Wayne Turner (kickboxer)

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Wayne Turner
Born (1967-04-21) 21 April 1967 (age 57)
Other names Homeboy
Nationality England English
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)
Division Heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Style Kickboxing
Kung Fu
Fighting out of Birmingham, England, UK
last updated on: 6 May 2013

Wayne "Homeboy" Turner, alternatively spelt Waine, (born 21 April 1967) is a Birmingham based Kickboxer from Handsworth. He is a former I.S.K.A. World Cruiserweight Kickboxing Champion who has fought for a number of promotions including K-1 over a lengthy career.[1]

Biography/Career

Wayne was born in Aldershot into a military family with his father a Green beret.[citation needed] Ryan Mensch taught him every fighting skill that took him to success. He was a sickly child growing up, suffering from a multitude of symptoms including asthma. At age three he had an accident and was told he would never have a normal life as a child but with great persistence proved all the naysayers wrong as he started keeping fit and got into kickboxing.[2]

Wayne would have some success as an amateur and pro kickboxer fighting in locations across England, winning three British national titles (two with the W.K.A. and one with W.A.K.O.. In 1999 he made his debut with the world’s top kickboxing promotion K-1 losing via stoppage against PRIDE fighter Satoshi Honma in Sapporo, Japan. As one of the country’s top amateur kickboxers, Wayne was invited to join the British national team to take part in the 2001 W.A.K.O. world championships where he took a bronze medal.

Turner had semi-retired in 2004 aged 37, but he was tempted back into the ring in 2007 after being offered a World title shot – an opportunity that had eluded him until that point. Fighting at the site of his very first amateur bout, Dudley Concert Hall, "Homeboy" defeated Paul Hill on points after twelve rounds – having knocked him down in the ninth – on 15 April 2007. Turner had originally been scheduled to fight Alessandro Venditti; the Italian had to pull out for personal reasons. After holding the title for a little over a year, Turner lost his world title to Daniel "Pinta" Quigley on 17 May 2008 in Letterkenny County Donegal.

Titles

Professional[3]

  • 2007–08 I.S.K.A. cruiserweight world champion (0 title defences)
  • W.A.K.O. Pro Super Cruiserweight European champion (undisputed)
  • x2 British champion
  • W.K.A British Heavyweight Champion
  • W.A.K.O. Pro Super Cruiserweight British Champion (Undisputed)

Amateur[4]

Kickboxing Record

Kickboxing Record
? Wins (? (T)KO's), ? Losses, ? Draws
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
1997-05-11 Win United Kingdom Simon Dore W.A.K.O Pro Super Cruiserweight British Title Dudley, England Points 7th Round
Wins W.A.K.O Pro Super Cruiserweight British Title
1997-11-30 Win United Kingdom Chris Watts Eliminator for W.A.K.O Pro Super Cruiserweight European Title West Bromwich, England KO 3rd Round 1:00
1998-06-28 Win United Kingdom Micheal Dochety Super Cruiserweight Bout Northampton, England KO 1st Round 1:20
1998-09-06 Win United Kingdom Chris Ballard W.K.A British Heavyweight Title Worcester, England Points 7th Round
Wins W.K.A British Heavyweight Title
1998-10-28 Loss Italy Augusto Sparano W.A.K.O Pro Super Cruiserweight European Title Trieste, Italy Decision (Split) 10th
1999-06-06 Loss Japan Satoshi Honma K-1 Survival '99 Sapporo, Japan TKO (Ref Stop/3 Knockdowns: Leg Kicks) 3 1:34
1999-12-05 Win United Kingdom Ceri Walker Thai Boxing Heavyweight Birmingham, England Points 5th
2000-04-16 Loss England Ricky Nickolson K-1 UK Battle of Britain 2000, Quarter Final Birmingham, England, UK KO 2 2:45
2000-10-01 Win United Kingdom Kevin Smiles W.A.K.O. Pro European Super Cruiserweight Birmingham, England Points 10th
Wins vacant W.A.K.O. Pro European Super Cruiserweight Title
2006-10-15 Loss England Simon Ashton K-1 "First Step Road to Tokyo" '06, Super Fight Wolverhampton, England, UK Decision (Split) 5 3:00
2007-04-15 Win England Paul Hill I.S.K.A. World Championship Kickboxing[5] Birmingham, England, UK Decision 12 2:00
Wins vacant I.S.K.A. full-contact cruiserweight world title −88.2 kg.
2008-03-09 Loss England Marlon Hunt Showdown 3[6][7] Sheffield, England, UK Decision 12 2:00
Fight was for vacant W.F.K.K.O. full-contact super cruiserweight world title.
2008-05-17 Loss Republic of Ireland Daniel Quigley I.S.K.A. World Championship Kickboxing[8][9] Letterkenny, Ireland TKO (Ref Stop) 5
Loses I.S.K.A. full-contact cruiserweight world title −88.2 kg.

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

References

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External links

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