John Wayne Parr

John Wayne Parr
Born Wayne Gregory Parr
25 May 1976 (1976-05-25) (age 35)
Other names The Gunslinger, JWP
Nationality Australian
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 72 kg (160 lb; 11.3 st)
Division Middleweight
Reach 71.0 in (180 cm)
Style Muay Thai
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Team Boonchu Gym [1]
Years active 1992–present
Professional boxing record
Total 13
Wins 10
By knockout 10
Losses 3
By knockout 0
Kickboxing record
Total 112
Wins 80
By knockout 37
Losses 31
By knockout 2
Draws 1
Mixed martial arts record
Total 1
Wins 0
Losses 1
By submission 1
Other information
Spouse Angela Parr
Boxing record from Boxrec
last updated on: December 3, 2011

John Wayne "The Gunslinger" Parr (born 25 May 1976), also known as JWP, is an Australian middleweight kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Boonchu Gym in Gold Coast, Queensland. He is a 8 time World Champion and runner up in The Contender Asia.

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Biography

Early life

Wayne Parr began training in Taekwondo at the age of 11. As Parr was growing up, his family moved a lot and his mother helped him find a new gym each time they settled in a new place, in order to keep her son in training. At the age of sixteen, his family moved back to Queensland, and Parr began training with Blair Moore.Moore was one of Queenslands premier promoters of Muay Thai.

Early career in Australia

Parr started participating the professional bouts at the age of 17. Moore trained Parr for 13 fights, with Parr winning an Australian title (63 kg) at the age of 17. A South Pacific title by 5th round knock out over Scott Lovelock was also won when Parr was 19.[1] During his first career in Australia, he won some regional titles of WKA. At the age of 19, Parr met Richard Vell who was one of the most famous kickboxing promoter in Australia at a Thai restaurant - Boonchu Thai, and asked him to let him train in Thailand. At this time, Parr was named "John Wayne Parr" after John Wayne of Western Show by Vell.

Career in Thailand

In 1995 Parr moved to Thailand and lived in a Muay Thai camp for four years, training in Pattaya and Bangkok, competing in 30 fights and winning two world titles. During his career in Thailand, he imitated a gunfighter with drawing a gun from his gun-folder at the end of Wai khru before the bout, and this movement had caught the Thai public fancy. In this way he got his popularity in Thailand, and he was voted the Best Farang Fighter of the year in 1997, fought at Lumpinee Stadium three times, and at his first Thai King's birthday. In 1999 Parr moved back to Australia to open his own gym "Boonchu Gym ",[2] and he also started participating boxing matches.

2nd career in Australia

Parr debuted his boxing career on 29 January 1998 against Jim Shannon as a 4 rounder. He won by TKO at 2R in his first boxing bout. On 25 April 1998, he fought against Takayuki Kohiruimaki who wins the Japanese national tournament of K-1 in the future, and won by the unanimous decision. On 19 September, Parr fought Takashi Ito, another Japanese veteran kickboxer, in the joint event of AJKF & MAJKF, and lost by TKO because the doctor stopped during 2R as Parr's head was cut with Ito's left elbow strike.[3]

On 24 April 1999, he fought against Kenichi Ogata, the Japanese national champion of shoot boxing, and he won by KO with left hook at 2R.[4] On 23 May, he paticipated the first event of "X-plosion series" which is the famous Australian kickboxing event and fought against Daniel Dawson. Parr won by the unanimous decision at 5R.

On 13 October 2000, he participated K-1 Queensland 2000, the first K-1 event for him, and fought against Scott Bannan for his ISKA Muay Thai world championship at middleweight. Parr knocked out Bannan with right knee strikes to body at 2R and won the world title. On 5 December, he fought against Orono Por.Muang Ubon for the vacant title of International Muay Thai Federation (IMF) at middleweight in the event of Thai King's Birthday event. he won by the unanimous decision at 5R and won another world title of Muay Thai.

