Simon Kean

Simon Kean (born 11 January 1989) is a former Canadian professional boxer. Competing at heavyweight, he was the WBC Francophone champion and held the WBC International Silver and IBO Intercontinental titles during a nine year career. As an amateur he represented Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics, reaching the super-heavyweight quarter-finals.

Amateur career Kean qualified for the 2012 Olympics by winning the bronze medal in the super-heavyweight division at the regional qualification tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the Games in London, he defeated France's Tony Yoka on countback in the first round, but then lost to Ivan Dychko from Kazakhstan in the quarter-finals.

He participated at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, losing in the quarter-finals against Cam F. Awesome of the United States.

Kean finished his amateur career with a record of 54 wins and 15 losses.

Professional career Kean made his professional debut at Parc de l'Exposition in Trois-Rivières on 6 November 2015, stopping Balazs Bodo in the first of their scheduled four rounds.

In his 10th contest in the paid ranks, he won the vacant IBO Intercontinental heavyweight title on 17 June 2017, with a fifth round knockout success over Marcelo Nascimento at the Olympia Theatre in Montreal.

Kean added the vacant WBC Francophone heavyweight title to his collection by stopping Adam Braidwood in the third round at Centre Gervais Auto in Shawinigan on 16 June 2018.

On 6 October 2018, he lost his titles, and unbeaten professional record, when he was stopped in the fourth round by Dillon Carman at Videotron Centre in Quebec City in a contest where the vacant WBA-NABA heavyweight title was also on the line.

A rematch was held at Centre Gervais Auto in Shawinigan on 15 June 2019, and Kean gained revenge for his defeat by stopping Carman in the third round.

He won the vacant WBC International Silver heavyweight title with a final round stoppage of Siarhei Liakhovich at the Bell Centre in Montreal on 7 December 2019.

Kean claimed arguably the biggest scalp of his pro-career on 23 March 2023, when he stopped two-time world title challenger Eric Molina in the seventh round at Montreal Casino.

He faced Joseph Parker for the vacant IBF and WBO Intercontinental heavyweight titles on the undercard of the Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou fight at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 28 October 2023.

Kean announced his retirement from professional boxing on 30 January 2024.

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