The former heavyweight has been selected to join an elite list
Tony Booth with his son Harry at the Hall of Fame event
Former Hull professional boxer Tony Booth has been inducted into the British Boxing Hall of Fame.
The 56-year-old ex-heavyweight was inducted into the class of 2026 alongside some exalted company after taking his place alongside this year’s fellow inductees that included ex-unified heavyweight champion of the world Lennox Lewis, former middleweight world champion Nigel Benn, Joe Bugner and one of Booth’s former opponents in Enzo Maccarinelli.
Known in his later years for being the ultimate journeyman boxer who took fights sometimes at a day’s notice and often fighting twice within a week or two weeks, Booth previously held the record for the most fights by any British boxer in history with 166 contests.
While that journeyman tag followed the latter part of his career, he recorded an incredible 52 wins, which is the most by any British boxer in the last 70 years.
His list of opponents saw the popular boxer face off not just against Maccarinelli (who he fought twice), but many other famous names such as Derek Chisora, Michael Sprott, Johnny Nelson, and David Haye, with Booth providing the opposition in Haye’s debut professional fight.
His 166 fight career started in 1990 with a defeat to Paul Lynch and finished on a winning note some 18 years later after back-to-back victories in 2008
Booth becomes only the second person from the region to be inducted into the British Boxing Hall of Fame after women’s boxing pioneer Barbara Buttrick.