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 |
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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 |