Tyrone Spong

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Tyrone Spong
Full name	Tyrone Clinton Spong
Nickname	King of the Ring
Nationality	Dutch
Date of birth	September 3, 1985 (1985-09-03) (age 22)
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	86 kg (189.6 lb/13.5 st)
Style	Muay Thai
Team	Fighting Factory Carbin
Trainer	Lucien Carbin
Years active	6 (2002-present)
Kickboxing record
Total	83
Wins	79
By knockout	56
Losses	3
By knockout	2
Draws	1
Other information
Official site

Tyrone "King of The Ring" Spong (born September 3, 1985) is professional Dutch kickboxer and WFCA Cruiserweight Muay Thai World champion.

Contents 1 Biography & Career 2 Titles 3 Kickboxing record 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Biography & Career

Tyrone Spong was born in Suriname. He moved to Netherlands with his family in 1990 at the age of 5.

In 2003, his first year as a pro, he made his mark winning 12 fights a year. In 2004, he fought against Rafi Zouheir at the Battle of Zaandam and won his first European Muay Thai Title (WKN). In 2004 Spong also visited Japan to compete in Shootboxing where he lost to Ryuji Goto. Goto suplexed him in the final seconds of the fight to earn a well-received unanimous decision. His next fight in April 2005, was against Belgian Mohammed Ouali for another European Title (WPKL). Spong won the fight by unanimous decision.

In December, 2005 at the A-1 Combat Cup in Turkey, after three consecutive KO's in one night, Tyrone Spong won his first tournament Championship.

In 2006 Spong had two his biggest victories of his young career, KO wins over Muay Thai veteran Joerie Mes and two weeks later knocking out K-1 superstar Kaoklai Kaennorsing from Thailand in a first round.

His 30+ winning streak came to end in March 27, 2007 against Amir Zeyada. He recently made his debut at K-1

[edit] Titles

• 2008 WFCA Cruiserweight champion.
• 2008 KO World Series Oceania Champion.
• 2005 A-1 Combat Cup Tournament Champion.
• 2005 WPKL European Champion. (72,5 kg)
• 2004 WKN European Champion.
• MTBN Junior Class Dutch Muay Thai Champion. (-66kg)

[edit] Kickboxing record

79 Wins (56 (T)KO's, 23 decisions), 3 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
05/31/2008		Senol Kiziltas	Beast of the East, Zutphen, Netherlands
04/26/2008	Win	Azem Maksutaj	K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO (Knee strikes)	2	0:45
03/15/2008	Win	Ondrej Hutnik	It's Showtime Trophy MAX 75, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	KO (Left liver punch)	2	2:32
02/09/2008	Win	Nikos Sokolis	KO World Series 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand	KO (Left liver punch)	1	2:25
02/09/2008	Win	Chad Walker	KO World Series 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand	KO (Overhand right)	1	1:08
01/26/2008	Win	Aurelien Duarte	Beast of the East, WFCA Welterweight World title, Zutphen	Decision	3	3:00
12/24/2007	Win	Rasmus Zoeylner	Return of the King 2, Paramaribo, Suriname	KO	2
10/27/2007	Win	Emile Zoraj	One Night in Bangkok, Antwerpen, Belgium	TKO
08/26/2007	Win	Human Nikmaslak	Return of the King 1, Paramaribo, Suriname	KO (Knee strike)	1	2:31
06/02/2007	Win	Dimitri Shakuta	Gentleman Fight Night IV, Tilburg, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
05/06/2007	Win	Yodchai Wor Petchpun	Slamm 3, Haarlem, Netherlands	TKO (Referee stoppage)	1	2:38
03/25/2007	Loss	Amir Zeyada	Rings Gala, Vechtsenbanen, Utrecht, Nethrelands	TKO (Referee stoppage)	3	1:49
11/12/2006	Win	Joerie Mes	Pride & Honor Ahoy 2006, Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO (Knee strike)	5	1:12
10/01/2006	Win	Kaoklai Kaennorsing	Slamm 2 "Nederlands vs Thailand", Almere, Netherlands	KO	1	2:00
06/18/2006	Win	Sem Braan	2H2H The Road To Tokyo, Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO (Left hook)	3
06/03/2006	Win	Henry Akendiz	Gentleman Fight Night 3, Tilburg, Netherlands	TKO (Doctor stoppage)
05/06/2006	Win	Farid M'Laika	Gala de Kickboxing, Geneva, Switzerland	Decision	5	2:00
04/29/2006	Win	Cho In Jun	MARS, World Fighting GP, Seoul, Korea	KO	1	2:07
02/18/2006	Win	Junior Gonsalves	It's Showtime, Morstel, Netherlands
12/03/2005	Win	Senol Kiziltas	A-1 Combat League, Duisburg, Germany	TKO (Knee strike)	2
12/03/2005	Win	Senol Cetin	A-1 Combat League, Duisburg, Germany	TKO (Corner stoppage)	1
12/03/2005	Win	Rene Litchko	A-1 Combat League, Duisburg, Germany	KO (Right hook)	1	0:45
10/09/2005	Win	Vincent Vielvoye	Rotterdam Rumble, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
05/08/2005	Win	Younnes Elhamsani	Muay Thai Gala, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
04/09/2005	Win	Mohammed Ouali	WPKL European Title, Muay Thai Champions League XIV, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
11/14/2004	Win	Richard Weston	Gala in Almere, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
10/17/2004	Win	Rafi Zoufeir	Battle in Zaandam II, Netherlands, WKPL Title	TKO (Low kicks)	3
04/16/2004	Loss	Ryuji Goto	Shootboxing: Infinty-S Vol.2, Tokyo, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
03/21/2004	Win	Hamid El Caid	Profighters Gala in ALmere, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
02/22/2004	Win	William Diender	2H2H, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Majority)	5	3:00
11/12/2003	Draw	Younnes Elhamsani	Veni, Vidi, Vici II, Veewendaal, Netherlands	Decision draw	5	3:00
11/02/2003	Win	Xavier Gatez	Immortality, Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	2
10/13/2003	Win	Rocky Grandjean	2H2H in Ahoy, Netherlands	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	2
07/04/2003	Win	Gregory Costina	Baas Sports, Curacao	TKO (Low kicks)	1
04/19/2003	Win	Henry Akendiz	Beast of The East, Zutphen, Netherlands	TKO (Corner stoppage)	1	3:00
04/13/2003	Win	Jan van Denderen	Thaiboksgala, Gorinchem, Netherlands	Decision	5	2:00
03/18/2003	Win	Melvin Rozenblad	Killerdome III, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
02/02/2003	Win	Harry Lodewijks	Killerdome II, Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	1
01/11/2003	Win	Tarik Slimani	Dudok Arena, Hilversum, Netherlands
10/27/2002	Win	Ray Staring	Beast of The East, Arnhem, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
05/19/2002	Loss	Amir Zeyada	Itai-Te Promotions, Netherlands	KO	4	0:47

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• K-1 Fans