Karl Boyes

Karl Boyes is an English professional pool player, born on 4 November 1982, who is a former 8-ball world champion and has won the Mosconi Cup four times representing Team Europe. He won the 2010 world 8-ball championship by beating Niels Feijen 13-12 in the final after leading 4-0 and 11-5, and his first Euro Tour victory was the 2010 Austrian Open. In 2012 he won the World Series of Pool Speed Pool title, and in 2014 he and Darren Appleton won the World Cup of Pool, the first time England had won it. He reached the final of the 2015 US Open Nine-ball Championship, lost to Cheng Yu-hsuan, and in 2024 was announced as captain of Team Europe at the Mosconi Cup.