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Joe Tyers

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Joe Tyers
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (2000-09-15) 15 September 2000 (age 26)
Ashington, Northumberland
Sport
SportBoxing
Event
light welterweight

Joseph Tyers (born 15 September 2000) is an English international boxer. He has represented England at the Commonwealth Games.[1][2]

Biography

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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]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Joe Tyers lives up to hype on Commonwealth debut". Harrow Times. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "132nd National Championships". England Boxing. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Boxers Joe Tyers, Savannah Stubley and Kiaran Macdonald to fly North East flag". ITV.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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