Tony Dodson boxer

Tony Dodson boxer
bouts
41
won
32
lost
8
draw
1
Status
inactive
Division
light heavyweight
Debut
1999-07-31
Height
6′ 0½″/184cm
Reach
-
Age
-
Born
1980-07-02
Death
-
Nationality
United Kingdom

Tony Dodson (born 2 July 1980) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2016. He held the British super middleweight title in 2003, and challenged for the Commonwealth super middleweight title in 2006 and the light heavyweight title in 2012.Dodson made his professional contest on 31 July 1999 when he scored a stoppage win over Michael McDermott at the Sands Centre in Carlisle. One more fight that year on 2 October 1999 resulted in another victory, this time in Cardiff at the International Arena against Sean Pritchard meaning that at the end of his debut year Dodson was unbeaten in two fights. In the following two years Dodson would fight five times in 2000 and five times in 2001, winning on each occasion and padding his record out to 12-0 with the total including a win on 10 December 2001 against Joe Penn in Liverpool to lift the Central Area super middleweight title. Dodson started 2002 with a victory over Jason Hart at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham before losing for the first time in his career to Varuzhan Davtyan in Manchester on 9 March 2002 suffering a points defeat over six rounds to a boxer whose only previous professional contest was a defeat. He bounced back from this first career setback on 13 April 2002 to defeat Brian Barbosa, an American fighter with a record of 29 wins against 5 defeats at the Everton Park Sports Centre in Liverpool and followed that up with a win against Belgian boxer Mike Algoet on 7 September 2002 to lift the WBF Intercontinental super middleweight title once again fighting in Liverpool. He lost the title and the second fight of his career in his next contest on 26 October 2002 in Maesteg, Wales to the Polish boxer Albert Rybacki and one further attempt to retain the belt on 19 April 2003 also resulted in defeat this time to Frenchman, Pierre Moreno at the Everton Park Sports Center.On 23 September 2003 Dodson met Varuzhan Davtyan, the man who had inflicted his first career defeat and gained revenge with a victory at The Pavilions in Plymouth. In his next fight Dodson traveled to the Kings Hall in Belfast to compete for the full British title, eventually beating Allan Foster via stoppage in the 11th round of their contest to lift the belt and become British champion. Following the fight, Dodson took a long lay off from boxing and didn't fight at all in 2004, only returning to the ring at the back end of 2005 with another victory over Varuzhan Davtyan on 23 September. Two more victories followed against international opposition before on 16 June 2006 Dodson met Jamie Hearn for the English super middleweight title. The fight, in Liverpool, resulted in a fifth round stoppage win for Dodson.On 24 November 2006 Dodson lost for the fourth time in a challenge to Carl Froch, the reigning British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion. Both titles were on the line at the Ice Arena in Nottingham with Froch winning the fight in the third round via stoppage to retain his championships. Dodson returned to the ring on 6 July 2007 to defeat Nick Okoth in Wigan and then followed this up with wins over Yuri Tsarenka in Sheffield, traveling to Italy to defeat Mounir Sahli and returning to Sheffield to beat Nathan King. Finally on 28 March 2009 Dodson fought for the British super middleweight title for the third time only to lose in his challenge to Tony Quigley suffering his fifth career defeat at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. In his next fight on 12 March 2010 Dodson once more challenged for the title only to lose once more, this time to Paul Smith again at the Echo Arena.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2016-01-16 Richard Horton WWWLLL O2 Arena, Greenwich WIN
Points
2015-05-23 Romans Oleinikovs L Grand Central Hall, Liverpool WIN
Technical knockout
2014-02-22 Jody Meikle DLLLWL Ice Arena, Hull WIN
Points
2013-06-29 Paul Smith WLWWLW Bolton Arena, Bolton LOST
Technical knockout
2012-11-30 John Anthony LLLWLL Aintree Equestrian Centre, Liverpool WIN
Points
2012-02-03 Ovill McKenzie WWWLLW Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester LOST
Technical knockout
2011-10-08 Darren Stubbs WWLWWL Greenbank Sports Academy, Liverpool WIN
Corner retirement
2011-06-04 Jamie Ambler LLWLLL Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff WIN
Points
2011-01-29 Michal Banbula LWWWDW Olympia, Kensington WIN
Unanimous decision
2010-03-12 Paul Smith LWWWWW Echo Arena, Liverpool LOST
Unanimous decision
2009-03-28 Tony Quigley LWWWWW Echo Arena, Liverpool LOST
Technical knockout
2008-09-20 Nathan King WLLWWL Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield WIN
Points
2008-07-01 Mounir Sahli WWLLLW Nuovo Casinò, Campione d'Italia WIN
Points
2007-09-29 Yuri Tsarenka LWLLLL Sheffield Arena, Sheffield WIN
Points
2007-07-06 Nick Okoth WLDDLL Robin Park Centre, Wigan WIN
Points
2006-11-24 Carl Froch WWWWWW Nottingham Arena, Nottingham LOST
KO
2006-06-16 Jamie Hearn WLWLDL Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool WIN
Technical knockout
2006-03-03 Dmitry Adamovich WLWLLW Borough Hall, Hartlepool WIN
Points
2005-11-25 Szabolcs Rimovszky DLLLLW Olympia, Liverpool WIN
Technical knockout
2005-09-23 Varujan Davtyan LLLLLL George Carnall Leisure Centre, Davyhulme, Manchester WIN
Points
2003-11-22 Allan Foster WWWDWW Kings Hall, Belfast WIN
Technical knockout
2003-07-26 Varujan Davtyan LLLLLL The Pavilions, Plymouth WIN
Corner retirement
2003-04-19 Pierre Moreno WLWLWW Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool LOST
Technical knockout
2002-10-26 Albert Rybacki WWWWWW Leisure Centre, Maesteg LOST
Technical knockout
2002-09-07 Mike Algoet LLWLWL Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool WIN
Points
2002-04-13 Brian Barbosa WWWWLW Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool WIN
Points
2002-03-09 Varujan Davtyan L Wythenshawe Forum, Manchester LOST
Points
2002-02-23 Jason Hart LLLLLL Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre, Nottingham WIN
Technical knockout
2001-12-10 Jon Penn WWLLWL Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool WIN
Technical knockout
2001-11-10 Valery Odin WWL Conference Centre, Wembley WIN
Technical knockout
2001-10-13 Roman Divisek LLLLLL FTC Handball-Hall, Budapest WIN
Technical knockout
2001-09-25 Paul Wesley LLLLLL Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool WIN
Points
2001-02-03 Paul Bonson LLLLLW Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester WIN
Points
2000-10-09 Elvis Mihailenko WW Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool DRAW
Points
2000-09-09 Danny Southerm LLWLLW Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester WIN
Technical knockout
2000-08-19 Jimmy Steel LLLLLL Fountain Leisure Centre, Brentford WIN
Technical knockout
2000-03-11 Paul Bonson LLWWLL Olympia, Kensington WIN
Points
2000-01-22 Mark Lee Dawson LLLLLL Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham WIN
Points
1999-10-02 Sean Pritchard LLWLDL International Arena, Cardiff WIN
Technical knockout
1999-07-31 Michael McDermott WLWWLL Sands Centre, Carlisle WIN
Technical knockout