Nigel Paul (boxer)

Nigel Paul
Personal information
Born (1989-06-27) 27 June 1989
Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
Sport
Country Trinidad and Tobago
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 BelgradeSuper heavyweight
Pan American Boxing Championship
Bronze medal – third placeTegucigalpa 2017Super heavyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 BarranquillaSuper heavyweight

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 seventh at the AMBC American Confederation Boxing Championships.

In 2016 he became second 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.[1]

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).[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Boxing: Efe Ajagba knocks out Nigel Paul in round one". Punch Newspaper. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Nigel Paul World Championship bronze medal". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
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