Danny Price (boxer)

Daniel Anthony "Danny" Price (born 15 September 1985) is a retired British professional boxer, best known for winning the national amateur title in 2006 at 201 lbs/91 kg.

Career

Amateur

The 1.98m/6'6 tall Price fights for Scarborough club Westway ABC. He is not related to David Price.

Price won Bronze at the 2004 junior world championships as a light heavyweight after losing to Ismaikel Perez by RSCO in the semis.[1]

He defeated David Dolan at heavyweight at the Multi-Nations Tournament 2005 26:11.

He has had problems with the draw in international events so far. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia he controversially lost 12:16 his very first bout to local hero and the eventual winner Bradley Michael Pitt. In December 2007 he became national champion vs. hard-hitting defending champ Tony Bellew 8:6. As of 2006, his record was 41 wins in 49 fights.

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he was again eliminated in the first round by the eventual winner Clemente Russo. He won a couple of other tournaments such as the Finnish Tammer Tournament and a tournament in China. He also bested American Quantis Graves at the UK-US duals 21:1.

At the first Olympic qualifier he lost to Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, at the second to Jozsef Darmos and didn't qualify.

Professional

He turned pro at Cruiserweight in 2011.

His cruiserweight career started successfully, beating experienced Hastings Rasani in one of his initial bouts.

Professional boxing record
9 Wins (3 Knockouts), 0 Defeats, 0 Draws
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Win9–0 Michal Bilak KO3 (6), 2:492013-05-11 Spa, Scarborough First match in front of home town. Bilak down twice in 1st round, Price down once in second round
Win8–0 Tamas Bajzath KO1 (6), 1:452013-02-15 Rainton Meadows Arena, Sunderland
Win7–0 Jevgenijs Andrejevs pts2012-11-30 Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool
Win6–0 Hari Miles pts2012-10-13 Echo Arena, Liverpool
Win5–0 Moses Matovu pts2012-06-02 Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
Win4–0 John Anthony pts2012-03-03 Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield Points
Win3–0 Tayar Mehmed pts2012-01-21 Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool
Win2–0 Hastings Rasani pts2011-12-11 Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee Won on points
Win1–0 Michal Tomko RTD1 (6), 0:412011-10-22 Reebok Stadium, Bolton 1st Professional fight, knockout in 41 seconds
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References
  1. "Junior W.C. 2004". 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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