Swaby is a civil parish and village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated about north of Spilsby, and north-west of Alford. Whitepit is a hamlet situated half a mile west of the village.

History

Swaby was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 when it consisted of 21 households, 20 acres of meadow, 600 acres of woodland and had two mills.

A hoard of 178 silver denarii in a pot were found in the field called 'The Bog' at Swaby, in 1934. Lincoln Museum acquired 162 of the coins, ranging from Marcus Antoninus and Nero to Hadrian. The remainder are in the British Museum.

The parish church, is a grade II listed building dedicated to Saint Nicholas. It was built in 1828 of red brick and has a small bell turret. An earlier church, dedicated to Saint Margaret, was destroyed by Henry Vane of Belleau manor around 1658. The site of this church is now a cottage garden.

Swaby CE School was built in 1857 as a National School, it closed in 1976.

There is a small village hall in Swaby, which sits on the site of the old Wesleyan Methodist chapel, which was built in 1839 and altered in 1866. It became a free Methodist chapel in 1869.

Site of Special Scientific Interest

There is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Swaby, noted under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The reason for the designation:

: "This glacial overflow valley supports floristically diverse lime-rich marsh and unimproved chalk turf. The marsh borders a stream bisecting the valley floor and the interest of the glassland is increased by the terraced nature of the slopes."

Population

Population of Swaby Civil Parish
Year	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	2001
Population

Geography

References

Category:Villages in Lincolnshire Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Category:East Lindsey Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Lincolnshire

Name	Tyson Fury
Realname	Luke Tyson Fury
Weight	Heavyweight
Height
Reach	85 inches
Nationality	British
Birth date	June 01, 1988
Birth place	Wilmslow, England
Style	Orthodox and Southpaw
Total	18
Wins	18
Ko	13
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0

Luke Tyson Fury (born 1 June 1988) is an English professional boxer of Irish heritage who fights in the heavyweight division. Having initially been denied the opportunity to fight for Ireland at the Olympic Games, Fury is now permitted to represent both England and Ireland, after tracing his family lineage to relatives in Belfast. He has represented both his native England and Ireland at amateur level and won the ABA championship in 2008 before turning professional later that year. He is the current Irish, British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion beating Dereck Chisora for both titles on the 23 July 2011.

Background

Fury was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England to Irish Traveller parents. Tyson's family has a long history in boxing and bare knuckle boxing. His father is from Tuam, County Galway and his maternal grandmother is from County Tipperary.. He is a cousin of fellow Irish boxer Andy Lee. His father named him "Tyson" after the then world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Fury represented both Ireland and England. Fury represented Ireland three times at international level. He initially fought out of the Holy Family Boxing Club in Belfast, Northern Ireland and later switched to the Smithboro Club in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. In a double international duel against an experienced Polish team in 2007, the Irish team lost 12-6 overall; Fury, however, was victorious in both his fights in Rzeszów and Białystok. In another Irish match against the USA, Fury won his bout by knock-out.

He was forced to withdraw from the Irish national championships after officials from the Holy Trinity BC in Belfast, the club of the then Irish amateur heavyweight champion, submitted a protest regarding his eligibility. He won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in 2006.

In England, whist representing Jimmy Egan's Boxing Academy, he participated in the senior national championships in 2006 but was beaten by David Price 22-8 despite knocking Price down.

In May 2007, he won the EU Junior Championship representing England, and later lost to Maxim Babanin in the final of the European Junior Championships. As a junior, he was ranked number three in the World behind the Russians Maxim Babanin and Andrey Volkov, but lost out to David Price for a place at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Price was chosen for the 2008 Olympic team ahead of Fury due to Olympic rules restricting each country to one boxer per weight division. Fury also unsuccessfully tried to qualify through Welsh and Irish ancestry, and attributed his failure to qualify for the Olympics as his reason for turning professional, instead of waiting for a chance that might not have come in 2012.

