On December 16, 2000, the 28-year-old IBF featherweight world champion, Paul Ingle (23-1, 16 KOs), faced Mbulelo Botile, in a title defense fight.
Ingle came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 17 days.
Paul Ingle was defending his featherweight IBF titles against Mbulelo Botile and lost via TKO in the 12th round, and adds an loss to his record at 23-2.
On April 10, 1999, a 26-year-old Paul Ingle (21-0, 15 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight WBO title held by 25-year-old fellow British boxer Naseem Hamed (31-0, 28 KOs).
Ingle came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 15 days. Hamed was on a 31-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 10 days.
Naseem Hamed stopped Paul Ingle via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO featherweight title. Hamed improves his record to 32-0 (29 KOs), while Ingle adds a loss to his record at 21-1.