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cruiserweight championship from 1992 to 1993. Booze became a professional boxer in 1982 and had mixed success during his early career. He had early losses in the 1980s to

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cruiserweight title by a unanimous decision. After winning one fight he then challenged Magne Havnaa in 1991 for the WBO cruiserweight title. He lost a twelve-round split decision. When Havnaa relinquished his title, Booze knocked out Derek Angol on July 25, 1992 at G-Mex Centre, Manchester, England to win the vacant WBO title. He defended the belt once, against Ralf Rocchigiani. On February 13, 1993, Markus Bott defeated Booze by a unanimous decision to take the title. Booze did not fight for a title again and retired in 1998 after losing to

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. On September 19, 2011, Tyrone Booze and

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's WTAN AM 1340. The show is also aired on WDCF, WZHR and online on the Talking Sports Network. Tyrone Booze died in Florida on September 3, 2022, at the age of 63.

Professional boxing record

, - , align="center" colspan="8" , 22 Wins (8 KOs), 12 Losses (2 KOs), 2 Draws, 1 No Contest Boxing record for Tyrone Booze
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, align=left , Tony Velasco , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 21-11-2
, align=left , James Mullins , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 20-11-2
, align=left , Earl Talley , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 19-11-2
, align=left , Jack Jackson , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 18-11-2
, align=left , Marc Machain , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Loss , 17-11-2
, align=left , Markus Bott , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 17-10-2
, align=left , Ralf Rocchigiani , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 16-10-2
, align=left , Derek Angol , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Loss , 15-10-2
, align=left , Magne Havnå , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 15-9-2
, align=left , Ruben Cardona , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Loss , 14-9-2
, align=left , Nate Miller , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Loss , 14-8-2
, align=left , Dwight Muhammad Qawi , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 14-7-2
, align=left , Anthony Witherspoon , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 13-7-2
, align=left , Dawud Shaw , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 12-7-2
, align=left , Kevin Denson , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , NC , 11-7-2
, align=left , James Holly , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Loss , 11-7-2 , align=left , Johnny du Plooy , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Loss , 11-6-2 , align=left ,

, , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Loss , 11-5-2 , align=left ,

, , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 11-4-2 , align=left , Pablo Pizzarro , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Loss , 10-4-2 , align=left ,

, , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Loss , 10-3-2 , align=left , Eddie Mustafa Muhammad , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Draw , 10-2-2 , align=left , Tim Broady , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 10-2-1 , align=left , Demetrius Edwards , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 9-2-1 , align=left , Marcus Jackson , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Draw , 8-2-1 , align=left , Jerry Halstead , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 8-2 , align=left , John Tyrell , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 7-2 , align=left , Jose Verdejo , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Loss , 6-2 , align=left , Kelvin Kelly , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 6-1 , align=left , Earl McNeill , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 5-1 , align=left , Victor King , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 4-1 , align=left , Juan Quintana , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 3-1 , align=left , Matt Lawrence , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Loss , 2-1 , align=left , Muhammad Hakeem , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 2-0 , align=left , Robert Folley , , , , align=left , , , -align=center , Win , 1-0 , align=left , Jimmy Allen , , , , align=left , ,

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