In the absence of Price (who won Olympic Bronze in Beijing) he became national champion (ABA) in 2008.

Fury's amateur boxing record stood at 35 fights, 31 wins, 26 wins by KO, with 4 losses.

Professional career

Fury turned professional with promoter Mick Hennessy in December 2008 and represents Great Britain and Ireland. His debut came at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham on the undercard of the Carl Froch and Jean Pascal fight for the WBC super middleweight title. In this fight Fury defeated Hungary's Bela Gyongyosi with a first round knock-out.

His second fight was in January 2009, when Fury fought Germany's Marcel Zeller, a man with a record of 21 (20 KO) -3 losses. Fury won the fight by TKO after it was stopped in the third round. On 28 February 2009, Fury beat Russian Daniel Peret by retirement in the second round due to a large cut on Peret's eye in Norwich on the undercard of Jon Thaxton first defence of his European Lightweight title. Tyson beat Lee Swaby by retirement on 14 March 2009, at the Aston Events Centre in Birmingham on the undercard of 'Battle of Brum' where Wayne Elcock defended his British middleweight title against Matthew Macklin. On 11 April 2009, Fury beat Matthew Ellis at the York Hall by knock-out 48 seconds into the first round.

On 23 May 2009, Fury had his first eight-round fight, beating Scott Belshaw by second-round TKO. Belshaw was down twice in the first round, both times by body shots; in the second another body shot was landed by Fury which led referee Richard Davies to call a halt to the contest with 52 seconds of the second round gone.

Fury's next fight was due to take place on 12 June, however he suffered a back injury in training and the bout was cancelled. Fury returned to the ring on 18 July 2009, beating Aleksandrs Selezens in the 48th second of the 3rd round, despite the fight almost being cancelled due to Fury's continuing back injury.

The BBBofC decided that Fury would fight John McDermott for the English title before the end of November, with purse bids to be received before 8 July. The fight was confirmed for 11 September at the Brentwood International Centre.

Fury made an announcement that he wanted the win the British and Irish titles before the end of 2009, commenting that "I’d love to start out with the Irish and English titles and then move on to British, Commonwealth and European titles before going on to the world scene".

Fury felt that his fight against Belfast's Scott Belshaw should have earned him an Irish title but outlined that "I thought it was worthy of it but you need to have been in a scheduled 8 rounder to fight for the Irish belt and the Belshaw fight was my first." A number of potential opponents have been linked with a potential Irish fight, including Declan Timlin and Coleman Barrett. Fury's uncle and trainer, Hughie Fury, claimed "When Tyson was an amateur he was a member of the Smithboro club in County Monaghan but none of the Irish Super heavyweights wanted to know about him and it will be the same in the pros. He’d fight Timlin and Barrett in the same night, they’d be no match for him". Keith Walker, acting as the manager for Barrett responded "Colman will fight Tyson today and every other day. We don’t perceive Tyson Fury has any threat whatsoever".

Tyson said of the pair, "the challenge is out there for them so if they want it then we can get it on for the Irish title as soon as possible. I’ll take on any Irish heavyweight out there, all I want is the opportunity to fight for the Irish title."

On 11 September, Fury controversially beat John McDermott with a disputed points decision. Both boxers stated they would like a rematch. Many boxing observers scored the contest in favour of McDermott, and promoter Frank Warren labelled referee Terry O'Connor a "disgrace to British Boxing" after his decision.

On 26 September, Fury made his Irish debut as the undercard of Bernard Dunne versus Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym at The O2. He dedicated his performance to the memory of Darren Sutherland.

Fury vacated the English title due to a broken hand sustained in the victory over Tomas Mrazek.

