Mark Hobson (boxer)

Mark Hobson (boxer)
Mark Hobson
Statistics
Real name Mark Hobson
Rated at Cruiserweight
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born 7 May 1976 (1976-05-07) (age 35)
Huddersfield
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 33
Wins 27
Wins by KO 14
Losses 5
Draws 1

Mark Hobson (born 5 July 1976) is a British former professional boxer fighting out of Huddersfield in England. He competed in the cruiserweight division and is a former British & Commonwealth cruiserweight champion and former world title challenger.

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Early professional career

Hobson had his first professional contest on 9 June 1997, scoring a points win over Michael Pinnock in Bradford. For the first three and a half years of his career Hobson built up a respectable record of 14-1-1 with the only loss coming against Mark Levy in 1999. On 24 April 2001 Hobson challenged South African fighter Sebastiaan Rothmann at the Olympia in Liverpool for the WBU Cruiserweight title. The fight ended in a first stoppage defeat for Hobson after the fight was ended in the 9th round.[1]

British and Commonwealth champion

Following the Rothmann defeat, Hobson took on Germany's future WBA world champion Firat Arslan at the Barnsley Metrodome Arena and was again stopped, this time on cuts in the seventh round. Four wins, including one over Lee Swaby, followed however as Hobson positioned himself for a shot at the vacant Commonwealth cruiserweight belt on 25 January 2003 pitching himself against Ugandan Abdul Kadou and winning the contest with a fourth round stoppage. One further win followed before Hobson made the first defence of his title against Robert Norton in a fight which also had the vacant British belt on the line. The fight which took place at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield on 5 September 2003 saw Hobson become a double champion with a 12 round points win.

Further defences of both titles followed with wins over Tony Moran on 13 March 2004, Lee Swaby on 27 May 2004 and former champion and world title challenger Bruce Scott on 17 December 2004. Hobson took a break from the ring in 2005 but went on to make one further defence of both his belts on 1 June 2006 against John Keeton back at the Metrodome in Barnsley.

Further title wins and challenges

Following the win over Scott and his subsequent break from the ring, Hobson returned to action on 4 March 2006 to challenge Enzo Maccarinelli for the WBU cruiserweight title in a fight that was the chief support to Joe Calzaghe's destruction of Jeff Lacy at the MEN Arena in Manchester. The fight ended in a 12 round defeat for Hobson in what proved to be a tough defence for Maccarinelli.[2] The Keeton defence followed before, on 8 September 2006, Hobson challenged for the WBU title at the third time of asking, defeating Pavol Polakovic at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair, London.

On 14 October 2006 Hobson returned to the MEN Arena in Manchester to once again take on Enzo Maccarinelli, this time for the WBO title in what was Maccarinelli's first defence of newly won world title. The fight ended in disappointment as Hobson was not able to match the performance of his first fight with the Welshman and so suffering a stoppage defeat in only the first round.[3]

Hobson's final fight before retiring from the ring was to challenge former victim John Keeton for the British title that Hobson himself had vacated. The fight on 29 September 2007 at the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield ended in victory for Hobson once more, allowing him to retire from the sport as a British champion.[4]

References

  1. ^ text here Mark Hobson professional boxing record BoxRec
  2. ^ Maccarinelli keeps WBU title BBC Sport, 5 March 2006
  3. ^ Maccarinelli storms to quick win BBC Sport, 14 October 2006
  4. ^ Anderson turns tables Times Online, 2 June 2006
Preceded by
Bruce Scott
vacated
Commonwealth Cruiserweight Champion
25 January 2001 – 19 March 2007
vacated
Succeeded by
Troy Ross
Preceded by
Bruce Scott
vacated
British Cruiserweight Champion
5 September 2003 - 20 October 2006
vacated
Succeeded by
John Keeton
Preceded by
John Keeton
British Cruiserweight Champion
29 September 2007 – 3 October 2008
vacated
Succeeded by
Robert Norton

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