Hopey Price

Hopey Price
Born
Ivan Hope Price

(2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 (age 24)
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
NationalityEnglish
Other namesDrago
Statistics
Weight(s)Super-bantamweight
Height5 ft 8+12 in (174 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights12
Wins12
Wins by KO5
Losses0
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Flyweight
Representing  England
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Budapest Flyweight
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Roseto Flyweight
Silver medal – second place 2017 Antalya Flyweight

Ivan Hope Price (born 6 March 2000), better known as Hopey Price, is an English professional boxer. As an amateur, he won silver medals at the 2017 European Youth Championships and 2018 Youth World Championships,[1] and gold at the 2018 European Youth Championships[2] and 2018 Youth Olympics; becoming the first boxer from Great Britain to win gold at a Youth Olympic Games.[3]

Professional career

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In October 2019, it was announced Price had signed a promotional contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing and would make his professional debut the following month.[4] The fight took place on 2 November 2019 at the Manchester Arena, Manchester, with Price scoring a four-round points decision victory over Joel Sanchez on the undercard of Katie Taylor's world title challenge against Christina Linardatou.[5][6] Price was back in action one month later to defeat Swedi Mohamed via third-round technical knockout (TKO) on 7 December at the Diriyah Arena in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.[7][8]

Hopey continued his run of wins with a points victory over Claudio Grande in a six-round fight on 14 August 2021 and then with a 2nd round stoppage of Zahid Hussain on 4 September 2021.[9]

Professional boxing record

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12 fights 12 wins 0 losses
By knockout 5 0
By decision 7 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
12 Win 12–0 United Kingdom Connor Coghill TKO 12, 1:29 7 Oct

2023

United Kingdom Sheffield Arena, Sheffield Coghill down once in the 6th, once in the 11th and twice in the 12th.
11 Win 11–0 United Kingdom James Beech Jr. RTD 7(10) 3:00 1 Jul

2023

United Kingdom Sheffield Arena, Sheffield Beach Jnr cut over the left eye in the 6th round and the right eye in the 7th.
10 Win 10–0 France Thomas Masson UD 10 18 Mar

2023

United Kingdom Newcastle Arena, Newcastle
9 Win 9–0 Spain Jonathan Santana PTS 8 10 Dec

2022

United Kingdom First Direct Arena, Leeds Santana down in the 3rd round.
8 Win 8–0 Nicaragua Alexander Mejia PTS 8 6 Aug

2022

United Kingdom Sheffield Arena, Sheffield
7 Win 7–0 Mexico Ricardo Roman TKO 4(6) 1:09 12 Feb

2022

United KingdomAlexandra Palace, Muswell Hill Roman down once in the 1st round and once in the 4th.
6 Win 6–0 United Kingdom Zahid Hussain TKO 2 (10), 2:33 4 Sep 2021 United Kingdom Headingley Stadium, Leeds, England Won vacant IBO International super-bantamweight title
5 Win 5–0 Italy Claudio Grande PTS 6 14 Aug 2021 United Kingdom Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England
4 Win 4–0 Nicaragua Daniel Mendoza PTS 6 13 Feb 2021 United Kingdom The SSE Arena, London, England
3 Win 3–0 United Kingdom Jonny Phillips PTS 6 7 Aug 2020 United Kingdom Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England
2 Win 2–0 Tanzania Swedi Mohamed TKO 3 (4), 2:26 7 Dec 2019 Saudi Arabia Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
1 Win 1–0 Nicaragua Joel Sanchez PTS 4 2 Nov 2019 United Kingdom Manchester Arena, Manchester, England

References

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  1. ^ "Buenos Aires 2018 – Get to know more about England's flyweight Ivan Price". AIBA. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  2. ^ "AIBA Youth Women's & Men's World Championships: the men's to watch". AIBA. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Youth Olympic Games 2018: Ivan Hope Price wins GB's first gold". BBC Sport. 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ "AMATEUR STANDOUT HOPEY PRICE SIGNS WITH MATCHROOM". Matchroom Boxing. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Dave Coldwell Excited By The Potential of Hopey Price". BoxingScene.com. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Hopey Price". Matchroom Boxing. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Leeds boxer Hopey Price delivers winning blow to beat Swedi Mohamed in Diriyah". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. ^ "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Boxrec: Hopey Price".