Paul Ingle (Yorkshire Hunter) is a 52-year-old retired British professional boxer. He is a former featherweight world champion. In a career spanning 6 years, 8 months, and 23 days, Ingle amassed a record of 23-2, which includes 16 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Paul Ingle was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England on June 22, 1972. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on March 23, 1994 against Darren Noble. Ingle defeated Noble via 3rd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Ingle got his first shot at a world title at the age of 26 after 21 professional fights. On April 10, 1999 Ingle challenged Naseem Hamed's WBO featherweight title but lost via 11th round TKO.
In his next fight, he got another shot at the featherweight IBF title — this time against Manuel Medina. He defeated Medina via 11th round TKO, winning his first world title.
Ingle's last fight was a 12th-round TKO loss to Mbulelo Botile at age 28, on December 16, 2000, in which he lost his IBF featherweight title.
Some of Paul Ingle's best fights have been against Manuel Medina and Junior Jones. For a complete list of Ingle's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Paul Ingle".
Ingle has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Paul Ingle Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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25 | Dec 16, 2000 | 28 | Mbulelo Botile | loss | TKO 12 |
24 | Apr 29, 2000 | 27 | Junior Jones 29 47-4 | win | TKO 11 |
23 | Nov 13, 1999 | 27 | Manuel Medina 28 56-10 | win | UD 12 |
22 | Apr 10, 1999 | 26 | Naseem Hamed 25 31-0 | loss | TKO 11 |
21 | Sep 26, 1998 | 26 | Billy Hardy | win | TKO 8 |
20 | Aug 08, 1998 | 26 | Rakhim Mingaleyev | win | KO 4 |
19 | Jun 09, 1998 | 25 | Moussa Sangare | win | RTD 10 |
18 | Mar 28, 1998 | 25 | Trust Ndlovu | win | PTS 12 |
17 | Oct 11, 1997 | 25 | Jon Jo Irwin | win | RTD 8 |
16 | Apr 28, 1997 | 24 | Michael Alldis | win | RTD 11 |
15 | Jan 11, 1997 | 24 | Colin McMillan | win | TKO 8 |
14 | Nov 06, 1996 | 24 | Chris Jickells | win | KO 4 |
13 | Sep 03, 1996 | 24 | Brian Robb | win | KO 2 |
12 | Jun 29, 1996 | 24 | Ervine Blake | win | KO 2 |
11 | Feb 05, 1996 | 23 | Greg Upton | win | KO 10 |
10 | Dec 15, 1995 | 23 | Demir Nanev | win | KO 5 |
9 | Sep 29, 1995 | 23 | Miguel Matthews | win | KO 4 |
8 | Jun 16, 1995 | 22 | Des Gargano | win | TKO 2 |
7 | Apr 27, 1995 | 22 | Peter Buckley | win | PTS 8 |
6 | Feb 23, 1995 | 22 | Peter Buckley | win | PTS 8 |
5 | Nov 24, 1994 | 22 | Graham McGrath | win | PTS 6 |
4 | Aug 03, 1994 | 22 | Anthony Hanna | win | PTS 6 |
3 | May 25, 1994 | 21 | Neil Swain | win | KO 4 |
2 | Apr 27, 1994 | 21 | Graham McGrath | win | PTS 4 |
1 | Mar 23, 1994 | 21 | Darren Noble | win | KO 3 |