On 26 June 2010, Fury faced old rival John McDermott for the vacant English heavyweight title; the fight would also be a British heavyweight title fight eliminator. Fury started the fight well, catching McDermott with solid punches. In round six, Fury started to tire and was cut above his right eye near the end of the round after an accidental clash of heads. In round seven, Fury carried on holding McDermott, consequently he was deducted a point by referee, Dave Parris. In the eighth, Fury floored the McDermott with a short right hook. In the 9th round Fury took advantage of a tired McDermott, dropping him another two times before the fight was called to a halt, at 1 minute 8 seconds of the ninth round. All three judges had the contest 77-73 going into the ninth round. Winning this fight gave Tyson the English Heavyweight title and a chance to face unbeaten heavyweight prospect and British heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora.

This fight was held on 23 July 2011. Fury started the game on the backfoot, wearing a few blows in the early rounds and proving his chin could stand up to Chisora's big left hand. But soon punched his way into the game, mainly by out thinking Chisora. Fury took the next few rounds and by the interval was on top, and had landed a big shot to Chisora's mouth causing him to bleed. From then on, Chisora's erratic style played into the hands of Fury. Fury landing cleaner punches with better combinations ultimately led to him winning by unanimous decision. After the fight, Fury was humble and thanked Jesus and his uncle, saying that Chisora was a warrior in the ring.

Fury went on to fight American Nicolai Firtha at the King's Hall, Belfast, prevailing by TKO when the referee stopped the contest in the fifth round to save Firtha from taking any more punishment.

Fury put his commonwealth title on the line against previously undefeated Canadian Neven Pajkic. The fight took place in Fury's hometown City of Manchester on 12 November.

He was knocked down for the first time in his career in the second round by Neven Pajkic on 12 November 2011, but ultimately won the fight by technical knockout in the third round, knocking down his opponent twice.

Fight with Rogan

On 14 April, Fury took on Belfast's Martin Rogan for the vacant Irish heavyweight title. After a relatively strong start by Rogan, the larger Fury - who took an unusual southpaw stance for the fight stopped Rogan in the fifth round to take the title, making him the first man to win the English, Irish, British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles.

Professional boxing record

| style="text-align:center" colspan="9"|18 Wins (13 knock-outs, 6 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws |- style="text-align:center;background:#e3e3e3" | style="border-style:none none solid solid"|Res. | style="border-style:none none solid solid"|Record | style="border-style:none none solid solid"|Opponent | style="border-style:none none solid solid"|Type | style="border-style:none none solid solid"|Round | style="border-style:none none solid solid"|Time | style="border-style:none none solid solid"|Date | style="border-style:none none solid solid"|Location | style="border-style:none none solid solid"|Notes |- style="text-align:center" |Win |18-0 |align=left| Martin Rogan |TKO |5 | |2012-04-14 |align=left| Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |- style="text-align:center" |Win |17–0 |align=left| Neven Pajkic |TKO |3 | |2011-11-12 |align=left| EventCity, Manchester, England | |- style="text-align:center" |Win |16–0 |align=left| Nicolai Firtha |TKO |5 | |2011-09-18 |align=left| King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |15–0 |align=left| Dereck Chisora |UD | | |2011-07-23 |align=left| Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom | |- style="text-align:center" "win" |Win |14–0 |align=left| Marcelo Luiz Nascimento |KO |5 |2:48 |2011-02-19 |align=left| Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |13–0 |align=left| Zack Page |UD |8 | |2010-12-19 |align=left| Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Canada |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |12–0 |align=left| Rich Power |PTS |8 | |2010-09-10 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, England |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |11–0 |align=left| John McDermott |TKO |9 |1:08 |2010-06-25 |align=left| Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |- style="text-align:center" |Win |10–0 |align=left| Hans-Joerg Blasko |TKO |1 |2:14 |2010-03-05 |align=left| Huddersfield Sports Centre, Huddersfield, England |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |9–0 |align=left| Tomas Mrazek |PTS |6 | |2009-09-26 |align=left| The O2, Dublin, Ireland |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |8–0 |align=left| John McDermott |PTS |10 | |2009-09-11 |align=left| Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |- style="text-align:center" |Win |7–0 |align=left| Aleksandrs Selezens |TKO |3 |0:48 |2009-07-18 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, England |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |6–0 |align=left| Scott Belshaw |TKO |2 |0:52 |2009-05-23 |align=left| Colosseum, Watford, England |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |5–0 |align=left| Matthew Ellis |KO |1 |0:48 |2009-04-11 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, England |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |4–0 |align=left| Lee Swaby |RTD |4 |3:00 |2009-03-14 |align=left| Aston Events Centre, Birmingham, England |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |3–0 |align=left| Daniel Peret ||RTD |2 |3:00 |2009-02-28 |align=left| Norwich Showground, Norwich, England |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |2–0 |align=left| Marcel Zeller ||TKO |3 |2:50 |2009-01-17 |align=left| Robin Park Centre, Wigan, England |align=left| |- style="text-align:center" |Win |1–0 |align=left| Bela Gyongyosi |TKO |1 |2:14 |2008-12-06 |align=left| Trent FM Arena, Nottingham, England |

