| Henry Coyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Western Warrior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Light middleweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1982 Geesala, County Mayo, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Henry Coyle (born 8 July 1982) is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2013. As an amateur, he won the Irish welterweight championship in 2003.
Coyle boxed as an amateur winning the Irish welterweight title in 2003 after beating James Moore in the final at the National Boxing Stadium in Dublin.
In July 2006, Coyle won gold in boxing at the World Military Games in South Africa. [1] [2]
Coyle made his professional debut on 16 March 2007 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, beating American Jason Collazo by a knockout (KO) in the first round. [3] [4] Coyle's second fight was a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory against Samuel Ortiz Gomez at the Beacon Theatre on 18 May 2007. The following month, Coyle's third fight was against undefeated Omar Bell at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Coyle was knocked down, which was the first time Coyle had suffered a knockdown in his career. Before the fight was officially stopped, handing Coyle his first career loss, at just 29 seconds in the first round. [5] On 14 September 2007, in his first fight back following the loss to Bell, Coyle stopped Robert Kimbrough by a first-round TKO. On 16 November 2007 at the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois, Coyle defeated Guy Packer by TKO in the first round.
On 15 November 2009, Coyle returned to the Breafy House in Castlebar County Mayo to make his Irish debut live on RTÉ on the undercard of Bernard Dunne fight against Cristian Faccio. Henry Coyle went the distance before receiving the referee's decision in overcoming Sergejs Savrinovics (who had lost all of his previous fights), the score cards read 78–74.
Coyle was subsequently defeated by knockout in the third round of his fight against Neil Sinclair, at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast.
Coyle claimed the vacant WBF Light Middleweight title at the Royal Theatre in Castlebar on 12 August 2011, when he beat Italy's Elio Cotena on a technical knockout. Coyle had been on top, winning each of the preceding rounds, and then in the fifth Cotena sustained an extremely deep[ clarification needed ] cut just above his eye after clashing with Coyle's head and the Italian's doctor intervened.
| 21 fights | 19 wins | 2 losses |
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| By knockout | 12 | 2 |
| By decision | 7 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 21 | Win | 19–2 |  Skylar Thompson | UD | 6 | 6 Dec 2013 | UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, US | |
| 20 | Win | 18–2 |  Marcelo Alejandro Rodriguez | UD | 12 | 17 Aug 2012 |  Royal Theatre, Castlebar, Ireland | Retained WBF (Foundation) light-middleweight title |
| 19 | Win | 17–2 | Damon Antoine | UD | 8 | 21 Jun 2012 | The Belvedere, Elk Grove, Illinois, US | |
| 18 | Win | 16–2 |  Elio Cotena | TD | 5 (12), 3:00 | 12 Aug 2011 | Royal Theatre, Castlebar, Ireland | Won vacant WBF (Foundation) light-middleweight title |
| 17 | Win | 15–2 | Keith Collins | TKO | 2 (6), 2:22 | 18 May 2011 | Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois, US | |
| 16 | Win | 14–2 | William Prieto | TKO | 6 (6), 2:42 | 9 Apr 2011 | Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Indiana, US | |
| 15 | Win | 13–2 |  Sandor Ramocsa | PTS | 8 | 20 Nov 2010 | Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, Ireland | |
| 14 | Win | 12–2 | Mustafah Johnson | UD | 6 | 2 Oct 2010 | Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Indiana, US | |
| 13 | Win | 11–2 | Marcus Luck | RTD | 2 (8), 0:01 | 29 May 2010 | Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Indiana, US | |
| 12 | Loss | 10–2 |  Neil Sinclair | TKO | 3 (10), 0:22 | 15 May 2009 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | For vacant Irish light-middleweight title |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Dave Saunders | TKO | 2 (8), 0:41 | 27 Mar 2009 | UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, US | |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 |  Sergejs Savrinovics | PTS | 8 | 15 Nov 2008 | Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, Ireland | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Allan Moore | KO | 1 (4), 1:29 | 2 Aug 2008 | U.S. Steel Yard, Gary, Indiana, US | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Ben Aragon | TKO | 3 (8), 1:18 | 9 May 2008 | Cicero Stadium, Cicero, Illinois, US | |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Rashaan Abdul Blackburn | TKO | 5 (6), 1:14 | 26 Feb 2008 | Pepsi Coliseum, Indianapolis, Indiana, US | |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Chris Cook | TKO | 3 (6), 1:33 | 31 Jan 2008 | The Plex, North Charleston, South Carolina, US | |
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Guy Packer | TKO | 1 (4), 1:46 | 16 Nov 2007 | Cicero Stadium, Cicero, Illinois, US | |
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Robert Kimbrough | TKO | 1 (4), 1:44 | 14 Sep 2007 | Hilton Hotel, Huntington, New York, New York, US | |
| 3 | Loss | 2–1 | Omar Bell | TKO | 1 (4), 0:29 | 20 Jun 2007 | Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, New York, US | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Samuel Ortiz Gomez | TKO | 1 (4), 0:48 | 18 May 2007 | Beacon Theatre, New York City, New York, US | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jason Collazo | KO | 1 (4), 1:34 | 16 Mar 2007 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US |
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