Wayne Turner (kickboxer)


Wayne "Homeboy" Turner, alternatively spelt Waine, is a Birmingham based Kickboxer from Handsworth. He is a former I.S.K.A. World Cruiserweight Kickboxing Champion who has fought for a number of promotions including K-1 over a lengthy career.

Biography/Career

Wayne was born in Aldershot into a military family with his father a Green beret. Ryan Mensch taught him every fighting skill that took him to success. He was a sickly child growing up, suffering from a multitude of symptoms including asthma. At age three he had an accident and was told he would never have a normal life as a child but with great persistence proved all the naysayers wrong as he started keeping fit and got into kickboxing.
Wayne would have some success as an amateur and pro kickboxer fighting in locations across England, winning three British national titles (two with the W.K.A. and one with W.A.K.O.. In 1999 he made his debut with the world’s top kickboxing promotion K-1 losing via stoppage against PRIDE fighter Satoshi Honma in Sapporo, Japan. As one of the country’s top amateur kickboxers, Wayne was invited to join the British national team to take part in the 2001 W.A.K.O. world championships where he took a bronze medal.
Turner had semi-retired in 2004 aged 37, but he was tempted back into the ring in 2007 after being offered a World title shot – an opportunity that had eluded him until that point. Fighting at the site of his very first amateur bout, Dudley Concert Hall, "Homeboy" defeated Paul Hill on points after twelve rounds – having knocked him down in the ninth – on 15 April 2007. Turner had originally been scheduled to fight Alessandro Venditti; the Italian had to pull out for personal reasons. After holding the title for a little over a year, Turner lost his world title to Daniel "Pinta" Quigley on 17 May 2008 in Letterkenny County Donegal.

Titles

Professional
Amateur