Henry Coyle (boxer)


Henry Coyle is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2013. As an amateur, he won the Irish welterweight championship in 2003.

Amateur career

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.

Professional career

Coyle made his professional debut on 16 March 2007 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, beating American Jason Collazo by a knockout in the first round. Coyle's second fight was a first-round technical knockout 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. 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, 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 cut just above his eye after clashing with Coyle's head and the Italian's doctor intervened.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
21Win19–2Skylar ThompsonUD66 Dec 2013UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, US
20Win18–2Marcelo Alejandro RodriguezUD1217 Aug 2012Royal Theatre, Castlebar, IrelandRetained WBF light-middleweight title
19Win17–2Damon AntoineUD821 Jun 2012The Belvedere, Elk Grove, Illinois, US
18Win16–2Elio Cotena5, 3:0012 Aug 2011Royal Theatre, Castlebar, IrelandWon vacant WBF (Foundation) light-middleweight title
17Win15–2Keith CollinsTKO2, 2:2218 May 2011Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois, US
16Win14–2William PrietoTKO6, 2:429 Apr 2011Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Indiana, US
15Win13–2Sandor RamocsaPTS820 Nov 2010Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, Ireland
14Win12–2Mustafah Johnson62 Oct 2010Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Indiana, US
13Win11–2Marcus Luck2, 0:0129 May 2010Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Indiana, US
1210–2Neil SinclairTKO3, 0:2215 May 2009Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern IrelandFor vacant Irish light-middleweight title
11Win10–1Dave SaundersTKO2, 0:4127 Mar 2009UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, US
10Win9–1Sergejs Savrinovics815 Nov 2008Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, Ireland
9Win8–1Allan MooreKO1, 1:292 Aug 2008U.S. Steel Yard, Gary, Indiana, US
8Win7–1Ben AragonTKO3, 1:189 May 2008Cicero Stadium, Cicero, Illinois, US
7Win6–1Rashaan Abdul BlackburnTKO5, 1:1426 Feb 2008Pepsi Coliseum, Indianapolis, Indiana, US
6Win5–1Chris CookTKO3, 1:3331 Jan 2008The Plex, North Charleston, South Carolina, US
5Win4–1Guy PackerTKO1, 1:4616 Nov 2007Cicero Stadium, Cicero, Illinois, US
4Win3–1Robert KimbroughTKO1, 1:4414 Sep 2007Hilton Hotel, Huntington, New York, New York, US
3Loss2–1Omar BellTKO1, 0:2920 Jun 2007Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, New York, US
2Win2–0Samuel Ortiz Gomez1, 0:4818 May 2007Beacon Theatre, New York City, New York, US
1Win1–0Jason Collazo1, 1:3416 Mar 2007Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US