Regilio Tuur
Regilio Tuur | ||||||||||||||
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Real name | Regilio Benito Tuur | |||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Turbo Tuurrific | |||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Super featherweight Lightweight | |||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m) | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||
Born | Paramaribo, Suriname | 12 August 1967|||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||
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Total fights | 51 | |||||||||||||
Wins | 46 | |||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 30 | |||||||||||||
Losses | 4 | |||||||||||||
Draws | 1 | |||||||||||||
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Regilio Benito Tuur (born 12 August 1967) is a retired boxer from The Netherlands, who was WBO super featherweight champion.
Prior to turning professional and winning the world title, Tuur knocked out reigning world champion Kelcie Banks in the first round at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]
Amateur career[]
After winning a bronze medal at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships, Tuur was selected to participate at the Olympics.
His 1988 Olympic Results as a featherweight are:
- Defeated Kelcie Banks, USA KO 1
- Defeated John Wanjau, Kenya 4-1
- Defeated David Anderson, Great Britain RSC 2
- Lost to Daniel Dumitrescu, Romania 0-5 (quarterfinals)
Professional career[]
In 1989, Tuur turned professional with his first fight held in New York. In 1994, he won the world title of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) by beating Eugene Speed from the United States in his hometown Rotterdam. He lived in Hempstead, Long Island for several years with his wife and newborn daughter.
References[]
- ^ "Featherweight Boxing - Kelcie Banks vs Regilio Tuur". Youtube.com. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
External links[]
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Olympic boxers of the Netherlands
- Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Paramaribo
- Sportspeople from Rotterdam
- Lightweight boxers
- Featherweight boxers
- Dutch male boxers
- Surinamese male boxers
- World Boxing Organization champions