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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nigel Paul (born 27 June 1989) is a
boxer from Trinidad and Tobago
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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
- 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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