He was the Amateur Boxing Association 1967 heavyweight champion and subsequently a professional boxer.
Boddington was member of his local boxing club, Rootes ABC.
[1][2] Boddington won a silver medal in the 20th European Amateur Boxing Championships in Rome (25 May - 2 June 1967) having a weight of 91 kg.
Boddington turned professional in September 1967, running his record up to 12-0 with 11 KOs by March 1969.
He then started the tail end of his career, losing 4 of his last 10 bouts - a points and TKO loss to Bunny Johnson, a KO by Paul Cassidy, and a TKO by Mike Schutte to close Boddington's career in his only fight outside the UK, which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 2 September 1972.