Danny Aarons and Danny Simpson gained’t have to surrender their prized possessions in any case.
The principle occasion of Saturday’s Misfits Boxing 17 occasion at 3Arena in Dublin, Eire, led to a hotly contested cut up draw after YouTuber Danny Aarons and retired Premier League standout Danny Simpson battled for 4 thrilling—if less-than-technical—rounds.
Whereas each males are doubtless disillusioned with the consequence, it does imply that their gutsy pre-fight wager is now of no consequence. Aarons, a well-liked YouTuber, was to offer Simpson his gold play button (a plaque given to content material creators who’ve reached 1,000,000 subscribers) if he misplaced, whereas Simpson put an much more prestigious prize on the road: The Premier League medal that he gained as a key member of the Leicester Metropolis staff that miraculously went on a miraculous championship run in 2016.
In what was the first-ever boxing match for Aarons and Simpson, their inexperience confirmed as they engaged in a sloppy 12-minute brawl. The center frames noticed each males have flashes of efficient offense, with the longer Simpson protecting Aarons at bay with punches from vary in Spherical 2, and Aarons getting his mixtures stepping into Spherical 3. It seemed to be anybody’s combat heading into the fourth and ultimate spherical.
Neither fighter was capable of draw back in Spherical 4 as all approach went out the window and the motion devolved right into a sloppy brawl. When the ultimate bell rang, it was unclear who would stroll out with the victory and, because it turned out, nobody did.
Elsewhere on the cardboard, gentle heavyweight champion Anthony Taylor handed Gabriel Silva—the son of MMA legend Anderson Silva—a devastating TKO loss, health influencer HSTikkyTokky ran by way of over-matched actuality TV star George Fensom, and Deen the Nice efficiently defended his light-weight title with a third-round TKO of Dave Fogarty.
See Misfits Boxing 17 outcomes beneath.
Danny Aarons vs. Danny Simpson ends in a cut up draw (38-38, 39-37, 37-39)
Anthony Taylor def. Gabriel Silva by way of TKO (R3, 2:54) — gentle heavyweight title combat
HSTikkyTokky def. George Fensom by way of TKO (R1, 1:19)
Ben Williams def. Warren Spencer by way of TKO (R2, 0:45)
Deen the Nice def. Dave Fogarty by way of TKO (R3, 2:57) — light-weight title combat
Sami Hamed def. Jesse Clarke by way of TKO (nook stoppage) (R2, 2:21)
Mike Edwards def. Jake Cornish by way of unanimous resolution (49-46 x2, 50-47)
Minikon def. DTG by way of majority resolution (48-48, 48-47 x2)