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{{infobox boxer|name	Tom Dallas
Nationality	British
Realname	Tom Dallas
Nickname	The Bomb
Height
Weight	Heavyweight
Birth date	April 23, 1985
Birth place	England
Style	Orthodox
Total	17
Wins	15
Ko	11
Losses	2
Draws	0
No contests	0

Tom Dallas (Born 23 April 1985) is a British heavyweight boxer based in Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom. Dallas is currently promoted by Frank Maloney.

Boxing career

Amateur career

Dallas competed in excess of 50 amateur fights, reaching the Amateur Boxing Association finals in 2007 where he lost on points.

Professional career

2008

Dallas turned professional on 13 September 2007, scoring a points victory against Vlado Szabo. The following month Dallas scored another points victory in his second bout against Latvian Aleksandrs Selezens. In his final fight of 2008 Dallas defeated Howard Daley by TKO

2009

Dallas returned to the ring in March against Ben Harding,Dallas caught Harding with a massive right hand rendering him unconscious 1min 58 seconds into the first round, referee Dave Parris waved the count awarding Dallas his second TKO win. Dallas fought in another four fights during 2009 all TKO victory's,

2010

In his first fight of the year Dallas made quick work of durable Bulgarian Yavor Marinchev, sending him to the canvas several times in the opening two rounds with a big bodyshot at the end of the second proving enough to force his man to quit on his stool before the start of the third.

In May, Dallas scored a first round KO victory over Lee Swaby. A month later Dallas beat another journeyman, Daniel Peret, on points in a one sided fight that Dallas won every round in. In October, Dallas beat Paul Morris of Preston with a third round TKO win, keeping his undefeated record.

References

External links

Promoters website

Category:British boxers Category:English boxers Category:Heavyweight boxers Category:Living people Category:1985 births Category:People from Chatham, Kent

name	Matt Skelton
birth name	Matthew Skelton
other names	The LegendThe Bedford BangerThe Bedford Bear
nationality	English
birth date	January 23, 1967
birth place	Bedford, England
residence	Bedford, England
height
weight
weight class	Heavyweight
style	Boxing, Kickboxing
stance	orthodox
trainer	Kevin Sanders
box win	25
box kowin	20
box loss	6
box koloss	3
kickbox win	63
kickbox kowin	57
kickbox loss	8
kickbox koloss	3
mma win	0
mma loss	1
mma subloss	1
boxrec	141021
sherdog	3156
updated	September 16, 2009 }}

Matt Skelton (born 23 January 1967 in Bedford) is an English boxer who changed sports from kickboxing. He is a former IKF International Kickboxing Federation Pro Muay Thai Super Heavyweight World Champion, and a former English, British, Commonwealth and European Heavyweight champion. He has also held the lightly regarded WBU "World" Heavyweight title.

Biography

Skelton did not become a professional boxer until fairly late in life, his first fight being at the age of 35. Prior to this he had been a professional kickboxer.

