tony doyle

With a career lasting 12 years, southpaw Tony Doyle started off his career at age 18 on June 1963, last fighting in 0 and building a record of 40-16-1. Doyle in his 57 fights. Doyle's longest KO streak is 4 fights long out of his 57 career fights.

Early Career

Doyle's first fight came against Hugh Mercier where Doyle became only the 3rd person to stop Mercier, stopping him in round 2 to claim his first pro fight stoppage and an almost perfect start to his career. Doyle's rise in boxing continued with 29 fights against fighters such as Bob Avery, Archie Ray and Joe Hemphill. He had a mixed start to his career but mostly successful so far.

Tony Doyle Vs James j Woody

The first defeat of Doyle's career came against James j Woody on December 18th, 1964. This took his career record to 7-1-0. Coming into the fight with high confidence Doyle fought his next fight against James j Woody on December 18th, 1964. Unfortunately, Doyle was outclassed and lost the decision on the judges scorecards taking his record to 7-1-0. Doyle then went on to win a further 15 fights taking his record to 18 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw.

Tony Doyle Vs Joe Frazier

Doyle's career took a knock with a loss against Joe Frazier on October 17th, 1967 taking his record to 18-5-1. Being outclassed early, Doyle struggled to get going in this 10 round fight and received the first stoppage defeat of his career at the hands of Frazier. The fight went 2 rounds before ending via a TKO defeat. Fights against boxers including Amos Lincoln, Thad Spencer and Terry Daniels followed where he won 21 fights taking his winning streak to 36 wins.

Tony Doyle Vs Jimmy Ellis

Doyle went into his next fight against Jimmy Ellis on March 2nd, 1971 with a career record of 36-9-1. Doyle's fight against Jimmy Ellis was Doyle's 2nd stoppage defeat which came via KO in the 10th round of the fight.

Tony Doyle Vs Joe Bugner

Doyle went into his next fight against Joe Bugner on November 14th, 1972 with a career record of 39-12-1. Doyle fought Joe Bugner and was defeated via RTD in the 10 round bout. This was Doyle's 3rd stoppage defeat in his career which came in the 8th round. Doyle continued on his up and down career with a further 3 fights taking his record to 40-14-1.

Tony Doyle Vs Johnny Boudreaux

Taking a knock to his career, Doyle fought and was defeated by Johnny Boudreaux on June 9th, 1975 taking his record to 40-15-1. There was nothing more Doyle could have done on the night facing Boudreaux. Boudreaux put on a great performance to take the win over the 10 rounds.

Latest Fight

Taking another knock in his career, Doyle fought Mike Weaver on June 27th, 1975 and was defeated by Weaver. In one last attempt to prove he still had what it takes, Doyle was unfortunately stopped in the 9th round of a 10 round fight. Weaver was only the 6th person to stop Doyle to end his 57 fight career.