Luke Simpkin is a British

United Kingdom

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 light heavyweight

Light heavyweight

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 boxer

Boxing

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 based in Swadlincote

Swadlincote

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, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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, England

England

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. His record stands at 11 wins, 31 losses and 3 draws after 45 bouts.

Simpkin competed in the "Prizefighter

Prizefighter series

The Prizefighter series is a knock out boxing tournament created by boxing promoter Barry Hearn and aired on Sky Sports. The format has an initial eight fighters, who compete in four quarter-finals of 3 x 3 minute rounds followed by two semi-finals and one final all on the same night...

" competition in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 12 September 2008. Defeating Dave Ferguson

Dave Ferguson

David Mark "Dave" Ferguson is a British heavyweight boxer based in Wallsend, England. His record stands at 7 wins and 1 loss after 8 bouts....

 in the opening round, Simpkin went on to fight Sam Sexton

Sam Sexton

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Sexton subsequently took Simpkin out of contention winning the match by unanimous decision and continued on to win the competition.

External links

• Luke Simpkin profile at BritishBoxing.net