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Peter Boddington
Born
Peter Boddington

(1942-10-01)October 1, 1942
Coventry, England
Died19 December 2020(2020-12-19) (aged 78)
Coventry, England
NationalityBritish
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights22
Wins18
Wins by KO15
Losses4
Draws0
No contests0

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

18 Wins (15 knockouts, 3 decisions), 4 Losses (3 knockouts, 1 decisions) [1] Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes Loss 9-0 Mike "The Tank" Schutte TKO 1 02/09/1972 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Win 10-9-2 Brian Jewitt PTS 8 01/02/1972 Bull Ring Sporting Club, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom 39.75-39.25. Loss 23-6 Bunny Johnson TKO 4 09/11/1971 Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Win 9-15-1 Paul Cassidy TKO 5 22/09/1971 Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom Win 9-7-2 Brian "City" Hall KO 2 28/04/1971 Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom Loss 8-14-1 Paul Cassidy KO 2 17/03/1971 Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom Win 2-0 Dave Hallinan TKO 6 10/11/1970 Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom Win 14-10-3 Dennis Avoth PTS 8 08/09/1970 Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom Win 12-10 Rudolph Vaughan TKO 5 01/06/1969 Hilton Hotel, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom Loss 10-2 Bunny Johnson PTS 8 25/03/1969 Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom Win 6-14-2 Charlie "The War" Wilson TKO 4 24/02/1969 Hilton Hotel, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom Win 9-3 Terry Feeley TKO 3 12/11/1968 Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom Win 5-9-2 George Dulaire TKO 5 11/10/1968 Hilton Hotel, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom Win 9-5 Ulric Regis TKO 4 18/09/1968 Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom Win 16-15-3 Lloyd Walford TKO 4 02/07/1968 Shoreditch Town Hall, Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom Win 6-10-1 Ernie Field TKO 7 09/04/1968 Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the seventh round. Win 6-6 Obe Hepburn KO 4 26/02/1968 Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom Win 5-5-1 Tommy "Gun" Woods TKO 3 08/01/1968 Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom Win 6-9-2 Charlie "The War" Wilson PTS 8 28/11/1967 Victoria Baths, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom Win 3-12-4 Barry Rodney TKO 2 07/11/1967 Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom Win 0-1-1 "Boxing" Bert Johnson TKO 2 10/10/1967 Victoria Baths, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom Win 11-8-3 Jim McIlvaney TKO 2 06/09/1967 De Montford Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom Referee stopped the bout at 2:35 of the second round.

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "Elite Championships". Amateur Boxing Association of England. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Boddington's title Turpin just fails". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 6 May 1967. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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