[1][2] Booth started his professional career in June 1996 with a third round win over Darren Noble at the Pinegrove Country Club in Sheffield.
[2] Booth followed up his first career defeat with victory back at home beating Mark Reynolds in Coventry before getting a fight with the current holder of the British and Commonwealth flyweight titles Keith Knox.
In February 2001, he made the second defence of his Commonwealth belt knocking out the Zimbabwean Nokuthula Tshabangu at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham.
The dream was not to be realised however when the fight was stopped in the seventh round due to a series of nasty cuts around the Frenchman's eyes, Booth ended up losing on a technical decision.
[2] A defence in March 2004 saw him beat Huddersfield based Dale Robinson[4] before losing the title in December 2004 to Northern Ireland's Damaen Kelly himself a former European champion.
[8] Booth made his comeback on 3 November 2006 moving up to bantamweight with a win over journeyman Abdul Mghrbel at the Barnsley Metrodome almost two years since his defeat to Kelly.
[2] He followed this up in February 2007 with a win against Jamil Hussain and then on 6 July 2007 stepped into the ring with former opponent Ian Napa to challenge for the British bantamweight title.
[9] The same venue would prove to be the location for his next fight as Booth returned on 8 December 2007 to defeat Welsh prospect Matthew Edmonds for the Commonwealth title.
[14] Booths second defence of the title took place in Sunderland and saw him headline the bill against Hartlepool fighter Michael Hunter, a former holder of the belt and European champion at the weight.
[16] Following his success in the ring, Booth managed to secure a shot against IBF super-bantamweight champion Steve Molitor, a two-time holder of the title.
He regained the title on 27 March 2010 beating South African Takalani Ndlovu and the fight with Booth due to take place in the North of England would be his first defence.
[17] Speaking about his career to date when announcing the fight, Booth paid tribute to the sport and reflected on how his life might have turned out: "If I hadn't had boxing, I'd be dead, the drink would have beaten me.
[19] After the fight Booth stated that his new ambition was to win the European title after coming up short on three occasions so far in his career saying that he would relish a shot at the new champion Kiko Martinez.
His opponent, Jamie Arthur, had won the vacant belt beating Kris Hughes after Booth had given it up in order to fight for the World title.
[24] Booth finally lost his British title in his next fight on 22 October 2011 suffering a 7th round defeat against Scott Quigg at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton.