| Leamy Tato | |
|---|---|
| Born | Leamy Tato 1974 (age 37–38) Porirua, New Zealand |
| Other names | Tyson |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (99.8 kg; 15.7 st) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Style | Boxing, Muay Thai |
| Team | Redden's Porirua Gym |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 8 |
| Wins | 3 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Losses | 5 |
Leamy "Tyson" Tato (born 1974 in Porirua) is a New Zealand former rugby league player turned kickboxer. He is currently trained by and fighting out of Rex Redden's Porirua Gym.
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Tato played rugby league for ten years in New Zealand and with the Manly Sea Eagles in the lower grade sides.
In 2003 he contacted Rex Redden's Alpha Muay Thai gym about off-season training for rugby. Redden recognized Tato's natural talent immediately and talked him into to training professionally. He got his first amateur kickboxing fight in 2005.
In 2006 in the space of three months and three fights, Tato went from relatively unknown former rugby league player with one amateur bout and two professional fights under his belt, to a rising K-1 star. Daniel Tai, a 100-fight veteran, former kiwi muay thai champion Charlie Smiler and Australia's former world cruiserweight champion Steve McKinnon, have all fallen victims to Tato's thunderous blows.
In the wake of long-time star Samoan Mark Hunt retirement from K-1 and Ray Sefo entering the end of his career, Leamy Tato's timing has been perfect to become a new Polynesian star.
On 14 April 2007 in Auckland Tato will fight at Kings of Oceania 2007 championship for a heavyweight tournament title.
| 6 Wins (3 (T)KO's, 3 Decisions), 3 Losses | |||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round | Time | |
| 11/28/2008 | Loss | Andre Meunier | Rumble In The Jungle 12 Melbourne, Australia | Unanimous Decision | |||
| 8/22/2008 | Loss | Andre Meunier | Knees of Fury 22 Adelaide, Australia | Unanimous Decision | 3 | ||
| 09/15/2007 | Loss | Kaota Puna | Cage Wars Porirua | Arm Bar | 2 | ||
| 04/14/2007 | Loss | Andrew Peck | Kings of Oceania 2007 in Auckland | TKO (High Kick) | 2 | ||
| 04/14/2007 | Loss | Eric Nosa | Kings of Oceania 2007 in Auckland | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 11/18/2006 | Win | Steve McKinnon | Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 3 | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:30 | |
| 10/28/2006 | Win | Charlie Smiler | Porirua Fights and Hot Rods 2006 | Ext.R Decision | 4 | 3:00 | |
| 09/16/2006 | Win | Daniel Tai | K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 2 | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 5 matches | 2 wins | 3 losses |
| By knockout | 0 | 1 |
| By submission | 2 | 2 |
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0-1 | Lucas Browne | TKO (Punches) | XMMA 1 - Xtreme MMA | 20 December 2009 | 1 | 0:38 |