Tyrone Nurse Outpoints Tommy Coyle in Cracker To Retain
Jul 30, 2016 • 4:55 PM ET
by Elliot Foster
Tyrone Nurse kept hold of his title in a barnstormer.
The Huddersfield man retained the British super-lightweight title with a points victory in Leeds, live on Sky Sports.
Nurse outpointed Tommy Coyle, who was looking to become Hull’s first ever British champion, at the First Direct Arena to advance to 34-2-1 (7 KOs).
Coyle, who slips to 22-4 with 10 early in defeat, started quickly and was ahead before slickster Nurse found his groove midway through.
Eventually, the 26-year-old took over in the first Sky Sports-aired contest of the undercard of Josh Warrington’s featherweight fight against Patrick Hyland and ended up taking the fight on all three cards by margins of 115-113 twice & 116-112.
Hull man Coyle , who was fighting for the first time since revealing his official step up to 140lbs, was gutted to lose the fight but there are plenty of options out there for him.
Victor Nurse, meanwhile, now has a decision to make regarding his future. He has a mandatory challenger on the table in the shape of undefeated WBO Inter-Continental champion Jack Catterall and a win would see him own the British title outright.
But you could argue that he is now past that level and could move on to European and eventually world title fights.
