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 a 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.