Kickboxing

Skelton has a kickboxing/muay thai record of 63-8/57. He won the International Kickboxing Federation IKF World Title when he stopped Jeff Ford (USA) at 1:51 of the second round in Northampton, England on 26 November 2000.

In his first defense of the IKF World Title on 18 November 2001, in Northampton, England, he defeated Peter Varga (Hungary) by TKO at 53 seconds of round 3.

Skelton, in a K-1 primary tournament ''K-1 WORLD GP 2001 in Melbourne'' in Australia, 16 June 2001, knocked out Paris Vasilikos (Greece) at 2:05 of the first round in the quarter final match. And he also beat Michael McDonald (Canada) by third round decision (3-0) in the semi-final match. He was beaten, however, by Ernesto Hoost of the Netherlands by a third round decision (2-0) in the tournament final.

Skelton's record in K-1 is ten wins and seven losses.

During his time as kickboxer and muay thai fighter, Skelton trained with the well known Eagles Gym under the highly regarded and respected Nigel Howlett.

Professional wrestling

Skelton has competed in one shoot-style pro-wrestling bout - a loss to Kazuo Yamazaki for Akira Maeda's Universal Wrestling Federation on 10 January 1989 at Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Mixed martial arts

Matt Skleton has had one Mixed martial arts fight. On 3 November 2001, at a Pride FC event named PRIDE 17, he lost via choke to wrestler Tom Erikson at 1:11 of the first round.

Boxing

As a professional boxer, he was initially dismissed by purists as an unrefined slugger lacking the required skill to achieve at the very top, but his powerful style has proved extremely successful under the tutelage of renowned trainer Frank Maloney.

He turned pro aged 35 in September 2002 with a two round KO of Gifford Shillingford. From this point he was moved along quickly, in 2003 scoring stoppages of respected veterans Jacklord Jacobs, Antoine Palatis, and ex-British champ Michael Holden, among others.

In 2004, he took his first serious step up, at 11-0 taking on ex-British and Commonwealth champion Julius Francis, who he outpointed over 10 rounds. He won the British and Commonwealth titles in his next fight, stopping Michael Sprott in 12 rounds, and defending the titles against the durable Keith Long, who he stopped in 11.

In 2005, Skelton won the lowly regarded WBU belt with a 6th round knockout of Fabio Moli. Skelton soon vacated the belt, and began to enjoy a higher profile when his promoter Frank Warren took all his fighters to ITV for exposure on terrestrial free-to-air television.

Skelton was due to defend his British title against his main rival Danny Williams in July 2005, but Williams pulled out at the last minute citing a case of the flu, a decision that prompted scorn from Williams' promoter Frank Warren. Skelton stopped late sub Mark Krence in 7 rounds, and scored a 1st round knockout of John McDermott to finish the year, whereupon he vacated his British title, having defended it three times.

In February 2006, Skelton finally fought Williams, and lost on split decision handing him his first pro defeat.

In July 2006, he regained his Commonwealth title by easily outboxing Williams.

Skelton was due to defend his title against Audley Harrison in December 2006, but the fight didn't take place.

Instead, the fight against Michael Sprott for the second time was rescheduled for 14 July 2007, in which Skelton defended his title in a 12 round battle.

Matt Skelton faced WBA Heavyweight Champion Ruslan Chagaev on 19 January 2008 in Düsseldorf. Skelton fought bravely, but the superior boxing skills of his opponent were too much, and he succumbed to a unanimous points decision after 12 rounds.

Skelton fought Paolo Vidoz for the vacant European Heavyweight Title on 19 December 2008. Vidoz, exhausted, stopped fighting in round nine, but his corner refused to throw the towel. Skelton, recognizing this fact, refused to knock out the tormented Vidoz and even asked for the referee to quit the match.

Skelton chose to defend the Commonwealth title rather than the European title against undefeated brawler Martin Rogan, who had been completely unknown before upsetting Audley Harrison in his previous fight. On 28 February 2009, Rogan scored another upset by defeating Skelton by TKO11.

