Daniel Dawson

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Daniel Dawson
Born (1977-10-15) 15 October 1977
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Other names The Rock
Nationality Australia Australian
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg; 11.0 st)
Division Super Welterweight
Reach 69.5 in (177 cm)
Style Kickboxing, Boxing
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Professional boxing record
Total 36
Wins 34
By knockout 24
Losses 2
By knockout 1
Kickboxing record
Total 65
Wins 53
By knockout 31
Losses 12

Daniel "The Rock" Dawson (born (1977-10-15)15 October 1977) is an Australian super welterweight kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Perth, Western Australia.

Boxing career

Daniel Dawson has a boxing record of 34 wins and 2 losses. He suffered his first loss to Daniel Geale, for the vacant IBO world Title in December 2007.[1]

14 May on Show Time Boxing he lost to Sergiy Dzinziruk with TKO in round 10 for the WBO World Junior Middleweight Championship.

Kickboxing career

Daniel has had a very successful kickboxing career and has fought in cards from Australia to Japan and has fought under a diverse range of styles including Muay Thai, K-1 and Shoot boxing. In his career as a kickboxer he has fought and beaten some of the Oceania region and Japan's best fighters picking up victories against the likes of John Wayne Parr, Taishin Kohiruimaki, Kenichi Ogata, Shane Chapman and Jordan Tai. Daniel was a former two time world champion, having held both the I.S.K.A. and W.M.T.A belts, having defended them a total of six times. He has also done well in tournaments being the Judgement Day eight man tournament winner in 2001 and 2002.[2]

Titles

Boxing

  • 2009 I.B.F. Pan Pacific light middleweight champion
  • 2008 W.B.A. Pan African light middleweight champion
  • 2008 P.A.B.A. light middleweight champion (3 title defences)
  • 2007 P.A.B.A. light middleweight champion (1 title defence then vacated due to world title fight)
  • 2004 Australian light middleweight champion
  • 2004 W.B.O. Asia Pacific light middleweight champion
  • 2004 P.A.B.A. light middleweight champion (0 title defences - vacated)
  • 2004 W.B.F. international middleweight champion
  • 2003 Australian light middleweight champion (0 title defences - moved up in weight)
  • 2003 West Australia light middleweight champion (1 title defence)

Kickboxing

  • 2003 Judgement Day 3 "Super 8 Eliminator" tournament champion -70 kg
  • 2002 Judgement Day 2 "Super 8 Eliminator" tournament champion -70 kg
  • W.M.T.A. Muaythai super welterweight world champion
  • I.S.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight world champion

