Hopey Price

Ivan Hope Price (born 6 March 2000), better known as Hopey Price, is a British professional boxer. As an amateur, he won silver medals at the 2017 European Youth Championships and 2018 Youth World Championships,[1] and gold at the 2018 European Youth Championships[2] and 2018 Youth Olympics; becoming the first boxer from Great Britain to win gold at a Youth Olympic Games.[3]

Hopey Price
Statistics
Real nameIvan Hope Price
Nickname(s)Drago
Weight(s)Super-bantamweight
Height5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (174 cm)
NationalityBritish
Born (2000-03-06) 6 March 2000
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights7
Wins7
Wins by KO3
Losses0
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos AiresFlyweight
Representing  England
Youth World Championships
2018 BudapestFlyweight
European Youth Championships
2018 RosetoFlyweight
2017 AntalyaFlyweight

Professional career

In October 2019, it was announced Price had signed a promotional contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing and would make his professional debut the following month.[4] The fight took place on 2 November 2019 at the Manchester Arena, Manchester, with Price scoring a four-round points decision victory over Joel Sanchez on the undercard of Katie Taylor's world title challenge against Christina Linardatou.[5][6] Price was back in action one month later to defeat Swedi Mohamed via third-round technical knockout (TKO) on 7 December at the Diriyah Arena in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.[7][8]

Hopey continued his run of wins with a points victory over Claudio Grande in a six round fight on 14 August 2021 and then with a 2nd round stoppage of Zahid Hussain on 4 September 2021.[9]

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
6 fights 6 wins 0 losses
By knockout 2 0
By decision 4 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
6 Win 6–0 Zahid Hussain TKO 2 (10), 2:33 4 Sep 2021 Headingley Stadium, Leeds, England Won vacant IBO International super-bantamweight title
5 Win 5–0 Claudio Grande PTS 6 14 Aug 2021 Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England
4 Win 4–0 Daniel Mendoza PTS 6 13 Feb 2021 The SSE Arena, London, England
3 Win 3–0 Jonny Phillips PTS 6 7 Aug 2020 Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England
2 Win 2–0 Swedi Mohamed TKO 3 (4), 2:26 7 Dec 2019 Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
1 Win 1–0 Joel Sanchez PTS 4 2 Nov 2019 Manchester Arena, Manchester, England

References
  1. "Buenos Aires 2018 – Get to know more about England's flyweight Ivan Price". AIBA. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  2. "AIBA Youth Women's & Men's World Championships: the men's to watch". AIBA. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. "Youth Olympic Games 2018: Ivan Hope Price wins GB's first gold". 17 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "AMATEUR STANDOUT HOPEY PRICE SIGNS WITH MATCHROOM". Matchroom Boxing. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. "Dave Coldwell Excited By The Potential of Hopey Price". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Hopey Price". Matchroom Boxing. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  7. "Leeds boxer Hopey Price delivers winning blow to beat Swedi Mohamed in Diriyah". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  9. "Boxrec: Hopey Price".


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