Peter Boddington

Peter Boddington
Born	Peter Boddington (1942-10-01)October 1, 1942 Coventry, England
Died	19 December 2020(2020-12-19) (aged 78) Coventry, England
Nationality	British
Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	22
Wins	18
Wins by KO	15
Losses	4
Draws	0
No contests	0

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 Schutte	TKO	1	02/09/1972	Johannesburg, South Africa
Win	10-9-2	Brian Jewitt	PTS	8	01/02/1972	Bull Ring Sporting Club, Birmingham, England
Loss	23-6	Bunny Johnson	TKO	4	09/11/1971	Wolverhampton, England
Win	9-15-1	Paul Cassidy	TKO	5	22/09/1971	Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, England
Win	9-7-2	Brian Hall	KO	2	28/04/1971	Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, England
Loss	8-14-1	Paul Cassidy	KO	2	17/03/1971	Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, England
Win	2-0	Dave Hallinan	TKO	6	10/11/1970	Empire Pool, London, England
Win	14-10-3	Dennis Avoth	PTS	8	08/09/1970	Empire Pool, London, England
Win	12-10	Rudolph Vaughan	TKO	5	01/06/1969	Hilton Hotel, London, England
Loss	10-2	Bunny Johnson	PTS	8	25/03/1969	Empire Pool, London, England
Win	6-14-2	Charlie Wilson	TKO	4	24/02/1969	Hilton Hotel, London, England
Win	9-3	Terry Feeley	TKO	3	12/11/1968	Empire Pool, London, England
Win	5-9-2	George Dulaire	TKO	5	11/10/1968	Hilton Hotel, London, England
Win	9-5	Ulric Regis	TKO	4	18/09/1968	Empire Pool, London, England
Win	16-15-3	Lloyd Walford	TKO	4	02/07/1968	Shoreditch Town Hall, London, England
Win	6-10-1	Ernie Field	TKO	7	09/04/1968	Empire Pool, London, England	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, England
Win	5-5-1	Tommy Woods	TKO	3	08/01/1968	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, England
Win	6-9-2	Charlie Wilson	PTS	8	28/11/1967	Victoria Baths, Nottingham, England
Win	3-12-4	Barry Rodney	TKO	2	07/11/1967	Empire Pool, London, England
Win	0-1-1	"Boxing" Bert Johnson	TKO	2	10/10/1967	Victoria Baths, Nottingham, England
Win	11-8-3	Jim McIlvaney	TKO	2	06/09/1967	De Montford Hall, Leicester, England	Referee stopped the bout at 2:35 of the second round.

External links

• Amateur Boxing Association of England
• Boxing record for Peter Boddington from BoxRec (registration required)

References

1. "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.