Wayne Turner (kickboxer)

Wayne Turner
Born 21 April 1967 (1967-04-21) (age 44)
Other names Homeboy
Nationality English
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 95 kg (210 lb; 15.0 st)
Division Heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Style Kickboxing
Kung Fu
Fighting out of Birmingham, England, UK
last updated on: 11 June 2011

Wayne "Homeboy" Turner, alternatively spelt Waine, (born 21 April 1967) is a Birmingham based Kickboxer from Smethwick. 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]

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Biography/Career

Wayne was born in Aldershot into a military family with his father a Green Beret. 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]

Amateur[4]

Kickboxing Record

Kickboxing Record
? Wins (? (T)KO's), ? Losses, ? Draws
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2008-05-17 Loss Daniel Quigley I.S.K.A. World Championship Kickboxing[5][6] Letterkenny, Ireland TKO (Ref Stop) 5
Loses I.S.K.A. full-contact cruiserweight world title −88.2 kg.
2008-03-09 Loss Marlon Hunt Showdown 3[7][8] Sheffield, England, UK Decision 12 2:00
Fight was for vacant W.F.K.K.O. full-contact super cruiserweight world title.
2007-04-15 Win Paul Hill I.S.K.A. World Championship Kickboxing[9] Birmingham, England, UK Decision 12 2:00
Wins vacant I.S.K.A. full-contact cruiserweight world title −88.2 kg.
2005-10-15 Loss Simon Ashton K-1 "First Step Road to Tokyo" '06, Super Fight Wolverhampton, England, UK Decision (Split) 5 3:00
2000-04-16 Loss Ricky Nickolson K-1 UK Battle of Britain 2000, Quarter Final Birmingham, England, UK KO 2 2:45
1999-06-06 Loss Satoshi Honma K-1 Survival '99 Sapporo, Japan TKO (Ref Stop/3 Knockdowns) 3 1:34

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Waine Turner – WFKKO/BFKKO (DOB & other stats)". bfkko.moonfruit.com. http://www.bfkko.moonfruit.com/#/waine-turner/4538597970. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  2. ^ "About Waine Turner – In the beginning". waineturner.co.uk. http://www.waineturner.co.uk/about.php. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Waine Turner – WFKKO/BFKKO (Title info)". bfkko.moonfruit.com. http://www.bfkko.moonfruit.com/#/waine-turner/4538597970. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  4. ^ "Waine Turner – WFKKO/BFKKO (Title info)". bfkko.moonfruit.com. http://www.bfkko.moonfruit.com/#/waine-turner/4538597970. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  5. ^ "Quigley stops Turner to take World Title". iska.org.uk. http://www.iska.org.uk/news/article/quigley_stops_turner_to_take_world_title/. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  6. ^ "Wayne Turner V Daniel Quigley In Ireland". message.axkickboxing.com. http://message.axkickboxing.com/index.phtml?action=dispthread&topic=24400&junk=1210113124.57258. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  7. ^ "March 9th octagon kickboxing show". sheffieldforum.co.uk. http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-289352.html. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  8. ^ "News – IKF Kickboxing (WFKKO title fight mentioned)". ikfkickboxing.com. http://www.ikfkickboxing.com/1NEWS.htm. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  9. ^ "World Championship Event – Dudley 15th April". message.axkickboxing.com. http://message.axkickboxing.com/index.phtml?action=dispthread&topic=21285&junk=1176971965.01113. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 

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