Paige Goodyear | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 December 2000 [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | The Hammer [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paige Goodyear (born 8 December 2000) is an English professional boxer who as an amateur won a bronze medal at the 2018 Youth World Championships.
Goodyear started boxing aged 11 and made her big breakthrough as an amateur in 2018 when she reached the quarter-finals of the European Youth Championships in Italy in April before winning a bronze medal at the 2018 Youth World Championships held in Hungary in August. [3] [4]
She turned professional in 2022, making her debut in Sheffield on 29 April with a points win over Argentina's Linda Karen Asencio. [5] After three victories from three fights which all went the scheduled distance, Goodyear recorded her first stoppage success when she beat Marija Zivkovic by technical knockout in the fourth-round of their contest in Birmingham on 30 July 2023. [6]
| 4 fights | 4 wins | 0 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 1 | 0 |
| By decision | 3 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Marija Zivkovic | TKO | 4 (6) | 30 July 2023 | The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Ester Konecna | PTS | 6 (6) | 10 June 2023 | Town Hall, Dudley, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Ester Konecna | PTS | 4 (4) | 7 October 2022 | Magna Centre, Rotherham, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Linda Karen Asencio | PTS | 4 (4) | 29 April 2022 | DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Sheffield, England |
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