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.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes25Loss23–2Joseph ParkerKO3 (10), 28 Oct 202324Win23–1Eric MolinaTKO7 (10), 23 Mar 202323Win22–1Newfel OuatahTKO1 (10), 9 Sep 202222Win21–1Shawndell WintersTKO9 (10), 19 Feb 202221Win20–1Don Haynesworth4 (8), 4 Jun 202120Win19–1Daniel MartzKO3 (10), 21 Feb 2020 19Win18–1Siarhei LiakhovichTKO10 (10), 7 Dec 2019 18Win17–1Dillon CarmanTKO3 (10), 15 Jun 201917Win16−1Rogelio Omar RossiTKO2 (10), 16 Mar 201916Loss15–1Dillon CarmanKO4 (12), 6 Oct 201815Win15–0Adam BraidwoodTKO3 (10), 16 Jun 201814Win14–0Ignacio EsparzaKO5 (10), 7 Apr 201813Win13–0Alexis SantosKO8 (10), 10 Feb 201812Win12–0Mike SheppardTKO2 (8), 16 Dec 201711Win11–0Randy JohnsonKO2 (10), 27 Oct 201710Win10–0Marcelo NascimentoKO5 (10), 17 Jun 20179Win9–0Mike MarroneTKO1 (8), 6 Apr 20178Win8–0Avery Gibson828 Jan 20177Win7–0Danny CalhounTKO1 (6), 19 Nov 20166Win6–0David Torres GarciaTKO2 (8), 22 Oct 20165Win5–0Daniel CotaTKO5 (8), 27 May 20164Win4–0Travis FultonTKO2 (6), 12 Mar 20163Win3–0Tomas Mrazek TKO2 (4), 21 Feb 20162Win2–0Alex Nicholson1 (4), 4 Dec 20151Win1–0Balazs Bodo1 (4), 6 Nov 2015
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