Personal information | |
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Nationality | British (English) |
Born | Ashington, Northumberland | 15 September 2000
Sport | |
Sport | Boxing |
Event | light welterweight |
Joseph Tyers (born 15 September 2000) is an English international boxer. He has represented England at the Commonwealth Games. [1] [2]
Tyers sparred with fighters Pat McCormack and Luke McCormack at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [3] He trains at GB Boxing's high-performance base in Sheffield. [2] Tyers was the runner-up to Masood Abdulah in the 2019 England Boxing National Amateur Championships when boxing for Darlington BC. [4]
In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where he competed in men's light welterweight division. [1] [5]
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