Wayne Turner (kickboxer)

Wayne Turner
Born	21 April 1967
Other names	Homeboy
Nationality	English
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)
Division	Heavyweight Cruiserweight
Style	Kickboxing Kung Fu
Fighting out of	Birmingham, England, UK
last updated on: 6 May 2013

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

Biography/Career

Wayne was born in Aldershot into a military family with his father a Green beret. Ryan Mensch taught him every fighting skill that took him to success. 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]

• 2007–08 I.S.K.A. cruiserweight world champion (0 title defences)
• W.A.K.O. Pro Super Cruiserweight European champion (undisputed)
• x2 British champion

• W.K.A British Heavyweight Champion
• W.A.K.O. Pro Super Cruiserweight British Champion (Undisputed)

Amateur^[4]

• 2001 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro −91 kg (Full-Contact)
• W.A.K.O. Light Continuous British champion
• x3 time British national light continuous champion
• x4 time British national semi-contact team champion

Kickboxing Record

Kickboxing Record

? Wins (? (T)KO's), ? Losses, ? Draws Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 1997-05-11 Win Simon Dore W.A.K.O Pro Super Cruiserweight British Title Dudley, England Points 7th Round Wins W.A.K.O Pro Super Cruiserweight British Title 1997-11-30 Win Chris Watts Eliminator for W.A.K.O Pro Super Cruiserweight European Title West Bromwich, England KO 3rd Round 1:00 1998-06-28 Win Micheal Dochety Super Cruiserweight Bout Northampton, England KO 1st Round 1:20 1998-09-06 Win Chris Ballard W.K.A British Heavyweight Title Worcester, England Points 7th Round Wins W.K.A British Heavyweight Title 1998-10-28 Loss Augusto Sparano W.A.K.O Pro Super Cruiserweight European Title Trieste, Italy Decision (Split) 10th 1999-06-06 Loss Satoshi Honma K-1 Survival '99 Sapporo, Japan TKO (Ref Stop/3 Knockdowns: Leg Kicks) 3 1:34 1999-12-05 Win Ceri Walker Thai Boxing Heavyweight Birmingham, England Points 5th 2000-04-16 Loss Ricky Nickolson K-1 UK Battle of Britain 2000, Quarter Final Birmingham, England, UK KO 2 2:45 2000-10-01 Win Kevin Smiles W.A.K.O. Pro European Super Cruiserweight Birmingham, England Points 10th Wins vacant W.A.K.O. Pro European Super Cruiserweight Title 2006-10-15 Loss Simon Ashton K-1 "First Step Road to Tokyo" '06, Super Fight Wolverhampton, England, UK Decision (Split) 5 3:00 2007-04-15 Win Paul Hill I.S.K.A. World Championship Kickboxing[5] Birmingham, England, UK Decision 12 2:00 Wins vacant I.S.K.A. full-contact cruiserweight world title −88.2 kg. 2008-03-09 Loss Marlon Hunt Showdown 3[6][7] Sheffield, England, UK Decision 12 2:00 Fight was for vacant W.F.K.K.O. full-contact super cruiserweight world title. 2008-05-17 Loss Daniel Quigley I.S.K.A. World Championship Kickboxing[8][9] Letterkenny, Ireland TKO (Ref Stop) 5 Loses I.S.K.A. full-contact cruiserweight world title −88.2 kg. Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of male kickboxers

References

1. "Waine Turner – WFKKO/BFKKO (DOB & other stats)". bfkko.moonfruit.com. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
2. "About Waine Turner – In the beginning". waineturner.co.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
3. "Waine Turner – WFKKO/BFKKO (Title info)". bfkko.moonfruit.com. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
4. "Waine Turner – WFKKO/BFKKO (Title info)". bfkko.moonfruit.com. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
5. "World Championship Event – Dudley 15th April". message.axkickboxing.com. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
6. "March 9th octagon kickboxing show". sheffieldforum.co.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
7. "News – IKF Kickboxing (WFKKO title fight mentioned)". ikfkickboxing.com. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
8. "Quigley stops Turner to take World Title". iska.org.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
9. "Wayne Turner V Daniel Quigley In Ireland". message.axkickboxing.com. Retrieved 11 June 2011.

External links

• Waine Turner Official website