{{short description|British boxer (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox boxer | name= Hopey Price | image= | image_size= | caption = | realname = Ivan Hope Price | nickname = Drago | nationality = English | weight = Super-bantamweight | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|03|6}} | birth_place = Leeds, Yorkshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 8+1/2 in | reach = | style = Southpaw | total = 12 | wins = 12 | KO = 5 | losses = 0 | draws = | no contests = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2018 Buenos Aires|Flyweight}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Budapest|Flyweight}} {{MedalCompetition|European Youth Championships}} {{MedalGold|2018 Roseto|Flyweight}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Antalya|Flyweight}} }}
'''Ivan Hope Price''' (born 6 March 2000), better known as '''Hopey Price''', is an English professional boxer. As an amateur, he won silver medals at the 2017 European Youth Championships and 2018 Youth World Championships,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiba.org/blog/buenos-aires-2018-get-know-englands-flyweight-ivan-price/|title=Buenos Aires 2018 – Get to know more about England's flyweight Ivan Price|date=2018-10-03|website=AIBA|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref> and gold at the 2018 European Youth Championships<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiba.org/blog/aiba-youth-womens-mens-world-championships-men-watch/|title=AIBA Youth Women's & Men's World Championships: the men's to watch|date=2018-08-08|website=AIBA|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref> and 2018 Youth Olympics; becoming the first boxer from Great Britain to win gold at a Youth Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/45896745|title=Youth Olympic Games 2018: Ivan Hope Price wins GB's first gold|work=BBC Sport |date=17 October 2018|publisher=}}</ref>
==Professional career== In October 2019, it was announced Price had signed a promotional contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing and would make his professional debut the following month.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.matchroomboxing.com/news/amateur-standout-hopey-price-signs-with-matchroom/|title=AMATEUR STANDOUT HOPEY PRICE SIGNS WITH MATCHROOM|date=2019-10-11|website=Matchroom Boxing|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> The fight took place on 2 November 2019 at the Manchester Arena, Manchester, with Price scoring a four-round points decision victory over Joel Sanchez on the undercard of Katie Taylor's world title challenge against Christina Linardatou.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/dave-coldwell-excited-by-potential-hopey-price--144205|title=Dave Coldwell Excited By The Potential of Hopey Price|last=|first=|date=12 November 2019|website=BoxingScene.com|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.matchroomboxing.com/boxers/hopey-price/|title=Hopey Price|website=Matchroom Boxing|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref> Price was back in action one month later to defeat Swedi Mohamed via third-round technical knockout (TKO) on 7 December at the Diriyah Arena in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/more-sport/leeds-boxer-hopey-price-delivers-winning-blow-to-beat-swedi-mohamed-in-diriyah-1-10143645/amp|title=Leeds boxer Hopey Price delivers winning blow to beat Swedi Mohamed in Diriyah|website=www.yorkshirepost.co.uk|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/event/793925/2424026|title=BoxRec: Bout|website=boxrec.com|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref>
Hopey continued his run of wins with a points victory over Claudio Grande in a six-round fight on 14 August 2021 and then with a 2nd round stoppage of Zahid Hussain on 4 September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/867415/|title=Boxrec: Hopey Price}}</ref>
==Professional boxing record== {{BoxingRecordSummary |draws= |nc= |ko-wins=3 |ko-losses= 0 |dec-wins=7 |dec-losses= |dq-wins= |dq-losses= }} {{clear}} {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center |- !{{abbr|No.|Number}} !Result !Record !Opponent !Type !Round, time !Date !Location !Notes |- |12 |{{yes2}}Win |12–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|UK}} Connor Coghill |TKO |12, 1:29 |7 Oct 2023 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|UK}} Sheffield Arena, Sheffield}} |align=left|{{small|Coghill down once in the 6th, once in the 11th and twice in the 12th.}} |- |11 |{{yes2}}Win |11–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|UK}} James Beech Jr. |RTD |7(10) 3:00 |1 Jul 2023 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|UK}} Sheffield Arena, Sheffield}} |align=left|{{small|Beach Jnr cut over the left eye in the 6th round and the right eye in the 7th.}} |- |10 |{{yes2}}Win |10–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|France}} Thomas Masson |UD |10 |18 Mar 2023 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|UK}} Newcastle Arena, Newcastle}} | |- |9 |{{yes2}}Win |9–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} Jonathan Santana |PTS |8 |10 Dec 2022 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|UK}} First Direct Arena, Leeds}} |align=left|{{small|Santana down in the 3rd round.}} |- |8 |{{yes2}}Win |8–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} Alexander Mejia |PTS |8 |6 Aug 2022 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|UK}} Sheffield Arena, Sheffield}} | |- |7 |{{yes2}}Win |7–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|Mexico}} Ricardo Roman |TKO |4(6) 1:09 |12 Feb 2022 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|UK}}Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill}} |align=left|{{small|Roman down once in the 1st round and once in the 4th.}} |- |6 |{{yes2}}Win |6–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|UK}} Zahid Hussain |TKO |2 (10), {{small|2:33}} |4 Sep 2021 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|UK}} Headingley Stadium, Leeds, England}} |align=left|{{small|Won vacant IBO International super-bantamweight title}} |- |5 |{{yes2}}Win |5–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Claudio Grande |PTS |6 |14 Aug 2021 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|UK}} Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England}} | |- |4 |{{yes2}}Win |4–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|NIC}} Daniel Mendoza |PTS |6 |13 Feb 2021 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|UK}} The SSE Arena, London, England}} | |- |3 |{{yes2}}Win |3–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|UK}} Jonny Phillips |PTS |6 |7 Aug 2020 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|UK}} Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England}} | |- |2 |{{yes2}}Win |2–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|TAN}} Swedi Mohamed |{{abbr|TKO|Technical knockout}} |3 (4), {{small|2:26}} |7 Dec 2019 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|SAU}} Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia}} | |- |1 |{{yes2}}Win |1–0 |align=left|{{flagicon|NIC}} Joel Sanchez |{{abbr|PTS|Points decision}} |4 |2 Nov 2019 |align=left|{{small|{{flagicon|UK}} Manchester Arena, Manchester, England}} | |- |}
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