Tony Laing (boxer)

{{Short description|Jamaican/British boxer (born 1957)}}

{{for|the association (soccer) footballer who played in the 1970s, '80s and '90s for Honduras|Eduardo Laing}}

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| name = Tony Laing

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| weight = light welter/welter/light middleweight

| height = 5 ft 7 in

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| nationality = Jamaican/British

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|09|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Spanish Town, Jamaica

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| total = 18

| wins = 13 (KO 8)

| losses = 4 (KO 4)

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Tony Laing (born 22 September 1957) is a Jamaican/British professional light welter/welter/light middleweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Midlands (England) Area light welterweight title, BBBofC British light welterweight title, Commonwealth light welterweight title, and was a challenger for the European Boxing Union (EBU) light welterweight title against Tusikoleta Nkalankete[http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=39699&cat=boxer], his professional fighting weight varied from {{convert|137+1/4|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. light welterweight to {{convert|149|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. light middleweight.{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=56962&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}

Tony Laing is still situated in Nottingham and now trains young boxers across multiple gyms, in classes as well as one-on-one training. He looks as young as ever and still has his comedic humour.