Introduction
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, and gold at the 2018 European Youth Championships and 2018 Youth Olympics; becoming the first boxer from Great Britain to win gold at a Youth Olympic Games.
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. 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. 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.
Professional boxing record
| Professional record summary | ||
| 2 fights | 2 wins | 0 losses |
| By knockout | 1 | 0 |
| By decision | 1 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | N/A | N/A | TBA | N/A | TBA | 8 Feb 2020 | FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield, 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 |