About Peter Boddington
Lived 1942 – 2020 (aged 78). Peter Boddington was a British boxer.
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
Loss
TKO 1 02/09/1972
Win
PTS 8 01/02/1972
Loss
TKO 4 09/11/1971
Win
TKO 5 22/09/1971
Win
KO 2 28/04/1971
Loss
KO 2 17/03/1971
Win
TKO 6 10/11/1970
Win
PTS 8 08/09/1970
Win
TKO 5 01/06/1969
Loss
PTS 8 25/03/1969
Win
TKO 4 24/02/1969
Win
TKO 3 12/11/1968
Win
TKO 5 11/10/1968
Win
TKO 4 18/09/1968
Win
TKO 4 02/07/1968
Win
TKO 7 09/04/1968
Win
KO 4 26/02/1968
Win
TKO 3 08/01/1968
Win
PTS 8 28/11/1967
Win
TKO 2 07/11/1967
Win
TKO 2 10/10/1967
Win
TKO 2 06/09/1967
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Who was Peter Boddington?
British boxer (1942–2020)
When was Peter Boddington born?
Peter Boddington was born on 1 October 1942 in Coventry.
When did Peter Boddington die?
Peter Boddington died on 19 December 2020 in Coventry.
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Peter Boddington was a boxer.
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Peter Boddington was British.
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