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