“Something happened as I was getting my hands wrapped,” begins former Leicester and Newcastle full-back Danny Simpson. “The music was on, and something clicked. I had to go into the zone because if I didn’t, the outcome wouldn’t have been good.”
During a career spanning 213 Premier League games, a further 125 in the Championship and, most famously, the impossible 2015-16 title with the Foxes, Simpson was no stranger to performing in front of packed houses. This was different: Dublin’s 3Arena for a boxing match against YouTuber Danny Aarons.
