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.^[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

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

References