Kickboxing Record

Kickboxing Record
53 Wins (31 (T)KO's), 12 Losses[3]
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2008-10-24 Loss Australia Bruce Macfie No Contest Thai Boxing Challenge '08 Brisbane, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2008-03-03 Loss Greece Mike Zambidis No Respect 4[4] Melbourne, Australia Decision (Split) 5 3:00
Fight was for A-1 World Combat Cup super welterweight world title.
2007-06-22 Win Australia Bruce Macfie X-Plosion 16 Super Fights Gold Coast, Australia TKO (Ref Stop/3 Knockdowns) 3
2007-03-25 Win New Zealand Jordan Tai K-1 MAX '07 World Elite Showcase Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-11-03 Loss Netherlands Andy Souwer S-Cup 2006, Semi Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-11-03 Win South Africa Virgil Kalakoda S-Cup 2006, Quarter Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-03-18 Win South Korea Park Byoung Kyu X-Plosion 13 Super Fights[5] Sydney, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2003-11-18 Win Japan Kojiro K-1 World MAX 2003 Champions' Challenge Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2003-02-02 Win Belgium Gunther Baelen Shoot Boxing "S" Of The World Vol.1[6] Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2002-12-15 Win Australia Ryland Mahoney X-Plosion Boonchu S-Cup[7] Gold Coast, Australia KO 4
2002-09-00 Win Australia Jeremy Allen Judgement Day 3, Final[8] Melbourne, Australia 2 Ext.R TKO 5
Wins Judgement Day 3 "Super 8 Eliminator" tournament -70 kg.
2002-09-00 Win Australia Warren Elson Judgement Day 3, Semi Final Melbourne, Australia TKO (Kick) 1
2002-09-00 Win Morocco Hamid Boujaoub Judgement Day 3, Quarter Final Melbourne, Australia TKO (Kicks) 2
2002-07-07 Loss China Zheng Yuhao S-Cup 2002, Semi Final Yokohama, Japan TKO (Corner Stop) 1 1:04
2002-07-07 Win Japan Ryuji Goto S-Cup 2002, Quarter Final Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-11-20 Loss Japan Hiroyuki Doi Shoot Boxing: Be a Champ 4th Stage[9] Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2002-03-23 Loss Thailand Jongsanan Fairtex Master Toddy Show @ Stardust Casino[10] Las Vegas, NV, USA Decision 5 3:00
2001-07-15 Win New Zealand Shane Chapman Judgement Day 2, Final[11][12] Melbourne, Australia TKO 2
Wins Judgement Day 2 "Super 8 Eliminator" tournament -70 kg.
2001-07-15 Win Australia Sam Soliman Judgement Day 2, Semi Final Melbourne, Australia Decision 3 3:00
2001-07-15 Win Australia Andrew Keogh Judgement Day 2, Quarter Final Melbourne, Australia TKO 2 2:15
2001-07-09 Win Japan Kenichi Ogata X-Plosion On Jupiter Gold Coast, Australia TKO (Corner Stop/Knee to Body) 3
Retains W.M.T.A. super welterweight world title.
2001-01-12 Win Japan Taishin Kohiruimaki Wolf Revolution: 2nd Wave[13] Japan Decision (Majority) 5 3:00
2000-02-04 Win Australia John Wayne Parr Judgement Day Super 8, Quarter Final[14] Melbourne, Australia Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
Despite win had to withdraw from tournament as too injured to continue.
1999-05-23 Loss Australia John Wayne Parr X-plosion I Gold Coast, Australia Decision (Split) 3 5:00
Wins W.M.T.C. Muaythai junior middleweight Australian title.

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

References

  1. ↑ Brilliant Geale chases Taylor
  2. ↑ "Kickboxer Daniel The Rock Dawson switches to boxing". www.perthnow.com.au. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  3. ↑ "Daniel Dawson: "I am going to take Sergiy Dzinziruk to a place he ... (Gives kickboxing record 53 (31)-12 up to 13 May 2010)". www.doghouseboxing.com. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  4. ↑ "Iron Mick Zambidis vs Danny the rock Dawson". www.sherdog.net. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  5. ↑ "Xplosion 13 Sydney Results". message.axkickboxing.com. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  6. ↑ "立技総合格闘技：シュートボクシングオフィシャルサイト [ SHOOTBOXING ] (In Japanese - results)". www.shootboxing.org. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  7. ↑ "2002/12/15 X PLOSION 「Boonchu "S-cup (In Japanese - results)". www.shootboxing.org. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  8. ↑ "Judgement Day Results". message.axkickboxing.com. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  9. ↑ "Hiroyuki Doi wins over Daniel Dawson : Shootboxing". en.susumug.com. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  10. ↑ "Results from Master Toddy's Vegas Supershow, 23rd March". www.muaythaionline.org. Retrieved 2011-06-08. 
  11. ↑ "Super 8 Man Eliminator 15th July,2001 Vic". message.axkickboxing.com. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  12. ↑ "Daniel Dawson wins Super Middleweight tournament". www.muaythaionline.org. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  13. ↑ "Daniel Dawson wins over Takayuki Kohiruimaki". en.susumug.com. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  14. ↑ "Judgement Day Super 8". message.axkickboxing.com. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 

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