Peter Buckley (born 9 March 1969) is a retired English journeyman boxer who competed from 1989 to 2008. Although he most notably fought around the

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division, he competed at a number of weight divisions up and down on either side.

Pro career

Buckley turned pro in October 1989, when he fought Alan Baldwin from Brixham at the Colosseum,

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, England, it was a close fight which ended in a draw. Buckley lost 256 of his 300 contests, which is the second most in boxing history behind

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. Throughout his career he fought a number of quality world champions and British champions including

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, Jason Cook,

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, Scott Harrison,

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, Dave Stewart,

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and

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. Buckley, who never fought for a major title, was honoured with a special ringwalk and presentation before his 200th fight in April 2003 at the

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. He then proceeded to lose a decision to Baz Carey. Buckley finished his professional career with his 300th and last fight on 31 October 2008 where he scored a 4-round points decision victory over Matin Mohammed (0–1–1) in

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. After the fight, Peter was awarded a small trophy and a special belt to mark his achievement. Peter had won a few regional titles, the vacant BBBofC

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area

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and

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titles when his record was at 16–9–4 (2KO) against Mark Bates (super featherweight) and 20–44–5 (5KO) respectively. Perhaps his career peak was at 17–10–4 (3KO) before losing to future CBC, and EBU champion and

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challenger Johnny Armour.

Film Adaptation

Currently, there is a film in development based on Peter Buckley's life to be directed by George Tillman, Jr. and it is set to start filming in June of 2020.

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Pro career

Film Adaptation

See also

References

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