[3] He bounced back from defeat with two points decision (PTS) victories against Liam Richards in March[4] and Gary Buckland in September,[5] before challenging Scott Cardle for the British lightweight title on 7 November 2015 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.
[8][9][10] Following the draw against Cardle, he faced Pasquale Di Silvio for the vacant WBC International lightweight title on 29 May 2016 at Goodison Park in Liverpool.
[13] After a TKO win in a non-title fight against Antonio Horvatic in August,[14] he made the first defence of his Commonwealth title a month later against Tom Stalker on 30 September 2017 at the Echo Arena.
[16] Following defeat to Coyle, Dodd faced 2016 Olympian Joe Cordina on 4 August 2018 at the Ice Arena in Cardiff, Wales.
[18] He suffered a third consecutive defeat three months later against Jordan Ellison in November,[19] before scoring two decision wins in 2019; Ibrar Riyaz by PTS in October[20] and Tom Farrell by technical decision (TD) in November after Farrell suffered a cut from an accidental clash of heads.