Mark Hobson (boxer)

Mark Hobson
Statistics
Real name Mark Hobson
Weight(s) Cruiserweight
Nationality British
Born (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976
Huddersfield
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 England John "Buster" Keeton TKO 4 29 September 2007 United Kingdom Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom BBBofC British Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:00 of the fourth round.
Loss 24–1 Wales Enzo Maccarinelli TKO 1 14 October 2006 United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom WBO World Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:11 of the first round.
Win 11–1 Czech Republic Pavol Polakovic UD 12 8 September 2006 United Kingdom Mayfair, London, United Kingdom WBU World Cruiserweight Title. 120–109, 120–109, 117–112.
Win 25–13 England John "Buster" Keeton TKO 4 1 June 2006 United Kingdom Barnsley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom BBBofC British/Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:50 of the fourth round.
Loss 22–1 Wales Enzo Maccarinelli UD 12 4 March 2006 United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom WBU World Cruiserweight Title. 112–116, 113–114, 113–114.
Win 26–7 England Bruce "Lionheart" Scott PTS 12 17 December 2004 United Kingdom Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom BBBofC British/Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title. 118–112.
Win 19–13–2 England Lee Swaby TKO 6 27 May 2004 United Kingdom Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom BBBofC British/Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:02 of the sixth round.
Win 11–2 England Tony "Dare to Dream" Moran TKO 3 13 March 2004 United Kingdom Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom BBBofC British/Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:10 of the third round.
Win 23–2–1 England Rob Norton PTS 12 5 September 2003 United Kingdom Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom BBBofC British/Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title. 118–110.
Win 25–7–1 Russia Muslim Biarslanov TKO 2 10 May 2003 United Kingdom Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Referee stopped the bout at 1:20 of the second round.
Win 13–2–2 Uganda Abdul Kadou TKO 4 25 January 2003 Wales Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title.
Win 3–2 Armenia Varuzhan Davtyan TKO 3 5 October 2002 United Kingdom Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win 13–12–2 England Lee Swaby PTS 10 27 April 2002 United Kingdom Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom BBBofC British Cruiserweight Title Eliminator. 96–94.
Win 11–6–1 Estonia Valeri Semiskur PTS 6 23 February 2002 United Kingdom Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom 60–54.
Win 4–14–1 England Luke Simpkin RTD 3 10 December 2001 United Kingdom Liverpool, United Kingdom Simpkin retired at 3:00 of the third round.
Loss 13–2 Germany Firat Arslan TKO 7 8 October 2001 United Kingdom Barnsley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Loss 12–1–2 South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann RTD 9 24 April 2001 United Kingdom Liverpool, United Kingdom WBU World Cruiserweight Title. Hobson retired at 3:00 of the ninth round.
Win 1–0 England Billy Bessey PTS 4 26 February 2001 United Kingdom Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Win 14–47 England Mark Lee Dawson TKO 1 25 September 2000 United Kingdom Barnsley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win 7–25–5 England Paul Bonson PTS 4 13 May 2000 United Kingdom Barnsley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win 3–5 England Luke Simpkin PTS 6 27 March 2000 United Kingdom Barnsley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win 5–0 Bulgaria Nikolai Ermenkov TKO 3 11 March 2000 United Kingdom Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Win 1–0–2 England Brian Gascoigne TKO 3 6 December 1999 United Kingdom Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win 5–17–5 England Paul Bonson PTS 4 11 September 1999 United Kingdom Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Loss 2–0 England Mark "Chevy" Levy PTS 8 19 April 1999 United Kingdom Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom 76–78.
Win 3–2–1 England Danny Southeram TKO 5 26 November 1998 United Kingdom Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win 5–2–1 England Mark Snipe TKO 3 25 October 1998 United Kingdom Shaw, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Win 12–45–4 England Martin Jolley TKO 3 15 June 1998 United Kingdom Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win 4–7–4 England Paul Bonson PTS 6 21 May 1998 United Kingdom Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Draw 6–2 Scotland Colin Brown PTS 6 27 February 1998 Scotland Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Win 7–4–2 England P.R. Mason PTS 6 13 November 1997 United Kingdom Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win 6–3–2 England P.R. Mason PTS 6 6 October 1997 United Kingdom Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win 2–19–3 England Michael Pinnock PTS 6 9 June 1997 United Kingdom 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

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