Dutch boxerNot to be confused with the Belgian-born Surinamese footballer Regillio Tuur.

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 *le, Tuur knocked out reigning world champion Kelcie Banks in the first round at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Contents

• 1 Amateur career
• 2 Professional career
• 3 Professional boxing record
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Amateur career

Tuur in 1988 with fellow Dutch Olympians Ronald Florijn, Monique Knol and Nico Rienks

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 *le 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.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

• Boxing record for Regilio Tuur from BoxRec (registration required)
• sports-reference