Hopey Price Explained

Hopey Price
Realname:Ivan Hope Price
Nickname:Drago
Nationality:English
Birth Date:2000 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Height:5 ft 8+1/2 in
Style:Southpaw
Total:12
Wins:12
Ko:5
Losses:0

Ivan Hope Price (born 6 March 2000), better known as Hopey Price, is an English professional boxer. As an amateur, he won silver medals at the 2017 European Youth Championships and 2018 Youth World Championships,[1] and gold at the 2018 European Youth Championships[2] and 2018 Youth Olympics; becoming the first boxer from Great Britain to win gold at a Youth Olympic Games.[3]

Professional career

In October 2019, it was announced Price had signed a promotional contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing and would make his professional debut the following month.[4] The fight took place on 2 November 2019 at the Manchester Arena, Manchester, with Price scoring a four-round points decision victory over Joel Sanchez on the undercard of Katie Taylor's world title challenge against Christina Linardatou.[5] [6] Price was back in action one month later to defeat Swedi Mohamed via third-round technical knockout (TKO) on 7 December at the Diriyah Arena in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.[7] [8]

Hopey continued his run of wins with a points victory over Claudio Grande in a six-round fight on 14 August 2021 and then with a 2nd round stoppage of Zahid Hussain on 4 September 2021.[9]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
12Win12-0Connor CoghillTKO12, 1:297 Oct 2023
11Win11-0 James Beech JnrRTD7(10) 3:001 Jul2023
10Win10-0Thomas MassonUD1018 Mar2023
9Win9-0Jonathan SantanaPTS810 Dec2022
8Win8-0 Alexander MejiaPTS86 Aug2022
7Win7-0 Ricardo RomanTKO4(6) 1:0912 Feb2022
6Win6–0 Zahid HussainTKO2 (10), 4 Sep 2021
5Win5–0 Claudio GrandePTS614 Aug 2021
4Win4–0 Daniel MendozaPTS613 Feb 2021
3Win3–0 Jonny PhillipsPTS67 Aug 2020
2Win2–0 Swedi Mohamed 3 (4), 7 Dec 2019
1Win1–0 Joel Sanchez42 Nov 2019

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buenos Aires 2018 – Get to know more about England's flyweight Ivan Price. 2018-10-03. AIBA. en-US. 2019-12-08.
  2. Web site: AIBA Youth Women's & Men's World Championships: the men's to watch. 2018-08-08. AIBA. en-US. 2019-12-08.
  3. News: Youth Olympic Games 2018: Ivan Hope Price wins GB's first gold. BBC Sport . 17 October 2018.
  4. Web site: AMATEUR STANDOUT HOPEY PRICE SIGNS WITH MATCHROOM. 2019-10-11. Matchroom Boxing. en-US. 2019-12-09.
  5. Web site: Dave Coldwell Excited By The Potential of Hopey Price. 12 November 2019. BoxingScene.com. en-us. 2019-12-08.
  6. Web site: Hopey Price. Matchroom Boxing. en-US. 2019-12-08.
  7. Web site: Leeds boxer Hopey Price delivers winning blow to beat Swedi Mohamed in Diriyah. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. 2019-12-08.
  8. Web site: BoxRec: Bout. boxrec.com. 2019-12-08.
  9. Web site: Boxrec: Hopey Price.