Danny Price (boxer)

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Danny Price (b. September 15, 1985 as Daniel Anthony Price) is a British amateur boxer best known to win the national title in 2006 at 201lbs/91kg.

[edit] Career

The 1.98m/6'5 tall Price fights for Scarborough club Westway ABC. He is not relared to David Price.

Price won Bronze at the junior world championships at light heavyweight after losing to Ismaikel Perez by RSCO.

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

He had problems with the draw in international events so far. At the Commonwealth games 2006 in Melbourne he controversially lost 12:16 his very first bout to local hero and eventual winner Bradley Michael Pitt. In December 2006 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 minor tournaments such as the Finnish Tanner 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 make it.