Paul Ingle boxer
- bouts
- 25
- won
- 23
- lost
- 2
- draw
- 0
- Status
- inactive
- Division
- featherweight
- Debut
- 1994-03-23
- Height
- 5′ 5″/165cm
- Reach
- 67″/170cm
- Age
- -
- Born
- 1972-06-22
- Death
- -
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
Paul Andrew Ingle (born 22 June 1972) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2000. He held multiple championships at featherweight, most notably the IBF title from 1999 to 2000, and the IBO title in 2000. At regional level he held the European, British, and Commonwealth titles between 1997 and 1999. As an amateur, Ingle represented Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics, reaching the second round of the flyweight bracket.Ingle was a member of the 1992 British Olympic team and competed in the flyweight division. In the first round he defeated Alexander Baba of Ghana by 9–7, but lost 12–13 in the second round to eventual gold medallist Choe Chol-su of North Korea. He won the 1991 Amateur Boxing Association British flyweight title, when boxing out of the Scarborough ABC.Ingle made his professional debut on 23 March 1994, scoring a third-round knockout over Darren Noble. On 11 January 1997, he stopped Colin McMillan in eight rounds to win his first regional championship, the British featherweight title. Later that year, on 11 October, Ingle defeated Jon Jo Irwin by eighth-round corner retirement to win the Commonwealth featherweight title. Ingle completed the regional trifecta when he won the European featherweight title on 26 September 1998, stopping Billy Hardy in eight rounds.By the time Ingle challenged for his first world title against WBO featherweight champion Naseem Hamed, he had won 21 consecutive fights without a loss. During the entrances for their fight, Ingle was kept waiting in the ring for six minutes. Angered by this, he and his trainer Steve Pollard went back to the dressing room and only returned after Hamed had finally made his own entrance. In the opening round of the fight, Ingle was knocked down and barely made it out of the round following an onslaught of punches by Hamed. A body shot floored Ingle again in the sixth, but with twenty seconds remaining he emerged unscathed. In rounds nine and ten, Ingle had some success by bloodying Hamed's nose. A third knockdown in the eleventh ended Ingle's challenge, as referee Joe Cortez deemed him unable to continue as he stood up on shaky legs.
Date | Opponent | Last Opponents' Results | Place | Result |
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2000-12-16 | Mbulelo Botile | LWWWWW | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield | LOST Technical knockout |
2000-04-29 | Junior Jones | WLLWWW | Madison Square Garden, New York | WIN Technical knockout |
1999-11-13 | Manuel Medina | WLLWWW | K.C. Sports Arena, Cottingham, Hull | WIN Unanimous decision |
1999-04-10 | Naseem Hamed | WWWWWW | M.E.N. Arena, Manchester | LOST Technical knockout |
1998-09-26 | Billy Hardy | WWWWLW | Barbican Centre, York | WIN Technical knockout |
1998-08-08 | Rakhim Mingaleyev | WLWLWW | The Spa, Scarborough | WIN KO |
1998-06-09 | Moussa Sangare | WWWLDW | Ice Arena, Hull | WIN Corner retirement |
1998-03-28 | Trust Ndlovu | LWWWDW | Ice Arena, Hull | WIN Points |
1997-10-11 | Jon Jo Irwin | WWWLWW | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield | WIN Corner retirement |
1997-04-28 | Michael Alldis | WLWWLW | Ice Arena, Hull | WIN Corner retirement |
1997-01-11 | Colin McMillan | WWWWWW | York Hall, Bethnal Green | WIN Technical knockout |
1996-11-06 | Chris Jickells | LLWWLL | Ice Arena, Hull | WIN KO |
1996-09-03 | Brian Robb | LWLWWL | York Hall, Bethnal Green | WIN KO |
1996-06-29 | Ervine Blake | WLWLWW | Erith Leisure Centre, Erith | WIN Technical knockout |
1996-02-05 | Greg Upton | WLLWDW | Crook Log Sports Club, Bexleyheath | WIN KO |
1995-12-15 | Demir Nanev | DLLWLW | York Hall, Bethnal Green | WIN Technical knockout |
1995-09-29 | Miguel Matthews | WLLLLL | York Hall, Bethnal Green | WIN KO |
1995-06-16 | Des Gargano | LLLLWL | Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark | WIN Technical knockout |
1995-04-27 | Peter Buckley | LLLWLL | York Hall, Bethnal Green | WIN Points |
1995-02-23 | Peter Buckley | LLLLLW | Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark | WIN Points |
1994-11-24 | Graham McGrath | WLLLLW | Humberside Arena, Cottingham, Hull | WIN Points |
1994-08-03 | Anthony Hanna | WLWWLL | Whitchurch Sports Centre, Bristol | WIN Points |
1994-05-25 | Neil Swain | WLWWLL | Colston Hall, Bristol | WIN KO |
1994-04-27 | Graham McGrath | DWLLLW | York Hall, Bethnal Green | WIN Points |
1994-03-23 | Darren Noble | W | Star Leisure Centre, Cardiff | WIN KO |