On 19 September 2009, Skelton challenged for the so-called EU title (not the European title) against undefeated Italian southpaw Francesco Pianeta. Skelton lost the fight after failing to come out for the 9th due to a hand injury suffered earlier in the fight. In January 2010, he lost to Bulgarian top prospect Kubrat Pulev.

In July 2010, Skelton ended his run of defeats when he knocked out journeyman Lee Swaby in round 5. Later in the year he competed in the Prizefighter series where he outpointed novice Ali Adams and Mike Tyson conqueror Kevin McBride before a split decision loss to Michael Sprott, Sprott avenging his losses to Skelton in their two previous encounters.

Professional boxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|26 Wins (21 knockouts, 5 decisions), 6 Losses, 0 Draws |- |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res. |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponnent |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |- |Win |26-6 |align=left| Tom Dallas |TKO |5 1:00 |2012-03-03 |align=left| Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |25-6 |align=left| Michael Sprott |SD |3 |2010-10-09 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |-align=center |Win |25-5 |align=left| Kevin McBride |UD |3 |2010-10-09 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |-align=center |Win |24-5 |align=left| Ali Adams |UD |3 |2010-10-09 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |-align=center |Win |23-5 |align=left| Lee Swaby |TKO |5 1:00 |2010-07-09 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |22-5 |align=left| Kubrat Pulev |KO |4 2:14 |2010-01-30 |align=left| Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |22-4 |align=left| Francesco Pianeta |RTD |8 3:00 |2009-09-19 |align=left| Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |22-3 |align=left| Martin Rogan |TKO |11 1:21 |2009-02-28 |align=left| National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, West Midlands, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |22-2 |align=left| Paolo Vidoz |RTD |9 3:00 |2008-12-19 |align=left| PalaLido, Milan, Lombardia, Italy |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |21-2 |align=left| Ruslan Chagaev |UD |12 |2008-01-19 |align=left| Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany |align=left| |-align=center |Win |21-1 |align=left| Michael Sprott |MD |12 |2007-07-14 |align=left| O2 Arena, Greenwich, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |20-1 |align=left| Danny Williams |UD |12 |2006-07-08 |align=left| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales |align=left| |-align=center |Win |19-1 |align=left| Suren Kalachyan |KO |4 0:38 |2006-04-01 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |18-1 |align=left| Danny Williams |SD |12 |2006-02-25 |align=left| ExCel Arena, Dockland, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |18-0 |align=left| John McDermott |TKO |1 1:19 |2005-12-10 |align=left| ExCel Arena, Dockland, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |17-0 |align=left| Mark Krence |TKO |7 3:00 |2005-07-16 |align=left| Bolton Arena, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |16-0 |align=left| Fabio Eduardo Moli |TKO |6 2:14 |2005-02-25 |align=left| Conference Centre, Wembley, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |15-0 |align=left| Keith Long |TKO |11 2:45 |2004-11-19 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |14-0 |align=left| Bob Mirovic |TKO |4 |2004-06-05 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |13-0 |align=left| Michael Sprott |KO |12 |2004-04-24 |align=left| Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, Berkshire, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |12-0 |align=left| Julius Francis |Points |10 |2004-02-07 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |11-0 |align=left| Patriche Costel |KO |1 |2003-11-15 |align=left| Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany |align=left| |-align=center |Win |10-0 |align=left| Ratko Draskovic |TKO |3 |2003-10-25 |align=left| Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland |align=left| |-align=center |Win |9-0 |align=left| Costi Marin |TKO |1 |2003-10-11 |align=left| Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |8-0 |align=left| Mike Holden |TKO |6 0:32 |2003-09-18 |align=left| Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, Essex, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |7-0 |align=left| Antoine Palatis |TKO |4 |2003-07-17 |align=left| Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, Essex, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |6-0 |align=left| Dave Clarke |TKO |1 |2003-05-15 |align=left| Marriott Hotel, Mayfair, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |5-0 |align=left| Alexey Varakin |KO |2 |2003-04-08 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |4-0 |align=left| Jacklord Jacobs |TKO |4 |2003-02-18 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |3-0 |align=left| Neil Kirkwood |TKO |1 |2002-12-08 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |2-0 |align=left| Alvin Miller |TKO |1 |2002-10-27 |align=left| Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |1-0 |align=left| Gifford Shillingford |KO |2 |2002-09-22 |align=left| Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London, England |align=left| |-align=center

