Mark Hobson (boxer)
Mark Hobson | |
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Statistics | |
Real name | Mark Hobson |
Rated at | Cruiserweight |
Nationality | British |
Born |
Huddersfield | 7 May 1976
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 33 |
Wins | 27 |
Wins by KO | 14 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 1 |
Mark Hobson (born 5 July 1976) is a British former professional boxer fighting out of Huddersfield in England. He competed in the cruiserweight division and is a former British & Commonwealth cruiserweight champion and former world title challenger.
Early professional career
Hobson had his first professional contest on 9 June 1997, scoring a points win over Michael Pinnock in Bradford. For the first three and a half years of his career Hobson built up a respectable record of 14–1–1 with the only loss coming against Mark Levy in 1999. On 24 April 2001 Hobson challenged South African fighter Sebastiaan Rothmann at the Olympia in Liverpool for the WBU Cruiserweight title. The fight ended in a first stoppage defeat for Hobson after the fight was ended in the 9th round.[1]
British and Commonwealth champion
Following the Rothmann defeat, Hobson took on Germany's future WBA world champion Firat Arslan at the Barnsley Metrodome Arena and was again stopped, this time on cuts in the seventh round. Four wins, including one over Lee Swaby, followed however as Hobson positioned himself for a shot at the vacant Commonwealth cruiserweight belt on 25 January 2003 pitching himself against Ugandan Abdul Kadou and winning the contest with a fourth round stoppage. One further win followed before Hobson made the first defence of his title against Robert Norton in a fight which also had the vacant British belt on the line. The fight which took place at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield on 5 September 2003 saw Hobson become a double champion with a 12 round points win.
Further defences of both titles followed with wins over Tony Moran on 13 March 2004, Lee Swaby on 27 May 2004 and former champion and world title challenger Bruce Scott on 17 December 2004. Hobson took a break from the ring in 2005 but went on to make one further defence of both his belts on 1 June 2006 against John Keeton back at the Metrodome in Barnsley.
Further title wins and challenges
Following the win over Scott and his subsequent break from the ring, Hobson returned to action on 4 March 2006 to challenge Enzo Maccarinelli for the WBU cruiserweight title in a fight that was the chief support to Joe Calzaghe's destruction of Jeff Lacy at the MEN Arena in Manchester. The fight ended in a 12 round defeat for Hobson in what proved to be a tough defence for Maccarinelli.[2] The Keeton defence followed before, on 8 September 2006, Hobson challenged for the WBU title at the third time of asking, defeating Pavol Polakovic at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair, London.
On 14 October 2006 Hobson returned to the MEN Arena in Manchester to once again take on Enzo Maccarinelli, this time for the WBO title in what was Maccarinelli's first defence of newly won world title. The fight ended in disappointment as Hobson was not able to match the performance of his first fight with the Welshman and so suffering a stoppage defeat in only the first round.[3]
Hobson's final fight before retiring from the ring was to challenge former victim John Keeton for the British title that Hobson himself had vacated. The fight on 29 September 2007 at the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield ended in victory for Hobson once more, allowing him to retire from the sport as a British champion.[4]
Professional boxing record
27 Wins (14 knockouts, 13 decisions), 5 Losses (3 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 Draw | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
Win | 26–15 | John "Buster" Keeton | TKO | 4 | 29 September 2007 | Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | BBBofC British Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:00 of the fourth round. |
Loss | 24–1 | Enzo Maccarinelli | TKO | 1 | 14 October 2006 | Manchester, United Kingdom | WBO World Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:11 of the first round. |
Win | 11–1 | Pavol Polakovic | UD | 12 | 8 September 2006 | Mayfair, London, United Kingdom | WBU World Cruiserweight Title. 120–109, 120–109, 117–112. |
Win | 25–13 | John "Buster" Keeton | TKO | 4 | 1 June 2006 | Barnsley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | BBBofC British/Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:50 of the fourth round. |
