NEIL SIMPSON MUST HAVE HAD THE HEART OF A LION TO HAVE WENT TO PORTSMOUTH TO TAKE ON TONY OAKEY. BEFORE HE EVEN GOT INTO THE RING HE WAS SPAT ON AND VERBALLY ABUSED BY A VERY HOSTILE CROWD.

WELL DONE TO ALL THE LOCAL FANS WHO WENT TO SUPPORT NEIL.

NEIL PUT UP A GREAT FIGHT AND WAS VERY NARROWLY BEATEN ON POINTS BUT I THINK LIKE THE REST OF HIS FANS NOTHING SHORT OFF A KNOCKOUT WOULD HAVE GOT NEIL THE VERDICT.

THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT NEIL IS THE SUPERIOR BOXER AND WILL BEAT OAKEY NEXT TIME.