# Peter Boddington

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

18 Wins (15 knockouts, 3 decisions), 4 Losses (3 knockouts, 1 decisions) :
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 9-0 | Mike Schutte | TKO | 1 | 02/09/1972 | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| Win | 10-9-2 | Brian Jewitt | PTS | 8 | 01/02/1972 | Bull Ring Sporting Club, Birmingham, England | |
| Loss | 23-6 | Bunny Johnson | TKO | 4 | 09/11/1971 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Win | 9-15-1 | Paul Cassidy | TKO | 5 | 22/09/1971 | Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, England | |
| Win | 9-7-2 | Brian Hall | KO | 2 | 28/04/1971 | Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, England | |
| Loss | 8-14-1 | Paul Cassidy | KO | 2 | 17/03/1971 | Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, England | |
| Win | 2-0 | Dave Hallinan | TKO | 6 | 10/11/1970 | Empire Pool, London, England | |
| Win | 14-10-3 | Dennis Avoth | PTS | 8 | 08/09/1970 | Empire Pool, London, England | |
| Win | 12-10 | Rudolph Vaughan | TKO | 5 | 01/06/1969 | Hilton Hotel, London, England | |
| Loss | 10-2 | Bunny Johnson | PTS | 8 | 25/03/1969 | Empire Pool, London, England | |
| Win | 6-14-2 | Charlie Wilson | TKO | 4 | 24/02/1969 | Hilton Hotel, London, England | |
| Win | 9-3 | Terry Feeley | TKO | 3 | 12/11/1968 | Empire Pool, London, England | |
| Win | 5-9-2 | George Dulaire | TKO | 5 | 11/10/1968 | Hilton Hotel, London, England | |
| Win | 9-5 | Ulric Regis | TKO | 4 | 18/09/1968 | Empire Pool, London, England | |
| Win | 16-15-3 | Lloyd Walford | TKO | 4 | 02/07/1968 | Shoreditch Town Hall, London, England | |
| Win | 6-10-1 | Ernie Field | TKO | 7 | 09/04/1968 | Empire Pool, London, England | 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, England | |
| Win | 5-5-1 | Tommy Woods | TKO | 3 | 08/01/1968 | Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, England | |
| Win | 6-9-2 | Charlie Wilson | PTS | 8 | 28/11/1967 | Victoria Baths, Nottingham, England | |
| Win | 3-12-4 | Barry Rodney | TKO | 2 | 07/11/1967 | Empire Pool, London, England | |
| Win | 0-1-1 | "Boxing" Bert Johnson | TKO | 2 | 10/10/1967 | Victoria Baths, Nottingham, England | |
| Win | 11-8-3 | Jim McIlvaney | TKO | 2 | 06/09/1967 | De Montford Hall, Leicester, England | Referee stopped the bout at 2:35 of the second round. |