Boxing career

In 2001, Parr shifted his career to boxing again. After 7 consecutive victories of boxing bouts since 1998, he fought against Andriy Khamula for the vacant Australian boxing title at Middleweight on 8 July 2001. He won the championship by TKO at 10R and got his first boxing title. Next month, on 17 August, he challenged Nader Hamdan for his IBF Pan Pacific Junior middleweight title, but he lost by the unanimous decision at 12R. On 21 September, he challenged the vacant title of OBA at Super welterweight with Rasheed Baloch, and won the title by TKO at 5R. On 24 October, he fought against Ian McLeod to defend his Australian national title, but he lost by the unanimous decision at 12R. On 5 December, he participated King's Cup tournament in Thailand, and won the tournament

K-1

On 26 November 2002, Parr participated K-1 Oceania MAX 2002 tournament. He knocked out Shane Chapman with right cross in the semifinal, but he was beaten by Mike Zambidis by Majority decision at the tournament final. 2004 John Wayne had his first fight for K-1 in Japan against Duane Ludwig winning by points. John Wayne made the final 8 with his first fight against Buakaw, after 3 rounds the judges scored it a draw, after a extension round John Wayne lost on a split point. 2005 JWP was invited back for eliminations beating Shane Chopper Chapman by KO. Making the final 8 JWP then fought Albert Kraus first fight on lost on points. JWP also had super fights on K-1 against Arslan Magomedov losing after extension and Kinami winning on points.

S-1

In 2004 JWP won the S1 Tournament World Champion Title with 3 wins in one night. Together with this title, he won one million baht (equivalent to around USD $33,300), and a trophy from Thaksin Shinawatra.

WMC

JWP won the prestigious vacant title of WMC World Muay Thai Champion with a unanimous victory over Alexandre Cosmo.

The Contender Asia Finals

On 12 April 2008 Parr fought Yodsaenklai in Singapore for The Contender Asia title and USD $150,000. The fight was an emotional battle for Parr; just weeks before the contest, his father had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. His wife was also pregnant. Parr recovered from two knockdowns during the fight, but lost by unanimous decision.

