What is Randolph Turpin?
'''Randolph Adolphus ('Randy') Turpin''' (7 June 1928 – 17 May 1966) was an [[English people|English]] [[boxing|boxer]] who was the [[middleweight]] champion of the world in 1951. Turpin was born in [[Leamington Spa]] to a white British mother and black [[Guyana]]n father. He became a professional boxer in 1946. In 1951, [[Sugar Ray Robinson]] traveled to England and gave Turpin an opportunity to fight for his middleweight championship. Turpin became only the second man to defeat Robinson when he won a fifteen-round decision. Robinson and Turpin had a rematch in September 1951 where Robinson regained the title by a tenth-round knockout. He stopped boxing in the mid-1960s. He lived in Leamington Spa with his wife and four daughters. On 17 May 1966 in Leamington Spa he shot one of his daughters (who survived), then [[suicide|shot himself dead]].<ref>[http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/on-this-day--boxer-randolph-turpin-kills-himself-after-trying-to-murder-daughter-153134551.html Randolph Turpin kills himself after trying to murder daughter]</ref> ==References== <references/> ==Other websites== *[http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=13106&cat=boxer Boxing record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829172555/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=13106&cat=boxer |date=2012-08-29 }} *[http://www.randyturpin.com Tribute website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513120919/https://randyturpin.com/ |date=2021-05-13 }} {{start box}} {{Succession box| before=[[Sugar Ray Robinson]]| title=World [[List of middleweight boxing champions|Middleweight Champion]]| after=[[Sugar Ray Robinson]]| years=10 Jul 1951– 12 Sep 1951 }} {{end box}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Turpin, Randy}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:1966 deaths]] [[Category:Black British sportspeople]] [[Category:British boxers]] [[Category:British criminals]] [[Category:Criminals who committed suicide]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Warwickshire]] [[Category:Sportspeople who committed suicide]] [[Category:Suicides by fir