Professional kickboxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|63 Wins (57 knockouts, 0 submission, 6 decisions), 8 Losses, 0 Draws |- |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res. |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponnent |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |Win |63-8 |align=left| George Arias |Decision |3 |2002-08-10 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |62-8 |align=left| Peter Varga |TKO |3 0:53 |2001-11-18 |align=left| Northampton, England |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |61-8 |align=left| Lloyd Van Dams |Decision |1 |2001-08-08 |align=left| Marine Messe, Fukuoka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |61-7 |align=left| Ernesto Hoost |Decision |3 |2001-06-16 |align=left| Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Win |61-6 |align=left| Michael McDonald |Decision |3 |2001-06-16 |align=left| Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Win |60-6 |align=left| Paris Vasilikos |KO |2 1:51 |2001-06-16 |align=left| Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Win |59-6 |align=left| Jeff Ford |KO |2 1:51 |2000-11-26 |align=left| Northampton, England |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |58-6 |align=left| Francisco Filho |KO |2 2:36 |2000-08-20 |align=left| Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |58-5 |align=left| Alexey Ignashov |Decision |3 |2000-08-20 |align=left| Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |57-5 |align=left| Ricky Nicklson |KO |3 1:10 |2000-04-16 |align=left| Aston Villa Leisure Center, Birmingham, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |56-5 |align=left| Mark Russell |Decision |3 |2000-04-16 |align=left| Aston Villa Leisure Center, Birmingham, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |55-5 |align=left| Gary Turner |Decision |3 |2000-04-16 |align=left| Aston Villa Leisure Center, Birmingham, England |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |54-5 |align=left| Jérôme Le Banner |KO |1 1:59 |1999-08-05 |align=left| Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |54-4 |align=left| Loyd Van Dams |Decision |3 |1999-06-20 |align=left| Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |54-3 |align=left| Jan Nortje |Decision |3 |1999-06-20 |align=left| Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |53-3 |align=left| Peter Aerts |KO |4 3:00 |1999-04-25 |align=left| Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |53-2 |align=left| Sam Greco |Decision |5 |1998-09-27 |align=left| Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |53-1 |align=left| Masaaki Satake |TKO |1 2:06 |1998-07-18 |align=left| Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |52-1 |align=left| Ray Sefo |TKO |2 3:00 |1998-05-24 |align=left| Marine Messe, Fukuoka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |51-1 |align=left| Jan Nortje |TKO |3 0:47 |1998-04-09 |align=left| Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan |align=left| |-align=center

Professional MMA record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|0 Wins (0 knockouts, 0 submission, 0 decisions), 1 Losses, 0 Draws |- |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res. |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponnent |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |Lose |0-1 |align=left| Tom Erikson |Submission |1 1:51 |2001-11-03 |align=left| Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan |align=left| |-align=center

Career

Kickboxing

*IAMTF World championship Super Heavyweight winner

*IKF-PRO World Super Heavyweight Champion

*WKO Muay Thai World Super Heavyweight Champion

*IKO World Heavyweight Champion

*2000 K-1 UK Battle of Britain winner

*2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Melbourne runner up

Boxing

*English Heavyweight champion

*British Heavyweight champion

*Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight champion

*EBU European Heavyweight champion

*WBU World Heavyweight champion

*Prizefighter Finalist

References

External links

Profile at K-1

International Kickboxing Federation Official Site

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