Daniel Anthony "Danny" Price (born 15 September 1985) is an English former

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, who competed from 2011 to 2013. He is a two-time

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champion as an

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Amateur career

Born in

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, Price boxed for Westway ABC. He won Bronze at the 2004 World Junior Championships as a

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, after losing to Ismaikel Perez by RSCO in the semi-finals. He won gold as a

at the 2005 Multi-Nations Tournament, defeating David Dolan in the final 26:11. At the

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, Price controversially lost 12:16 in the first bout to eventual winner Bradley Pitt. In December 2007, he won his first

heavyweight title after beating defending champion

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8:6. As of 2006, his record was 41 wins in 49 fights. At the

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, Price was eliminated in the first round by the eventual winner Clemente Russo. He won gold at both the 2007 Tammer Tournament, beating Evgenyi Romanov, and the 2008 Tammer Tournament, beating Ihab Almatbouli. He also bested American Quantis Graves at the UK-US duals 21:1. During qualification for the

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, Price lost to

Oleksandr Usyk Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk (, ; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held the unified champion (boxing), unified heavyweight championship since 2021, and the ''The Ring (magazine), Ring'' magazine title since 2022 ...

in the 1st qualifier, before losing to Jozsef Darmos in the 2nd qualifier. He won his second ABA heavyweight title on 14 May 2010, beating Emmanuel Izonritei in the final.

Professional career

Price turned professional in 2011, making his debut as a cuiserweight on 22 October, beating Michal Tomko via

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in the first round. He had eight more fights, including wins over well-known

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Hastings Rasani and Moses Matovu. His last professional match was on 11 May 2013, beating Michal Bilak via

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in the third round.

Professional boxing record

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References

External links

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ABA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Daniel Living people English male boxers 1985 births Heavyweight boxers Sportspeople from Scarborough, North Yorkshire Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games England Boxing champions Commonwealth Games boxers for England 21st-century English sportsmen