- Danny Price (boxer)
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Daniel ("Danny") Anthony Price (born September 15, 1985) is a British amateur boxer, best known to win the national title in 2006 at 201 lbs/91 kg.
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[when?] 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 other tournaments such as the Finnish Tammer Tournament and a tournament in China[clarification needed]. He also bested American Quantis Graves at the UK-US duals 21:1.
At the first Olympic qualifier[when?] he lost to Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, at the second to Jozsef Darmos and didn't qualify.
Professional boxing record
1 Win (1 Knockouts), 0 Defeats, 0 Draws Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes Win 1–0 Michal Tomko RTD 1 (6), 0:41 2011-10-22 Reebok Stadium, Bolton 1st Professional fight, knockout in 41 seconds External links
Categories:- Living people
- English boxers
- 1985 births
- Heavyweight boxers
- People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
- Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Amateur Boxing Association of England champions
- British boxing biography stubs
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