Hardy suffers first defeat at hands of Gasparyan

Simeon Hardy and Vito Gasparyan going at it during their Boxcino 2015 fight on Friday night.

Simeon ‘Candyman’ Hardy suffered his first professional defeat Friday night in the quarterfinal of Boxcino 2015 at the hands of Vito Gasparyan.

Hardy (13-1-0, 10 KO) lost unanimously to Gasparyan (15-3-5, 8 KO) in their six-round light middleweight bout at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.

The scorecards read 58-56, 60-54, 59-55 in favour of the Armenian born southpaw.

The four-fight card on Friday night seemed to be headed in a disappointing direction when