AFTER a hiatus of over two years, Guyana’s Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy will step back into the ring on Saturday against American Eric Moon in Atlanta Georgia at the Buckhead Fight Club.
With the legendary Colin Morgan in his corner, Moon is undefeated in his four outings and the 26-year-old is tipped to be one of USA’s ‘upcoming’ super middleweights.
Hardy’s last outing in the ring was against Vito Gasparyan where he suffered a Unanimous Decision loss, despite a good showing against the Armenian.
The defeat to Gasparyan was Hardy’s first blemish, which puts his ring-record at 13 wins from 14 outings. Ten of his wins came from knocking his opponents out, using his notorious right hand.
The 30-year-old Hardy, who hails from Sophia, is tipped to be Guyana’s next world champion. With constant improvement in the ring since moving to the U.S. he is travelling the path to live up to that expectation.
Before migrating, Hardy had kayoed Iwan Azore to win the vacant WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) welterweight title at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Hardy’s last fight in Guyana was against Howard Eastman in 2012 where he picked up a Majority Decision win after out-boxing the former Commonwealth middleweight champion.