Loss | 22–1 | Enzo Maccarinelli | UD | 12 | 4 March 2006 | Manchester, United Kingdom | WBU World Cruiserweight Title. 112–116, 113–114, 113–114. |
Win | 26–7 | Bruce "Lionheart" Scott | PTS | 12 | 17 December 2004 | Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | BBBofC British/Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title. 118–112. |
Win | 19–13–2 | Lee Swaby | TKO | 6 | 27 May 2004 | Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | BBBofC British/Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:02 of the sixth round. |
Win | 11–2 | Tony "Dare to Dream" Moran | TKO | 3 | 13 March 2004 | Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | BBBofC British/Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:10 of the third round. |
Win | 23–2–1 | Rob Norton | PTS | 12 | 5 September 2003 | Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | BBBofC British/Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title. 118–110. |
Win | 25–7–1 | Muslim Biarslanov | TKO | 2 | 10 May 2003 | Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | Referee stopped the bout at 1:20 of the second round. |
Win | 13–2–2 | Abdul Kadou | TKO | 4 | 25 January 2003 | Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom | Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title. |
Win | 3–2 | Varuzhan Davtyan | TKO | 3 | 5 October 2002 | Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Win | 13–12–2 | Lee Swaby | PTS | 10 | 27 April 2002 | Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | BBBofC British Cruiserweight Title Eliminator. 96–94. |
Win | 11–6–1 | Valeri Semiskur | PTS | 6 | 23 February 2002 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom | 60–54. |
Win | 4–14–1 | Luke Simpkin | RTD | 3 | 10 December 2001 | Liverpool, United Kingdom | Simpkin retired at 3:00 of the third round. |
Loss | 13–2 | Firat Arslan | TKO | 7 | 8 October 2001 | Barnsley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Loss | 12–1–2 | Sebastiaan Rothmann | RTD | 9 | 24 April 2001 | Liverpool, United Kingdom | WBU World Cruiserweight Title. Hobson retired at 3:00 of the ninth round. |
Win | 1–0 | Billy Bessey | PTS | 4 | 26 February 2001 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom | |
Win | 14–47 | Mark Lee Dawson | TKO | 1 | 25 September 2000 | Barnsley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Win | 7–25–5 | Paul Bonson | PTS | 4 | 13 May 2000 | Barnsley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Win | 3–5 | Luke Simpkin | PTS | 6 | 27 March 2000 | Barnsley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Win | 5–0 | Nikolai Ermenkov | TKO | 3 | 11 March 2000 | Kensington, London, United Kingdom | |
Win | 1–0–2 | Brian Gascoigne | TKO | 3 | 6 December 1999 | Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Win | 5–17–5 | Paul Bonson | PTS | 4 | 11 September 1999 | Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Loss | 2–0 | Mark "Chevy" Levy | PTS | 8 | 19 April 1999 | Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | 76–78. |
Win | 3–2–1 | Danny Southeram | TKO | 5 | 26 November 1998 | Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Win | 5–2–1 | Mark Snipe | TKO | 3 | 25 October 1998 | Shaw, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom | |
Win | 12–45–4 | Martin Jolley | TKO | 3 | 15 June 1998 | Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Win | 4–7–4 | Paul Bonson | PTS | 6 | 21 May 1998 | Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Draw | 6–2 | Colin Brown | PTS | 6 | 27 February 1998 | Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
Win | 7–4–2 | P.R. Mason | PTS | 6 | 13 November 1997 | Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Win | 6–3–2 | P.R. Mason | PTS | 6 | 6 October 1997 | Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
Win | 2–19–3 | Michael Pinnock | PTS | 6 | 9 June 1997 | Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
Preceded by Bruce Scott vacated |
Commonwealth Cruiserweight Champion 25 January 2001 – 19 March 2007 vacated |
Succeeded by Troy Ross |
Preceded by Bruce Scott vacated |
British Cruiserweight Champion 5 September 2003 – 20 October 2006 vacated |
Succeeded by John Keeton |
Preceded by John Keeton |
British Cruiserweight Champion 29 September 2007 – 3 October 2008 vacated |
Succeeded by Robert Norton |
References
- ↑ text here Mark Hobson professional boxing record BoxRec
- ↑ Maccarinelli keeps WBU title BBC Sport, 5 March 2006
- ↑ Maccarinelli storms to quick win BBC Sport, 14 October 2006
- ↑ Anderson turns tables Times Online, 2 June 2006