Danny Price (boxer)

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

Amateur career

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 junior world championships as a light heavyweight after losing to Ismaikel Perez by RSCO.

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 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.

Pro

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
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win9–0 Czech Republic Michal Bilak KO3 (6), 2:492013-05-11 England Spa, Scarborough First match in front of home town. Bilak down twice in 1st round, Price down once in second round
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win8–0 Hungary Tamas Bajzath KO1 (6), 1:452013-02-15 England Rainton Meadows Arena, Sunderland
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win7–0 Latvia Jevgenijs Andrejevs pts 2012-11-30 England Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win6–0 Wales Hari Miles pts 2012-10-13 England Echo Arena, Liverpool
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win5–0 Uganda Moses Matovu pts 2012-06-02 England Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win4–0 England John Anthony pts 2012-03-03 England Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield Points
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win3–0Bulgaria Tayar Mehmed pts 2012-01-21 England Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win2–0Zimbabwe Hastings Rasani pts 2011-12-11 England Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee Won on points
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win1–0Slovakia Michal Tomko RTD1 (6), 0:412011-10-22 England Reebok Stadium, Bolton 1st Professional fight, knockout in 41 seconds

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