Henry Coyle

Henry "Western Warrior" Coyle (born 8 July 1982) is a professional boxer from Geesala near Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland who currently fights out of Chicago, US. He won the 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 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.

He then turned professional and had his first pro fight in March 2007, which he won at Madison Square Garden, New York on the "Erin Go Brawl" bill in which Coyle beat fellow debutant Jason Collazo by knockout in the first round on a card that included John Duddy, Andy Lee, Maureen Shea and Anthony Bonsante.

Coyle made his second professional appearance again on the undercard of a John Duddy fight on 18 May 2007 at the Beacon Theater in New York City, in which he again gained a first-round knockout victory against Samuel Ortiz Gomez.

Coyle's third fight took place in the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York on 20 June 2007 against fellow unbeaten contender Omar Bell. Coyle was caught cold in the first round and was TKO'ed. This was the first time Coyle had ever been on the canvas either as an amateur or a professional and after the fight he stated that he was heartbroken and disgusted and swore that he would not rest until he had avenged the defeat against Bell.

Since his defeat to Omar Bell, Coyle has won with straight fights all by knockout, including first-round KOs of Robert Kimbrough and Guy Packer.

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.