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Surprised no-one's mentioned Dr Ironfist

Liverpool cruiser Tony Moran switched from kickboxing to pro boxing and rose through the ranks before getting wiped out by Mark Hobson in a British and Commonwealth title tilt.

Matt skelton Carl Thompson Pele Reid nigel benn . thai and kick boxing at heavyweights
Confuses the hell out of me re best title to hold. Best fighters heavyweight wise Are all in glory which is the new k 1. Probably the best fighter I have seen who could of fought benn and.eubanks.was Ramon diamond Dekker's he was a machine recently passed away quite young.

Sam Soliman and Danny Green.

Great shout with Adrian 'Carl' Thompson.

The Master Sken pupil was an excellent muay Thai fighter before switching codes

Kickboxing for me I don't count the points and semi contact, to be a world champion in full contact is credible, although there is a very good fighter from a points background called Michael venom page who is massive in mma, ronnie clark had a good career in kb winning scottish , celtic, british, European and world titles in both amateur and professional terms, not many follow correct progression routes, ronnie fought world titles in 3 weights above, and alwas foight the best, although kb is no where near the level of boxing it is a lot easier on the eye on domestic scene, most boxing shows Iv stteneded my eyes are bleeding and that boring I have no battery on phone at end of the night, I guess it's all about certain shows and orgs have different procedures, quigg etc all turned over boxing early, one thing about the fighters fr backgroud is there is very good movement and ring craft although tend to not have great angles on there shots .

JamieM wrote:there is a very good fighter from a points background called Michael venom page who is massive in mma,

Fella, bit of perspective needed there I think. Page has some promise, but he's not even made it into the ranks of UFC yet and is plying his trade in Bellator - these guys only have him ranked 14th in the UK!
http://www.yourmma.tv/rankings/details. ... r-2014.htm
At the moment, he's not even close to being "massive".

TerribleTerry wrote:Liverpool cruiser Tony Moran switched from kickboxing to pro boxing and rose through the ranks before getting wiped out by Mark Hobson in a British and Commonwealth title tilt.

I was trying to remember this one, He had an up and downer with Neil Dawson as well

Watch a ramon Dekker's highlight on YouTube
His hands and feet and speed and aggression are tops .

On thr e flip side lucas brown and dillan whyte Mma to pro boxing

Rico Verhoeven (world class muay thai/K1 fighter) spars regularly with Tyson Fury.

Dr iron fist or his brother got beat by Pele.Reid in wako world championship k.boxing
Pre both of them doing pro boxing

It was Vitali. I don't think Wlad kickboxed.

mikiesb wrote:Dr iron fist or his brother got beat by Pele.Reid in wako world championship k.boxing
Pre both of them doing pro boxing

Pele ko'd him. The video is about. Maybe it was posted on here, I've def seen it

Didn't box professionally but Johnney Roye went from kickboxing to boxing trainer.

Coco wrote:

mikiesb wrote:Dr iron fist or his brother got beat by Pele.Reid in wako world championship k.boxing
Pre both of them doing pro boxing

Pele ko'd him. The video is about. Maybe it was posted on here, I've def seen it

yep he spinning kicked him in the jaw KTFO.I posted the vid earlier in this thread.

TerribleTerry wrote:Great shout with Adrian 'Carl' Thompson.

The Master Sken pupil was an excellent muay Thai fighter before switching codes

Oliver Harrison and Humphrey Harrison were both Muay Thai fighters under Master Sken before becoming pro boxers. I can remember chatting to Carl Thompson when he was working the door at The Playpen nightclub in Manchester, he must have been 19 or 20 back then and was a well known Muay Thai fighter

I know when he first turned pro, he'd wear the Thai shorts and obviously fought at some level but did he win much?

orbtastic wrote:I know when he first turned pro, he'd wear the Thai shorts and obviously fought at some level but did he win much?

I'm pretty sure he held some version of a world title, he's one tough fella for sure