Tyrone Downes (born 24 February 1957) born in Bridgetown is a Barbadian-Trinitarian professional feather/super feather/light/light welter/welter/light middleweight boxer of the 1970s, '80s and '90s who won the Barbados featherweight *le, Barbados lightweight *le, World Boxing Council (WBC) FECARBOX featherweight *le, and Commonwealth middleweight *le, and was a challenger for the USA New York State welterweight *le against Larry Barnes, and World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight *le against Jeff Fenech, his professional fighting weight varied from featherweight to lightweight, although his final 2 bouts at the end of his career were fought at welterweight.

Downes also fought future IBF world Jr. Welterweight champion Vince Phillips as a subs*ute for a fighter named Fernando Sanchez; he survived several knockdowns before being stopped in round seven of an ESPN televised fight by Phillips.

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