Peter Boddington Explained

Peter Boddington
Realname:Peter Boddington
Weight:Heavyweight
Nationality:British
Birth Date:1 October 1942
Birth Place:Coventry, England
Death Place:Coventry, England
Style:Southpaw
Total:22
Wins:18
Losses:4
Draws:0
No Contests:0
Ko:15

Peter Boddington (1 October 1942 – 19 December 2020) was a British boxer.

He was the Amateur Boxing Association 1967 heavyweight champion and subsequently a professional boxer. Boddington was member of his local boxing club, Rootes ABC. He went to Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School in Whitley, Coventry.[1]

Boxing career

Amateur

Boddington became the British amateur heavyweight boxing champion winning his title in the 80th Amateur Boxing Association Championships at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London on 5 May 1967.[1] [2]

Boddington won a silver medal in the 20th European Amateur Boxing Championships in Rome (25 May - 2 June 1967) having a weight of 91 kg.

Professional

Boddington turned professional in September 1967, running his record up to 12-0 with 11 KOs by March 1969. He then started the tail end of his career, losing 4 of his last 10 bouts - a points and TKO loss to Bunny Johnson, a KO by Paul Cassidy, and a TKO by Mike Schutte to close Boddington's career in his only fight outside the UK, which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 2 September 1972.

Professional boxing record

|-|align="center" colspan=8|18 Wins (15 knockouts, 3 decisions), 4 Losses (3 knockouts, 1 decisions) http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=24231&cat=boxer|-| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Result| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Round| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes|-align=center|Loss||align=left| Mike Schutte|TKO|1|02/09/1972|align=left| Johannesburg, South Africa|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Brian Jewitt|PTS|8|01/02/1972|align=left| Bull Ring Sporting Club, Birmingham, England|align=left||-|Loss||align=left| Bunny Johnson|TKO|4|09/11/1971|align=left| Wolverhampton, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Paul Cassidy|TKO|5|22/09/1971|align=left| Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Brian Hall|KO|2|28/04/1971|align=left| Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, England|align=left||-|Loss||align=left| Paul Cassidy|KO|2|17/03/1971|align=left| Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Dave Hallinan|TKO|6|10/11/1970|align=left| Empire Pool, London, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Dennis Avoth|PTS|8|08/09/1970|align=left| Empire Pool, London, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Rudolph Vaughan|TKO|5|01/06/1969|align=left| Hilton Hotel, London, England|align=left||-|Loss||align=left| Bunny Johnson|PTS|8|25/03/1969|align=left| Empire Pool, London, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Charlie Wilson|TKO|4|24/02/1969|align=left| Hilton Hotel, London, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Terry Feeley|TKO|3|12/11/1968|align=left| Empire Pool, London, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| George Dulaire|TKO|5|11/10/1968|align=left| Hilton Hotel, London, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Ulric Regis|TKO|4|18/09/1968|align=left| Empire Pool, London, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Lloyd Walford|TKO|4|02/07/1968|align=left| Shoreditch Town Hall, London, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Ernie Field|TKO|7|09/04/1968|align=left| Empire Pool, London, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Obe Hepburn|KO|4|26/02/1968|align=left| Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Tommy Woods|TKO|3|08/01/1968|align=left| Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Charlie Wilson|PTS|8|28/11/1967|align=left| Victoria Baths, Nottingham, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Barry Rodney|TKO|2|07/11/1967|align=left| Empire Pool, London, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| "Boxing" Bert Johnson|TKO|2|10/10/1967|align=left| Victoria Baths, Nottingham, England|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Jim McIlvaney|TKO|2|06/09/1967|align=left| De Montford Hall, Leicester, England|align=left||}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elite Championships. Amateur Boxing Association of England. 29 December 2021.
  2. News: Boddington's title Turpin just fails. Coventry Evening Telegraph . 6 May 1967 . 29 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .