Tyrone Nurse (born 4 January 1990) is a British
professional boxer
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. He held the
British
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super lightweight
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Boxing Professional boxing
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title from 2015 to 2017 and challenged once for the Commonwealth super lightweight title in 2014.
Career
From
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...
, Nurse made his professional debut in March 2008 with a win over Kristian Laight. After winning his first 20 fights, he competed in the ''
Prizefighter
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'' tournament in 2012, losing in the final to
Adil Anwar, his first defeat as a professional. Nurse was born to an English father and a Jamaican mother.
In February 2013 he stopped Joe Elfidh in the second round to take the vacant
BBBofC
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History
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Central Area super lightweight title, and in September 2013 was due to face Shayne Singleton for the vacant English title. Singleton pulled out of the fight after failing to make the weight, with Nurse beating late replacement Krzysztof Szot on points. In April 2014 he got his title shot and beat Tyler Goodjohn by unanimous decision to take it.
In October 2014 he faced
Dave Ryan for the vacant Commonwealth super lightweight title, losing narrowly on points.
With the British title having been vacated by
Willie Limond
Willie Limond (2 February 1979 – 15 April 2024) was a Scottish professional boxer and footballer. He held the EBU European Union super featherweight title in 2004, the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2006 to 2007, the Commonwealth super ...
, Nurse faced
Chris Jenkins for the title in July 2015 at the
Manchester Arena
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, the fight ending as a majority draw. They met again in November with Nurse getting a unanimous decision to become British champion.
[Ballinger, Lauren & Sharpe, Adam (2015)]
Huddersfield boxer Tyrone Nurse wins in Manchester to take the British Super-Lightweight title
, ''Huddersfield Examiner
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History
The first edition was published as a weekly, starting on 6 September 1851 ...
'', 22 November 2015
Nurse is due to defend the British title against Hull's Tommy Coyle in Leeds on 30 July.
Professional boxing record
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Kerman Lejarraga
, PTS
, 10
, 8 August 2020
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, -
, 45
, Win
, 37–6–2
, align=left, Fernando Valencia
, PTS
, 6
, 20 September 2019
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, -
, 44
, Win
, 36–6–2
, align=left, Óscar Amador
, PTS
, 6
, 5 July 2019
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,
, -
, 43
, Loss
, 35–6–2
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Ekow Essuman
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, 10
, 16 March 2019
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, 42
, Loss
, 35–5–2
, align=left, Liam Taylor
, SD
, 10
, 17 November 2018
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, -
, 41
, Loss
, 35–4–2
, align=left, Jack Brubaker
, UD
, 12
, 24 May 2018
, align=left,
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, -
, 40
, Loss
, 35–3–2
, align=left,
Jack Catterall
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, UD
, 12
, 21 October 2017
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, 39
, Win
, 35–2–2
, align=left, Andy Keates
, PTS
, 8
, 13 May 2017
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, -
, 38
, Draw
, 34–2–2
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Joe Hughes
, SD
, 12
, 22 April 2017
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, -
, 37
, Win
, 34–2–1
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Tommy Coyle
, UD
, 12
, 30 July 2017
