Tyrone Booze

Tyrone Booze (February 12, 1959 – September 3, 2022) was an American boxer who held the WBO cruiserweight championship from 1992 to 1993.

Booze became a professional boxer in 1982 and had mixed success during his early career. He had early losses in the 1980s to Evander Holyfield, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Johnny DuPlooy, Bert Cooper, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, and Henry Tillman. In 1990 he lost to Nate Miller for the North American Boxing Federation cruiserweight title by a unanimous decision.

After winning one fight he then challenged Magne Havnaa in 1991 for the WBO cruiserweight title. He lost a twelve-round split decision. When Havnaa relinquished his title, Booze knocked out Derek Angol on July 25, 1992 at G-Mex Centre, Manchester, England to win the vacant WBO title. He defended the belt once, against Ralf Rocchigiani. On February 13, 1993, Markus Bott defeated Booze by a unanimous decision to take the title.

Booze did not fight for a title again and retired in 1998 after losing to Jesse Ferguson.

On September 19, 2011, Tyrone Booze and Super Bowl XXXVII MVP Dexter Jackson began a new radio show called "All Sports" with Randy Harris on Clearwater, Florida's WTAN AM 1340. The show is also aired on WDCF, WZHR and online on the Talking Sports Network.

Tyrone Booze died in Florida on September 3, 2022, at the age of 63.

Professional boxing record

Loss 22-12-2

Win 22-11-2

Win 21-11-2

Win 20-11-2

Win 19-11-2

Win 18-11-2

Loss 17-11-2

Win 17-10-2

Win 16-10-2

Loss 15-10-2

Win 15-9-2

Loss 14-9-2

Loss 14-8-2

Win 14-7-2

Win 13-7-2

Win 12-7-2

NC 11-7-2

Loss 11-7-2

Loss 11-6-2

Loss 11-5-2

Win 11-4-2

Loss 10-4-2

Loss 10-3-2

Draw 10-2-2

Win 10-2-1

Win 9-2-1

Draw 8-2-1

Win 8-2

Win 7-2

Loss 6-2

Win 6-1

Win 5-1

Win 4-1

Win 3-1

Loss 2-1

Win 2-0

Win 1-0