Background and career
Regilio Benito Tuur (born 12 August 1967) is a Dutch former boxer who was WBO super featherweight champion. Prior to turning professional and winning the world title, Tuur knocked out reigning world champion Kelcie Banks in the first round at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
After winning a bronze medal at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships, Tuur was selected to participate at the Olympics. His 1988 Olympic Results as a featherweight are:
Defeated Kelcie Banks, USA KO 1 Defeated John Wanjau, Kenya 4-1 Defeated David Anderson, Great Britain RSC 2 Lost to Daniel Dumitrescu, Romania 0-5 (quarterfinals)
In 1989, Tuur turned professional with his first fight held in New York. On 3 December 1992, he won the European super featherweight title by beating Jacobin Yoma by way of points. However, in his second defense, he lost the title in a rematch against Yoma by split decision. On 24 September 1994, Tuur won the vacant WBO super featherweight world title by beating Eugene Speed by unanimous decision in his hometown Rotterdam. He subsequently defended the title against Tony Pep, Pete Taliaferro, Luis Mendoza, Giorgio Campanella, Narciso Valenzuela, and Jose Vida Ramos, before retiring in 1996. In August 2001, Tuur made a comeback and fought four more bouts until May 2002, winning three of them. His defeat came in November 2001 against Orlando Salido by split decision.
Tuur was born in Paramaribo, Suriname in a family of ten children. His mother emigrated with his stepfather to the Netherlands. At the age of six, Tuur also moved to the Netherlands, where he grew up in Rotterdam. He lived in Hempstead, Long Island for several years with his wife and daughter. In 2003, he was sentenced to twenty months in prison for various violent offences, including beating his wife and assaulting a police officer.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
