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Total Fights | 26 |
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Wins | 22 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 3 |
KO Wins | 21 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning seven years and seven months, Paul Hodkinson fought 26 times with 22 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw.
Hodkinson retired from professional boxing with a record of 22-3-1, which included one featherweight world-title win and three successful title defense fights. He had a 80.8% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 21 of his total 26 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. Hodkinson lost three times via knockout, all three of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 12th round KO defeat to Steve Robinson on March 12, 1994. Hodkinson was fighting for the featherweight WBO title.
Some of Hodkinson's best fights and notable victories include wins over Ricardo Cepeda, Steve Cruz, Fabrice Benichou, Marcos Villasana, Peter Harris, Kevin Taylor, and Steve Sims.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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26 | Mar 12, 1994 | 28 | Steve Robinson | Loss * | KO12 |
25 | Apr 28, 1993 | 27 | Gregorio Vargas | Loss * | TKO7 |
24 | Feb 3, 1993 | 27 | Ricardo Cepeda | Win * | TKO4 |
23 | Sep 12, 1992 | 26 | Fabrice Benichou | Win * | TKO10 |
22 | Apr 25, 1992 | 26 | Steve Cruz | Win * | TKO3 |
21 | Nov 13, 1991 | 26 | Marcos Villasana | Win * | UD |
20 | Oct 31, 1990 | 25 | Guy Bellehigue | Win | KO3 |
19 | Jun 2, 1990 | 24 | Marcos Villasana | Loss * | TKO8 |
18 | Mar 28, 1990 | 24 | Eduardo Montoya | Win | TKO3 |
17 | Dec 13, 1989 | 24 | Farid Benredjeb | Win | TKO8 |
16 | Sep 6, 1989 | 23 | Peter Harris | Win | TKO9 |
15 | Apr 12, 1989 | 23 | Raymond Armand | Win | TKO2 |
14 | Jan 18, 1989 | 23 | Johnny Carter | Win | KO1 |
13 | Dec 14, 1988 | 23 | Kevin Taylor | Win | TKO2 |
12 | May 18, 1988 | 22 | Peter Harris | Win | TKO12 |
11 | Jan 27, 1988 | 22 | Richie Foster | Win | TKO3 |
10 | Dec 7, 1987 | 22 | Marcos Smith | Win | TKO7 |
9 | Oct 19, 1987 | 22 | Tomas Arguelles | Win | KO6 |
8 | Jul 31, 1987 | 21 | Tomas Arguelles | Draw | PTS |
7 | Apr 25, 1987 | 21 | Russell Jones | Win | TKO6 |
6 | Feb 26, 1987 | 21 | Kamel Djadda | Win | TKO4 |
5 | Jan 17, 1987 | 21 | Steve Sims | Win | KO5 |
4 | Oct 29, 1986 | 21 | Craig Windsor | Win | KO2 |
3 | Sep 29, 1986 | 21 | Les Remikie | Win | RTD4 |
2 | Sep 17, 1986 | 21 | Phil Lashley | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Jul 19, 1986 | 20 | Mark Champney | Win | KO2 |
* World-title fight
Paul Hodkinson (Hoko) is a 58-year old retired English professional boxer. He was born in Liverpool, England on September 14, 1965. He is a former featherweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 7 years — from 1986 to 1994.
Hodkinson made his professional boxing debut against Mark Champney at the age of 20 on July 19, 1986, defeating Champney via 2nd round KO. He went on to win 6 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 6 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on June 2, 1990 after 18 professional fights, against Marcos Villasana for the WBC title. He lost to Villasana via 8th round TKO.
Hodkinson has won one world title at featherweight. For all the details about Hodkinson's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Hodkinson had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was on March 12, 1994 against Steve Robinson for Robinson's featherweight WBO title. Hodkinson lost the fight via 12th round KO. It's been 30 years, 1 month, and 21 days since this fight.
Hodkinson had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost three.
Paul Hodkinson fought for a featherweight world title in three fights and won once. He won one featherweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Nov 13, 1991 | Marcos Villasana | Featherweight | WBC | UD |
Paul Hodkinson had four featherweight world-title defense fights. He won three of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Feb 3, 1993 | Ricardo Cepeda | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Sep 12, 1992 | Fabrice Benichou | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Apr 25, 1992 | Steve Cruz | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Paul Hodkinson lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Apr 28, 1993 | Gregorio Vargas | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Hodkinson fought a total of 26 times during his professional career, which includes 7 world-title fights at the featherweight division. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
June 2, 1990: In his first world-title fight, Paul Hodkinson loses to Marcos Villasana via 8th round TKO. He was fighting for the WBC featherweight title.
November 13, 1991: Hodkinson wins the WBC featherweight title from Marcos Villasana, by beating Villasana via 12 round unanimous decision.
April 25, 1992: Hodkinson successfully defends the WBC featherweight title against Steve Cruz, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
February 3, 1993: Hodkinson successfully defends the WBC featherweight title against Ricardo Cepeda, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
Hodkinson knocked out 21 of his 26 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 80.8%. Of his total 22 wins, 21 of them were via KO (95.5%).
Hodkinson's first world-title win was the WBC belt at featherweight. He defeated Marcos Villasana via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Hodkinson won one world title at featherweight.
Hodkinson had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost one time.