Professional Boxers who were ONCE Kickboxers

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  1. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Wow, that guy was a striking genius. How well did his pro boxing career go compared to his kickboxing career?
     
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  2. mirkofilipovic

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    :clap::clap::clap:
     
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  3. Bulldog24

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    Nigel Benn was an awesome kickboxer in the 70s, winning MMA underground tournaments against men 2-3x his age and beating 6th dan Pat O'Keeffe (broke his arm with a roundhouse kick!).
     
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  4. Serge

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    Povetkin kickboxing

    [YT]jE1YOUHvMgU[/YT]

    Little bit of footage of him here at the end of this video too.

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  5. Serge

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    Good he was a world champion and reputed to be as tough as nails.

    http://boxrec.com/boxer/988
     
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  6. Serge

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    Vyacheslav Shabranskyy was a kickboxer too.

    'Born on May 1, 1987, in Korostishev,Ukraine Vyacheslav Shabranskyy started kickboxing at the age of 13 and went on to win over 30 tournaments in 2 years, where he always came in first place .He was extremely dedicated to the sport and remained undefeated. He holds international and national titles and has earned his master of sports in kickboxing in 2003 after winning 1st place in the World Tournament in Greece in Kos Hellas. He also finished in 1st place at the European Championship in Hungary in 2003. In 2004 he once again became a world champion, in Korfu, Greece.
    He earned international recognition as master of sports in kickboxing in 2005.'
     
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  7. kingfisher3

    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    muangsarin, the galxy bros, kingpetch, chitadela and other thai's.

    p.s if anyone hasn't seen muangsuran v hearns watch that iron chinned awesomeness right now.
     
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  8. TheDog

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    Dillian Whyte also was a kickboxer
     
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  9. Serge

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    A lot of these Thai boxers must have come kickboxing backgrounds too. I'm sure there was one who won a world title after only a few fights who was.
     
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  10. mirkofilipovic

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    Never knew there were underground MMA tournaments in the 70's.
     
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  11. Limerickbox

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    Manuel Charr
     
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  12. Limerickbox

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    Pele Reid beat Vitali in kickboxing
     
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  13. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Yeah I figured with Muay Thai being the most popular sport and all.
     
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  14. Serge

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    Matt Skelton was too, although I think he dabbled in MMA as well. Lucas Browne was an MMA fighter. In fact, he was stopped in 2 by the current UFC HW champion Daniel Cormier.
     
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  15. Serge

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    Must be loads of them.
     
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