Fight record

Professional kickboxing record
80 wins (37 KOs), 31 losses, 1 draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2011-12-03 Win Nonsai Evolution 25 Australia Decision (Split) 5 3:00
2011-07-30 Win Mostafa Abdollahi Capital Punishment 4 Canberra, Australia TKO ( Punches) 2 3:00
2011-05-27 Win Mike Zambidis Payback Time, "The Decider" Melbourne, Australia TKO (Three Knockdowns) 2 2:59
Wins the WKBF K-1 middleweight World Championship.
2010-12-18 Loss Zhang Kaiyin Bruce Lee 70th Birthday Celebrations Shun De, China Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2010-10-17 Win Yodsanklai Fairtex Pay Back Time 2, Powerplay Promotions Melbourne, Australia Decision (Split) 5 3:00
Wins the vacant WKA World middleweight Championship 72.5kg.
2010-09-11 Loss Bruce Macfie Evolution 21 Brisbane, Australia Decision (Split) 5 3:00
2010-06-12 Win Lamsongkram Chuwattana Muay Thai Warriors Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2010-04-24 Draw Eugene Ekkelboom Evolution 20 Brisbane, Australia Decision 5 3:00
The bout was for Ekkelboom's title of WMC World Super middleweight (168lbs/76.363kg) Championship.
2010-03-13 Win Dmitry Valent Domination 4 Bentley, Australia Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins vacant title of WKN Thai boxing World Super welterweight(72.6kg) Championship.
2009-11-29 Win Eli Madigan Evolution 19 Brisbane, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2009-08-29 Loss Cosmo Alexandre Evolution 17 Super 8 Tournament Semi-final Brisbane, Australia TKO(Low kicks) 2  :
2009-08-29 Win Jason Scerri Evolution 17 Super 8 Tournament Quarter-final Brisbane, Australia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2009-06-26 Loss Buakaw Por. Pramuk Champions of Champions II Montego Bay, Jamaica Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
The bout was for the vacant title of WMC MAD Superwelterweight Championship.
2009-05-08 Win Mike Zambidis Powerplay Presents Kickboxing "Pay Back Time" Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
2009-04-04 Loss Madsua Evolution 16 Brisbane, Australia Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00
2008-12-06 Win Sean Wright Evolution 15 "The Contender Qualifier Brisbane, Australia TKO 2 3:00
Wins vacant title of International Kickboxer Magazine Championship.
2008-09-16 Win Dzhabar Askerov Evolution 14 "The Contenders" Brisbane, Australia Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
2008-04-12 Loss Yodsanklai Fairtex The Contender Asia Finale Singapore Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
2008-01-20 Win Kozo Takeda SNKA "Brave Hearts 7" Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan KO(Left hook) 4 1:20
Retains title of WKBA World Welterweight Championship(1).
2007-12-01 Win Cosmo Alexandre Evolution 12 Brisbane, Australia Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins vacant title of WMC World Middleweight(160lbs/71.575kg) Championship.
2007-10 Win Dzhabar Askerov The Contender Asia Episode 14 Singapore Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
2007-10 Win Zidov Akuma The Contender Asia Episode 11 Singapore KO(Right cross) 3 1:44
2007-09 Win Rafik Bakkouri The Contender Asia Episode 3 Singapore Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
2007-07-21 Win Jun Kim K-1 Fighting Network KHAN 2007 Seoul, South Korea Decision(unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-11-25 Win Bruce Macfie Evolution 9 "Revenge or Repeat" Gold Coast, Australia KO  :
2006-09-16 Win Soren Monkongtong Evolution 8 "Final Count Down" Gold Coast, Australia KO(Right)  :
2006-07-28 Win Greg Foley Jabout presents "Destiny" Penrith, Australia Decision (unanimous)  :
2006-06-02 Loss Wanlop Sitpholek Evolution 7 "Fight for a Cause" Brisbane, Australia Decision (split) 5 3:00
2006-04-28 Loss Oomsin Sitkuanam SNKA Titans 3rd Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan Decision (majority) 5 3:00
2006-03-12 Loss Steven Wakeling WBC Muay Thai Championships London, England, UK Decision (Split) 5 3:00
The bout was for the 1st vacant title of WBC Muay Thai World Middleweight(160lbs/72.575kg) Championship.
2005-12-10 Loss Yodsanklai Fairtex Xplosion 12 Gold Coast, Australia Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
The bout was for the 1st vacant title of WBC Muay Thai World Super welterweight(154lbs/69.853kg) Championship.
2005-11-25 Win Bruce Macfie Evolution 6 "Two Tribes Go To War!" Gold Coast, Australia Decision 5 3:00
2005-10-12 Win Toshiyuki Kinami K-1 World MAX 2005 Champions Challenge Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan Decision(unanimous) 3 3:00
2005-08-22 Win Kozo Takeda SNKA "TITANS 2nd" Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan KO(Right hook) 3 2:24
Wins vacant title of WKBA World Welterweight(70kg) Championship.
2005-07-20 Loss Albert Kraus K-1 World MAX 2005 Championship Final Quarter-final Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Decision(unanimous) 3 3:00
2005-05-04 Win Shane Chapman K-1 World MAX 2005 World Tournament Open Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan KO (Left body shot) 3 2:08
2004-12-18 Loss Sakmongkol Sithchuchok K-1 Challenge 2004 Oceania vs World Gold Coast, Australia Decision(split) 5(Ex.2) 3:00
2004-11-06 Win Oomsin Sitkuanam SNKA&K-1 "Titans 1st" Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan Decision(unanimous) 3 3:00
2004-10-13 Loss Arslan Magomedov K-1 World MAX 2004 Champions' Challenge Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan Decision(majority) 4(Ex.1) 3:00
