Regilio Benito Tuur (born 12 August 1967) is a former Dutch boxer who was

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's super featherweight champion. Prior to turning professional and winning the world title, Tuur knocked out reigning world champion

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in the first round at the

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Amateur career

After winning a bronze medal at the

1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships The European Amateur Boxing Championships, Men's 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Torino, Italy from 28 May to 7 June. The 27th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur b ...

, Tuur was selected to participate at the Olympics. His 1988 Olympic Results as a featherweight are: *Defeated

, 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 title of the

(WBO) by beating Eugene Speed from the United States in his hometown

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. He lived in Hempstead, Long Island for several years with his wife and daughter.

Professional boxing record

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuur, Regilio 1967 births Living people Olympic boxers of the Netherlands Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands Sportspeople from Paramaribo Boxers from Rotterdam Lightweight boxers Featherweight boxers Super-featherweight boxers World super-featherweight boxing champions Dutch male boxers Surinamese male boxers World Boxing Organization champions European Boxing Union champions