Henry Coyle (born 8 July 1982) is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2013. As an amateur, he won the Irish welterweight championship in 2003.
Amateur career Coyle boxed as an amateur winning the Irish welterweight title in 2003 after beating James Moore in the final at the National Boxing Stadium in Dublin.
In July 2006, Coyle won gold in boxing at the World Military Games in South Africa.2005 National Senior Championships Preview Mayo's Coyle set to turn professional
Professional career Coyle made his professional debut on 16 March 2007 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, beating American Jason Collazo by a knockout (KO) in the first round. Coyle's second fight was a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory against Samuel Ortiz Gomez at the Beacon Theatre on 18 May 2007. The following month, Coyle's third fight was against undefeated Omar Bell at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Coyle was knocked down, which was the first time Coyle had suffered a knockdown in his career. Before the fight was officially stopped, handing Coyle his first career loss, at just 29 seconds in the first round. On 14 September 2007, in his first fight back following the loss to Bell, Coyle stopped Robert Kimbrough by a first-round TKO. On 16 November 2007 at the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois, Coyle defeated Guy Packer by TKO in the first round.
On 15 November 2009, Coyle returned to the Breafy House in Castlebar County Mayo to make his Irish debut live on RTÉ on the undercard of Bernard Dunne fight against Cristian Faccio. Henry Coyle went the distance before receiving the referee's decision in overcoming Sergejs Savrinovics (who had lost all of his previous fights), the score cards read 78–74.
Coyle was subsequently defeated by knockout in the third round of his fight against Neil Sinclair, at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast.
Coyle claimed the vacant WBF Light Middleweight title at the Royal Theatre in Castlebar on 12 August 2011, when he beat Italy's Elio Cotena on a technical knockout. Coyle had been on top, winning each of the preceding rounds, and then in the fifth Cotena sustained an extremely deep cut just above his eye after clashing with Coyle's head and the Italian's doctor intervened.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes21Win19–2Skylar ThompsonUD66 Dec 201320Win18–2Marcelo Alejandro RodriguezUD1217 Aug 201219Win17–2Damon AntoineUD821 Jun 201218Win16–2Elio Cotena5 (12), 12 Aug 201117Win15–2Keith CollinsTKO2 (6), 18 May 201116Win14–2William PrietoTKO6 (6), 9 Apr 201115Win13–2Sandor RamocsaPTS820 Nov 201014Win12–2Mustafah Johnson62 Oct 201013Win11–2Marcus Luck2 (8), 29 May 20101210–2Neil SinclairTKO3 (10), 15 May 200911Win10–1Dave SaundersTKO2 (8), 27 Mar 200910Win9–1Sergejs Savrinovics815 Nov 20089Win8–1Allan MooreKO1 (4), 2 Aug 20088Win7–1Ben AragonTKO3 (8), 9 May 20087Win6–1Rashaan Abdul BlackburnTKO5 (6), 26 Feb 20086Win5–1Chris CookTKO3 (6), 31 Jan 20085Win4–1Guy PackerTKO1 (4), 16 Nov 20074Win3–1Robert KimbroughTKO1 (4), 14 Sep 20073Loss2–1Omar BellTKO1 (4), 20 Jun 20072Win2–0Samuel Ortiz Gomez1 (4), 18 May 20071Win1–0Jason Collazo1 (4), 16 Mar 2007
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