2004-07-07 Loss Buakaw Por. Pramuk K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan Ext R.Decision(split) 4(Ex.1) 3:00
2004-05-22 Win Gregory Swerts SuperLeague Switzerland 2004 Winterthur, Switzerland KO (Punches) 4  ?
2004-04-07 Win Duane Ludwig K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Open Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan Decision(unanimous) 3 3:00
2004-03-20 Win Fadi Merza SuperLeague Italy 2004 Padova, Veneto, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2004-03-04 Win Nuengtrakarn Por.Muang Ubon S1 World Championships 2004, Final Bangkok, Thailand Decision(unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins title of S1 World Championships 2004 championship.
2004-03-04 Win Jean-Charles Skarbowsky S1 World Championships 2004, Semi Finals Bangkok, Thailand TKO(Referee stoppage) 3 0:40
2004-03-04 Win Magomed Magomedov S1 World Championships 2004, Quarter Finals Bangkok, Thailand Decision(unanimous) 3 3:00
2003-12-06 Loss Kamal El Amrani SuperLeague Netherlands 2003 Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2003-07-04 Win Ryuji Goto Shoot boxing "S of the World Vol.4" Osaka, Osaka, Japan TKO(Referee stoppage) 7(Ex.2) 2:24
2003-04-27 Win Hiroyuki Doi Xplosion 4 "Shoot boxing vs Muay Thai 3" Sydney, Australia KO(knee strike) 4 2:23
2002-12-15 Win Ryuji Goto Xplosion Boonchu S-cup Gold Coast, Australia Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
2002-11-26 Loss Mike Zambidis K-1 Oceania MAX 2002 Final Melbourne, Australia Decsion(majority) 3 3:00
The bout was for the title of K-1 Oceania MAX 2002 Tournament Championship.
2002-11-26 Win Shane Chapman K-1 Oceania MAX 2002 Semi-final Melbourne, Australia KO(Right cross) 3
2002-11-26 Win Alex Tui K-1 Oceania MAX 2002, Quarter-final Melbourne, Australia TKO(corner stoppage) 3 1:30
2002-10-25 Win Scott Bannan Boonchu Cup Southport, Australia Decsion(unanimous) 5 3:00
2002-06-01 Win Baxter Humby World Championship Kickboxing Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA TKO 3  ?
2002-03-23 Win Rodtung Wor-Taveekeat Master Toddy Show @ Stardust Casino @ Stardust Casino Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
2001-12-05 Win Miguel Marques Thai King's Birthday Event "Kings Cup" Final Sanam Luang, Thailand Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins Kings Cup Tournamant Championship.
2001-12-05 Win Duen Easarn Thai King's Birthday Event "Kings Cup" Semi-final Sanam Luang, Thailand Decision(unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-12-05 Win Suriya Sor Ploenchit King's Birthday event: Kings Cup Tournament Quarter-final Sanam Luang, Thailand Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2000-12-05 Win Orono Por.Muang Ubon Thai King's Birthday Event "Kings Cup" Sanam Luang, Thailand Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins vacant title of IMF World Middleweight Championship.
2000-10-13 Win Scott Bannan K-1 Queensland 2000 Brisbane, Australia KO(Right knee strike) 2 2:09
Wins Bannan's title of ISKA Muay Thai World Middleweight Championship.
2000-06-17 Win Oliver Olsen The Ashes Muay Thai Megashow Brisbane, Australia TKO  ?  ?
2000-05-20 Win Darren Reece Boonchu Cup Muay Thai Explosion Southport, Australia TKO  ?  ?
2000-02-04 Loss Shane Chapman Judgement Day Super 8, Semi Final Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Decision(unanimous) 3 3:00
2000-02-04 Loss Daniel Dawson Judgement Day Super 8, Quarter Final Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Decision(unanimous) 4(Ex.1) 3:00
Despite loss advances to semi finals as Dawson too injured to continue.
1999-12-05 Win Paeng-rit Sor Prapaporn Thai King's Birthday "Kings Cup" Sanam Luang, Bangkok, Thailand Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
1999-10-03 Win John Myles Gold Coast Encounter Southport, Australia  ?  ?  ?
1999-05-23 Win Daniel Dawson X-plosion I Gold Coast, Australia Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins W.M.T.C. Muaythai junior middleweight Australian title.
1999-04-24 Win Kenichi Ogata MAJKF "In Search of The Strongest" Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan KO 2 1:49
1998-09-19 Loss Takashi Ito AJKF & MAJKF Joint Event Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan TKO(Doctor stoppage) 2 2:47
1998-04-25 Win Takayuki Kohiruimaki J-Network Tokyo, Japan Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00
1997-12-05 Win Wihoknoi Ch.Malithong Thai King's Birthday Event "King's Cup" Samut Prakan, Thailand Decision(unanimous) 5 3:00

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Titles

Awards

Acting

John Wayne Parr has also acted in short movies such as The Violent, written by James Richards and Keith Macdonald. It was filmed in Australia and won Best Fight Choreography Short award at an international film festival.

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ Parr, Wayne. ""John Wayne Parr Biography" ". www.boonchu.com. http://www.boonchu.com/jwp.htm. Retrieved 31 March 2008. 
  2. ^ Parr, Wayne. "About me:". www.myspace.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080401053142/http://www.myspace.com/johnwayneparr. Retrieved 31 March 2008. 
  3. ^ (Japanese)伊藤隆　ｖｓ　ジョン・ウェイン(Takashi Ito vs. John Wayne)
  4. ^ (Japanese)99/4/24 MA CARD
  5. ^ Parr, Wayne. "Fighter Bio: John Wayne Parr". www.evolutionpromotions.com.au. http://www.evolutionpromotions.com.au/bio_john_wayne_parr.asp. Retrieved 31 March 2008.