Guillaume Tuns

Guillaume Tuns began his boxing career in Bruxelles (Brussels) in the early 1920s, a pupil of local boxing instructor Henri Schockaert. Known by the moniker “Young Tuns”, Tuns was the featherweight champion of Brabant in 1924, but was eliminated in the semifinals of that year’s Belgian Amateur boxing championships by the eventual title winner, Janssens of Antwerpen. Nevertheless, he was selected to compete at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, and lost his only match in the featherweight tournament by decision to Harry Dingley of Great Britain (who would eventually go on to lose in the quarterfinal to the other Belgian in the tournament, Raymond Devergnies).

Following the Olympics, Tuns turned to the professional ranks about a month later, competing in his first pro match at the end of August 1924. Over a career spanning the next five years, he amassed a record of 15 wins (5 by KO), 19 losses (6 by KO) and 5 draws. After his retirement from competition, he became a boxing coach at Salle Schockaert, his old club.