Regilio Tuur

Regilio Tuur is the kind of fighter whose story gives me chills. Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, and rising to glory in the Netherlands, he became WBO super featherweight world champion at just 5 ft 7½ in tall. But the detail that grips me is the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where he knocked out reigning world champion Kelcie Banks in the very first round, an early flash of frightening explosiveness. That Leo fire never left him. Climbing to the top of the sport as an immigrant takes a hunger most of us cannot imagine, and I have endless admiration for athletes who punch their way up from the margins. Pure heart.

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Name (English)

Regilio Tuur

Name (Japanese)

レジリオ・ツール

Reading

れじりお・つーる

Born

August 12, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

Paramaribo, Suriname

Height

171 cm

Occupation

boxer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

Awards & achievements

• WBO World Junior Lightweight Champion

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regilio%20Tuur
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%84%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46086

Tags

• boxer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.