Simon Kean


Simon Kean 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.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
25Loss23–2Joseph ParkerKO3, 2:0428 Oct 2023Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaFor vacant IBF and WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight titles
24Win23–1Eric MolinaTKO7, 2:3923 Mar 2023Montreal Casino, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
23Win22–1Newfel OuatahTKO1, 0:119 Sep 2022Montreal Casino, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
22Win21–1Shawndell WintersTKO9, 1:2519 Feb 2022Montreal Casino, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
21Win20–1Don Haynesworth4, 3:004 Jun 2021Hotel Holiday Inn, Cuernavaca, Mexico
20Win19–1Daniel MartzKO3, 0:4621 Feb 2020Le Centre Financiere Sun Life, Rimouski, CanadaRetained WBC International Silver heavyweight title
19Win18–1Siarhei LiakhovichTKO10, 2:047 Dec 2019Bell Centre, Montréal, CanadaFor vacant WBC International Silver heavyweight title
18Win17–1Dillon CarmanTKO3, 2:5615 Jun 2019Centre Gervais Auto, Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
17Win16−1Rogelio Omar RossiTKO2, 0:2916 Mar 2019Montreal Casino, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
16Loss15–1Dillon CarmanKO4, 1:286 Oct 2018Videotron Centre, Quebec City, CanadaLost WBC Francophone heavyweight title;
For WBA-NABA heavyweight title
15Win15–0Adam BraidwoodTKO3, 1:3216 Jun 2018Centre Gervais Auto, Shawinigan, CanadaRetained IBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title;
Won vacant WBC Francophone heavyweight title
14Win14–0Ignacio EsparzaKO5, 2:567 Apr 2018Centre Videotron, Quebec City, Canada
13Win13–0Alexis SantosKO8, 2:0110 Feb 2018Centre Gervais Auto, Shawinigan, CanadaRetained IBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title
12Win12–0Mike SheppardTKO2, 0:3916 Dec 2017Place Bell, Laval, Canada
11Win11–0Randy JohnsonKO2, 0:3427 Oct 2017M Telus, Montréal, Canada
10Win10–0Marcelo NascimentoKO5, 0:5917 Jun 2017Olympia Theatre, Montréal, CanadaWon vacant IBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title
9Win9–0Mike MarroneTKO1, 0:506 Apr 2017Metropolis, Montréal, Canada
8Win8–0Avery Gibson828 Jan 2017Bell Centre, Montréal, Canada
7Win7–0Danny CalhounTKO1, 2:4019 Nov 2016Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Canada
6Win6–0David Torres GarciaTKO2, 1:2822 Oct 2016Bell Centre, Montréal, Canada
5Win5–0Daniel CotaTKO5, 1:5627 May 2016Parc de l'Exposition, Trois-Rivières, Canada
4Win4–0Travis FultonTKO2, 0:5612 Mar 2016Olympia, Montréal, Canada
3Win3–0Tomas MrazekTKO2, 2:1621 Feb 2016Casino du Lac-Leamy, Gatineau, Canada
2Win2–0Alex Nicholson1, 2:384 Dec 2015Métropolis, Montréal, Canada
1Win1–0Balazs Bodo1, 1:596 Nov 2015Parc de l'Exposition, Trois-Rivières, Canada