TikTok star Simple Simon admits he was badly beaten up during a sparring session in preparation for his grudge fight with Ed Matthews.
The 52-year-old, whose real name is Simon Colbran, has almost 400,000 followers on TikTok and became embroiled in a feud with fellow content creator Matthews earlier this year. The pair agreed to settle their differences in a boxing fight and will headline on July 16 event at The O2 Indigo with a celebrity-stacked undercard.
Colbran, who has no fighting experience, admitted his body has struggled to cope with the intense preparations for his ring debut. The father of five was thrown into the deep end at his local boxing gym in Tunbridge Wells and was left bloodied after a gruelling sparring session.
