On March 12, 1994, a 28-year-old Paul Hodkinson (22-2-1, 21 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight WBO title held by Steve Robinson.
Hodkinson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 84% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 12 days.
Paul Hodkinson was defending his featherweight titles and, fighting for the featherweight WBO titles against Steve Robinson and lost via KO in the 12th round, and adds a loss to his record at 22-3-1.
On April 28, 1993, the 27-year-old WBC featherweight world champion, Paul Hodkinson (22-1-1, 21 KOs), faced a 22-year-old Mexican boxer Gregorio Vargas (27-3-1, 18 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Hodkinson came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 25 days. Vargas was on a 9-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 28 days.
Gregorio Vargas stopped the champion via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBC featherweight champion. Vargas improves his record to 28-3-1 (19 KOs), while Hodkinson adds a loss to his record at 22-2-1.
On June 2, 1990, a 24-year-old Paul Hodkinson (17-0-1, 17 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight WBC title held by Marcos Villasana.
Hodkinson came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 94% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 5 days.
Paul Hodkinson was defending his featherweight titles and, fighting for the featherweight WBC titles against Marcos Villasana and lost via TKO in the 8th round, and adds a loss to his record at 17-1-1.