, is accepting a short-notice task to defend the Commonwealth title in opposition to Elvis Ahorgah on the OVO Enviornment Wembley on Saturday, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
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Simpson and Mark Jeffers mentioned whether or not they’d battle one another sooner or later, offered they each emerge victorious from their subsequent bouts
“I think this is great. Obviously someone’s loss is someone’s gain. Maybe with the Isaac Chamberlain-Viddal Riley fight falling through, there was an opening to make this show better and they brought Callum in recently after a good win last month,” Groves mentioned.
If he’s victorious Simpson might be trying to field on the Oakwell stadium in Barnsley later this 12 months. Together with his reputation, Simpson won’t even want the sort of grudge match that Groves had with each DeGale and Froch.
“Keep that momentum going and a huge fight at Oakwell. He’ll need a serious fight for that. It doesn’t necessarily need to be a rival or a big name or whatnot. But it needs to be something that can be sold. But I like him,” Groves mentioned.
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Watch the basic ‘Ringside’ encounter from 2013 when Carl Froch and George Groves clashed forward of their epic first battle
So may he turn into the brand new George Groves? “He could well be,” Groves himself mentioned. “He’s a little bit too nice.
“You want individuals who do not need to be in entrance of you randomly in entrance of you to carry out the George Groves,” he added with a laugh. “After which he sticks the knife in! However we’d not see that with Callum.”
Watch Simpson vs Ahorgah this Saturday dwell on Sky Sports activities
