Real name Regilio Benito Tuur Wins 46 Height 1.71 m Draws 1 Nationality Dutch Role Boxer | Name Regilio Tuur Total fights 51 Nickname(s) TurboTuurrific Wins by KO 30 Martial art Boxing | |
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Division Lightweight, Super featherweight | ||
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Regilio Benito Tuur (born 12 August 1967) is the former WBO Junior Lightweight champion of the world, from the Netherlands.
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- 1 punch ko s by regilio tuur
- Regilio Tuur Devastating Puncher
- Amateur career
- Professional career
- References
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.
Regilio Tuur - Devastating Puncher
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:
Professional career
In 1989 Tuur turned professional with his first fight held in New York. In 1994 won the world title of the World Boxing Organisation (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.
