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 fights12
Wins12
Wins by KO5
Losses0
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos AiresFlyweight
Representing  England
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 BudapestFlyweight
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 RosetoFlyweight
Silver medal – second place2017 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
12 fights 12 wins 0 losses
By knockout 5 0
By decision 7 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
6 Win 6–0 United Kingdom Zahid Hussain TKO 2 (10), 2:33 4 Sep 2021 United Kingdom Headingley Stadium, Leeds, England Won vacant IBO International super-bantamweight title
5 Win 5–0 Italy Claudio Grande PTS 6 14 Aug 2021 United Kingdom Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England
4 Win 4–0 Nicaragua Daniel Mendoza PTS 6 13 Feb 2021 United Kingdom The SSE Arena, London, England
3 Win 3–0 United Kingdom Jonny Phillips PTS 6 7 Aug 2020 United Kingdom Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England
2 Win 2–0 Tanzania Swedi Mohamed TKO 3 (4), 2:26 7 Dec 2019 Saudi Arabia Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
1 Win 1–0 Nicaragua Joel Sanchez PTS 4 2 Nov 2019 United Kingdom 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.
  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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