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| Born | Daniel Anthony Price 15 September 1985 Scarborough, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Anthony "Danny" Price (born 15 September 1985) is an English former professional boxer, who competed from 2011 to 2013. He is a two-time ABA heavyweight champion as an amateur.
Born in Scarborough, Price boxed for Westway ABC. He won Bronze at the 2004 World Junior Championships as a light heavyweight, after losing to Ismaikel Perez by RSCO in the semi-finals. [1] He won gold as a heavyweight at the 2005 Multi-Nations Tournament, defeating David Dolan in the final 26:11. [2]
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, Price controversially lost 12:16 in the first bout to eventual winner Bradley Pitt. [3] In December 2007, he won his first ABA heavyweight title after beating defending champion Tony Bellew 8:6. [4] As of 2006, his record was 41 wins in 49 fights.
At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, Price was eliminated in the first round by the eventual winner Clemente Russo. [5] He won gold at both the 2007 Tammer Tournament, beating Evgenyi Romanov, [6] and the 2008 Tammer Tournament, beating Ihab Almatbouli. [7] He also bested American Quantis Graves at the UK-US duals 21:1.
During qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Price lost to Oleksandr Usyk in the 1st qualifier, before losing to Jozsef Darmos in the 2nd qualifier. [8] He won his second ABA heavyweight title on 14 May 2010, beating Emmanuel Izonritei in the final. [9]
Price turned professional in 2011, making his debut as a cuiserweight on 22 October, beating Michal Tomko via corner retirement in the first round. He had eight more fights, including wins over well-known journeymen Hastings Rasani and Moses Matovu. [10] His last professional match was on 11 May 2013, beating Michal Bilak via knockout in the third round.
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| Preceded by | ABA heavyweight champion 2007 | Succeeded by Warren Baister | ||
| Preceded by Chris Keane | ABA heavyweight champion 2010 | Succeeded by Ben Ileyemi | ||
