| Tosca Petridis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tasis Petridis Melbourne, Australia |
| Nationality | Greece Australia |
| Division | Light Heavyweight, Cruiserweight, Heavyweight |
| Style | Kickboxing |
Tosca Petridis (born Tasis Petridis on 30 October 1966) is a Greek-Australian former Kickboxer and Boxer. He was born in Melbourne, Australia, however is of Greek ethnicity. He lives in Melbourne.
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Tosca is a former 7 world Kickboxing champion.
In 1993, Petridis beat the legendary Full Contact Karate world champion Jean-Yves Thériault, by points decision in a 12 round fight in Montreal, Canada, for Thériault's Full Contact world title.
Tosca in 1993, also competed in the K-2 Grand Prix '93 tournament, which was a Light Heavyweight tournament hosted by K-1. In this tournament, he beat 1991 World Karate Cup champion Toshiyuki Atokawa in the quarter finals by unanimous points decision, before losing on a very close points decision in the semi-final to Muay Thai legend, Changpuek Kiatsongrit. [1] [2]
Tosca also fought a few times in boxing, later in his career, where he became the Australian Cruiserweight boxing champion. In his second boxing bout, he beat former 3 time world boxing champion Iran Barkley.[3] His overall boxing record was 9 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw.[4]
Tosca also competed in one MMA match in 2004, where he defeated Judo practitioner, Peter Jones by TKO.[5]