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, align=left,
, -
, 36
, Win
, 33–2–1
, align=left,
Willie Limond
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, TKO
, 9 (12)
, 28 May 2016
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, align=left,
, -
, 35
, Win
, 32–2–1
, align=left,
Chris Jenkins
, UD
, 12
, 21 November 2015
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, align=left,
, -
, 34
, Draw
, 31–2–1
, align=left,
Chris Jenkins
, MD
, 12
, 18 July 2015
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, 33
, Win
, 31–2
, align=left, Liam Taylor
, UD
, 10
, 11 April 2015
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,
, -
, 32
, Win
, 30–2
, align=left, Radoslav Mitev
, KO
, 4 (6)
, 28 November 2014
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,
, -
, 31
, Loss
, 29–2
, align=left,
Dave Ryan
, MD
, 12
, 4 October 2014
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, 30
, Win
, 29–1
, align=left, Danny Little
, PTS
, 6
, 21 May 2014
, align=left,
,
, -
, 29
, Win
, 28–1
, align=left, Tyler Goodjohn
, UD
, 10
, 19 April 2014
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, 28
, Win
, 27–1
, align=left, Krysztof Szot
, PTS
, 8
, 20 September 2013
, align=left,
,
, -
, 27
, Win
, 26–1
, align=left, Mark McKray
, PTS
, 6
, 1 June 2013
, align=left,
,
, -
, 26
, Win
, 25–1
, align=left, Joe Elfidh
, TKO
, 2 (10),
, 15 February 2013
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, 25
, Win
, 24–1
, align=left, Santos Medrano
, PTS
, 8
, 20 October 2012
, align=left,
,
, -
, 24
, Win
, 23–1
, align=left, Karoly Lakatos
, PTS
, 6
, 30 June 2012
, align=left,
,
, -
, 23
, Loss
, 22–1
, align=left, Adil Anwar
, UD
, 3
, 11 February 2012
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, 22
, Win
, 22–0
, align=left,
Young Mutley
, UD
, 3
, 11 February 2012
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, 21
, Win
, 21–0
, align=left, Dale Miles
, TKO
, 3 (3),
, 11 February 2012
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, 20
, Win
, 20–0
, align=left, Ivar Godor
, PTS
, 6
, 11 November 2011
, align=left,
,
, -
, 19
, Win
, 19–0
, align=left, Istvan Kiss
, TKO
, 5 (6),
, 8 October 2011
, align=left,
,
, -
, 18
, Win
, 18–0
, align=left, Ben Lawler
, RTD
, 4 (6),
, 23 July 2011
, align=left,
,
, -
, 17
, Win
, 17–0
, align=left, William Warburton
, PTS
, 6
, 21 May 2011
, align=left,
,
, -
, 16
, Win
, 16–0
, align=left, Damian Owen
, PTS
, 6
, 5 March 2011
, align=left,
,
, -
, 15
, Win
, 15–0
, align=left, Julius Rafael
, PTS
, 4
, 2 December 2010
, align=left,
,
, -
, 14
, Win
, 14–0
, align=left, Ibrar Riyaz
, PTS
, 10
, 9 October 2010
, align=left,
,
, -
, 13
, Win
, 13–0
, align=left, Johnny Greaves
, TKO
, 5 (6),
, 28 May 2010
, align=left,
,
, -
, 12
, Win
, 12–0
, align=left, Adam Kelly
, PTS
, 6
, 5 March 2010
, align=left,
,
, -
, 11
, Win
, 11–0
, align=left, William Warburton
, PTS
, 6
, 6 December 2009
, align=left,
,
, -
, 10
, Win
, 10–0
, align=left, Jason Nesbitt
, PTS
, 6
, 31 October 2009
, align=left,
,
, -
, 9
, Win
, 9–0
, align=left, Daniel Thorpe
, PTS
, 4
, 11 September 2009
, align=left,
,
, -
, 8
, Win
, 8–0
, align=left, Ibrar Riyaz
, PTS
, 4
, 25 May 2009
, align=left,
,
, -
, 7
, Win
, 7–0
, align=left, Johnny Greaves
, PTS
, 4
, 17 April 2009
, align=left,
,
, -
, 6
, Win
, 6–0
, align=left, Baz Carey
, PTS
, 4
, 27 February 2009
, align=left,
,
, -
, 5
, Win
, 5–0
, align=left, Sid Razak
, PTS
, 4
, 21 December 2008
, align=left,
,
, -
, 4
, Win
, 4–0
, align=left, Fred Janes
, PTS
, 4
, 4 December 2008
, align=left,
,
, -
, 3
, Win
, 3–0
, align=left, Carl Allen
, PTS
, 4
, 28 September 2008
, align=left,
,
, -
, 2
, Win
, 2–0
, align=left, Carl Allen
, PTS
, 4
, 5 September 2008
, align=left,
,
, -
, 1
, Win
, 1–0
, align=left, Kristian Laight
, PTS
, 4
, 28 March 2008
, align=left,
,
, -
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
English male boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Sportspeople from Huddersfield
21st-century English sportsmen
English people of Jamaican descent
Black British sportsmen