Ole Laursen

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Ole Laursen
Full name	Ole Baguio Laursen
Nickname	Iron Fist
Nationality	Denmark
Date of birth	August 21, 1977 (1977-08-21) (age 30)
Place of birth	Manila, Philippines
Fighting out of	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	72 kg (158.7 lb/11.3 st)
Style	Muay Thai
Team	Legacy Gym
Years active	10 (1998-present)
Kickboxing record
Total	53
Wins	34
By knockout	10
Losses	19
Amateur career
Total	6
Wins	5
By knockout	5
Losses	1
By knockout
Other information
Official site

Ole "Iron Fist" Laursen (born August 21, 1977) is a professional Danish Welterweight thaiboxer and martial artist fighting out of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 2.1 Titles 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Ole was born in Manila, Philippines and moved to Denmark when he was 2 years old. He got involved with martial arts through his older brother Christian Laursen. He was 15 when he started practicing Muay thai.

Ole had 6 amateur fights before turning pro. He lost his first fight, took a year off and came back strong and won 5 straight KOs.

Ole Laursen currently lives in Ubon, Thailand and fights out of his own Legacy Gym.

Ole trained with Peter J McCarthy, the subject, director and producer of the Thai Boxing documentary, Fight or Flight. http://www.fightorflight.tv which premiered in Auckland, New Zealand. Ole Laursen assisted in transport coordination on the production.

[edit] Career

[edit] Titles

• 2002 K-1 MAX USA finalist
• 2002 Kings Cup champion
• 2000 IKF Pro Light Middleweight Muaythai European champion
• 2000 IMTC Muaythai Super Welterweight World champion
• 1998 Danish Kickboxing champion

[edit] See also

• List of male kickboxers
• K-1
• Muay thai
• List of kickboxing organizations

[edit] External links

• Legacy Gym