Karl Boyes (pool player)

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Karl Boyes
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Born (1982-11-04) 4 November 1982 (age 42) [1]
Bradford, England
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England
Nickname"Box Office"
Pool games Straight Pool, 9-ball, 8-ball
Best finishSemi finals 2013 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Tournament wins
World Champion Eight-ball (2010)

Karl Boyes (born 4 November 1982) is an English professional pool player. [2] Boyes is a former 8-ball world champion and has won the Mosconi Cup four times representing Team Europe.

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Career

He won the 2010 world 8-ball championships. [3] In the final, Boyes had the much better start and led Niels Feijen 4-0 and 11–5, before his opponent started a catch-up and levelled at 12-12. Boyes won the final rack, winning 13–12. [4] [5] Boyes first victory on the Euro Tour came at the 2010 Austrian Open, where after defeating compatriot Chris Melling 9‍–‍7 in the semi-finals, he clinched the title with a 9‍–‍6 win against Nick van den Berg in the final. [6] In 2012, Boyes won the World Series of Pool Speed Pool title, beating Darren Appleton in the final. [7]

Boyes has been a part of four Mosconi Cup teams, competing for Europe in 2010, 2013, [8] 2014 and 2015. [9] In all of these seasons, Europe would defeat the USA. Boyes and Darren Appleton won the World Cup of Pool in 2014 after beating Netherlands in the final 10‍–‍9. It marked the first time that England had won the competition. [10]

Boyes reached the final of the 2015 US Open Nine-ball Championship but was heavily defeated 3‍–‍11 by Kevin Cheng in the final. [11] Boyes reached the semi-finals of the World Pool Masters in Gibraltar in 2018. After beating Ralf Souquet in their quarter-final match, Boyes was then defeated in the last four by Niels Feijen 3‍–‍8. [12] In 2021, Boyes and Appleton formed an England C team at the World Cup of Pool, receiving a late call up after a withdrawal. They reached the final after whitewashing Slovakia in the semi-finals before losing 6‍–‍11 to Germany in the final. [13]

In 2024 it was announced that Boyes would be the captain of Team Europe in the inaugural Reyes Cup versus Team Asia. The event would be similar in format to the Mosconi Cup. [14] Asia would go on to win 11-6 in Manila. [15]

Personal life

Boyes was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He began playing pool, mainly English 8-ball, as a teenager in pubs in Manchester. [16] He is a cousin of professional darts player Joe Cullen. [17]

In November 2020, Boyes started a self-named YouTube channel. On the channel, he uploads pool tutorial videos as well as lessons and tips. [18]

Career achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Karl BOYES - AZBilliards.com". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Getting to know Karl Boyes". homeleisuredirect.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "BBC Sport - Karl Boyes seals World Pool title win". BBC . 12 April 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "World 8-Ball Finals". azbilliards.com. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Only Two Men Left in Fujairah". azbilliards.com. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Boyes wins Austria Open". AZBilliards. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Boyes Wins 2012 Guinness World Series of Pool: Speed Pool". AZBilliards. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Oh Boyes! Bradford ace helps Europe storm to Mosconi Cup triumph". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Crellin, Mark (10 December 2015). "Europe have won the Mosconi Cup for the sixth time in a row". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "World Cup of Pool: England's Karl Boyes and Darren Appleton beat Holland to win final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Yu-Hsuan Cheng Becomes First Chinese Taipei US Open Winner". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Blackpool pool ace Boyes Rock-solid in Gibraltar". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  13. ↑ "World Cup of Pool: Great Britain heartbreak as Germany lift 2021 title in Milton Keynes". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "'Bata', Boyes named captains of inaugural Reyes Cup". Malaya Business Insight. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  15. ↑ "Team Asia win inaugural Reyes Cup with 11-6 victory against Team Europe". SkySports. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "Episode 26 - Karl Boyes". Pool Player Podcast via YouTube . 31 January 2021.
  17. ↑ Smith, Peter (19 May 2020). "Bradford darts player Joe Cullen says a better mindset equals better results". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  18. ↑ "Karl Boyes". youtube.com.
  19. ↑ "Karl Boyes Takes Bigfoot Challenge at Diamond Southern Classic". AZBilliards. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
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