Nigel Paul (boxer)
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| Born | 27 June 1989 Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Country |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Sport | Boxing |
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Nigel Paul (born 27 June 1989) is a super heavyweight boxer from Trinidad and Tobago.
In 2015 he won the Trinidad & Tobago National Novice Championships and became 7th at the AMBC American Confederation Boxing Championships.
In 2016 he became 2nd at the American Qualification Event for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games and qualified for the Olympic boxing tournament. Paul was beaten by Nigerian boxer Efe Ajagba at the Olympic boxing tournament on 13 August at the Rio games. Ajagba won the bout with a 7 second knockout of Paul.
In 2021 he competed at the World Championships, where he became the first boxer from his country, and the Caribbean, to win a world medal (bronze).
External links
[edit]- Nigel Paul at AIBA.org (archived)
- 2016 American Qualification Event: Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-25)
- Nigel Paul at Olympics.com
- Nigel Paul at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Trinidad and Tobago male boxers
- Olympic boxers for Trinidad and Tobago
- Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago
- Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago
- Boxers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- People from Chaguanas
- Super-heavyweight boxers
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 2023 Pan American Games
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