Paul Ingle

Paul Andrew Ingle (born 22 June 1972 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire) is a retired featherweight boxer. As an amateur he competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. As a professional he won the IBF, European, British and Commonwealth featherweight titles.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Ingle was a member of the 1992 British Olympic Team. His results were:

• Defeated Alex Baba (Ghana) 9-7
• Lost to Choi Chol-Su (North Korea) 13-12

Professional career

Known as "Yorkshire Hunter", Ingle turned pro in 1994 and quickly became an extremely promising fighter. He was 21-0 before challenging Naseem Hamed for the WBO featherweight title on 10 April 1999, but lost via TKO. Although he lost the bout, he was able to fight for a title immediately after his loss, against IBF featherweight title holder Manuel Medina in November 1999. Ingle knocked Medina down twice in the second and once in the 10th. He seemed to be in control but towards the end of round 12 Medina knocked Ingle down. Ingle was tired and close to being stopped but managed to survive and get the win, as well the IBF featherweight title.

In his next bout he fought Junior Jones and stopped Jones in the 11th round. Ingle was named Ring Magazine's most fun featherweight to watch in their 2000 annual State of the Game rankings. A series of postponements of his final fight with Mbulelo Botile was perhaps due to the fact that he had difficulty making the 126 lb limit (rumours around the ingle camp suggested this was due to the unsettling nature of his new nutritionist at the time Ed Clark). In the bout with Botile on 16 December 2000, Ingle was down in Round 11 and again in Round 12. After being dropped in the 12th, Ingle remained on the canvas for several minutes before being removed from the ring on a stretcher. He was taken to the hospital where he underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from the brain.

Ingle spent several weeks in intensive care before recovering. He was forced to retire from boxing. Paul has made an amazing recovery and is hoping to pass on his skills and experience in a new boxing gym recently opened in his honour, The Paul Ingle boxing Academy in Hull . http://www.paulingleboxing.com/

External links

• Professional boxing record for Paul Ingle from BoxRec
• Profile

Preceded by Manuel Medina

IBF Featherweight Champion 13 Nov 1999– 16 Dec 2000

Succeeded by Mbulelo Botile