Freddy Kemayo

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Freddy Kemayo
Born Frédéric Kemayo
(1982-05-06) May 6, 1982
Other names Crazy Horse
Nationality France French
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight 100 kg (220 lb; 16 st)
Division Heavyweight
Style Kickboxing
Fighting out of Paris, France
Team Faucon Gym
Trainer Richard Roudy
Years active 2002–present
Kickboxing record
Total 84
Wins 63
By knockout 44
Losses 20
By knockout 10
Draws 1
last updated on: December 16, 2013

Frédéric "Freddy" Kemayo (born May 6, 1982) is a French heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Faucon Gym in Villepinte, France. He is three time French Kickboxing champion currently competing in K-1, Superkombat and many other promotions.

Biography and career

Freddy Kemayo joined Faucon Gym in 1999 and has been training there under Richard Roudy ever since. In 2002 he became the French Kickboxing champion and in 2003 made his K-1 debut in Milan, Italy at the K-1 Preliminary tournament.[2]

His first success in K-1 came on April 16, 2005 at K-1 2005 Italy, when he defeated Lorenzo Borgomeo and Ionut Iftimoaie and reached the tournament finals, where he was stopped by Alexander Ustinov by unanimous decision.

On February 4, 2008 at K-1 European Qualification Kemayo knocked out Sergei Gur and qualified for K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

On May 21, 2010 Kemayo fought at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest. In the first round he surprisingly beat the third tournament favourite, Sergei Lascenko in an overwhelming decision. He lost in the semi finals to Alexey Ignashov in a slim decision but the latter damaged his shin during his fight with kemayo so Freddy replaced him in the finals. In the finals he knocked out Sebastian Ciobanu with a head kick.

However in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 he unexpectedly lost by first round TKO to Gokhan Saki after been overwhelmed by punches to the head.[3]

He lost a unanimous decision to Pavel Zhuravlev on November 10, 2012 in Craiova, Romania at the SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2012 Final Elimination, which is the quarter-finals of the SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2012.[4][5]

He rematched Sergei Lascenko in a tournament reserve bout at the SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2012 Final in Bucharest, Romania on December 22, 2012 and won by split decision after three tough rounds.[6]

On April 20, 2013, Kemayo KO'd Dino Belošević in round four at FK-ONE in Paris to win the WAKO Pro World Super Heavyweight (+94.2 kg) K-1 Championship.[7][8]

Titles

  • 2013 WAKO PRO K-1 super heavyweight world champion +94.2 kg
  • 2011 Fight Code Dragons Tournament runner-up
  • 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest Champion
  • 2005 K-1 Italy Oktagon runner up
  • 2003 French Kickboxing champion
  • 2002 French Kickboxing champion[2]
  • 2002 WKA Amateur World championships (+91 kg) bronze medal
  • 2001 French Kickboxing champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

References

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