Andrew Thomson (kickboxer)

Andrew Thomson
Born	Andrew James Thomson (1974-04-07) 7 April 1974 East London, South Africa
Other names	Iceberg
Nationality	South African
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	110 kg (240 lb; 17 st)
Division	Super Heavyweight
Style	Kickboxing, Karate, Muay Thai
Team	Steve's Gym

Kickboxing record
Total	37
Wins	30
By knockout	30
Losses	7

Andrew "Iceberg" Thomson, (born 7 April 1974), is a retired South African kickboxer.

Biography and career

Thompson was born in East London, South Africa in 1974. Although he played several sports when he was a young boy, he was most interested in body building and martial arts. He studied karate, kickboxing, Muay Thai, kung fu, and boxing.

After graduation he was conscripted into the South African army, where he qualified as a parachutist and a sanitation engineer.

After he moved from East London to Cape Town, he joined Steve's Gym, and he participated in K-1 from 1998 to 2003. He won several K-1 events.^[1]

He competed in Enfusion Kickboxing Tournament '13 where he defeated Mate Paulovics on September 12, 2013 in tournament's 1st round. He won by 1st round TKO after 1 min. and 32 sec and withdraw from the tournament.^[2]

Titles

2006 King of the Ring Pro Heavyweight World Title Runner Up
2002 K-1 Africa Grand Prix winner
2001 K-1 Africa Grand Prix winner
2000 K-1 Africa Grand Prix winner
1999 South African Super Heavyweight Muay Thai Champion

Professional kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

30 Wins (30 (T)KO's), 7 Losses^[3]

Wins K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2002 title.
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2013-09-12	Win	Mate Paulovics	Enfusion 4: Search for the SuperPro, First Round	Koh Samui, Thailand	TKO	1	1:32
2002-08-17	Loss	Errol Parris	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas, quarter finals	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	KO	1	2:59
2001-06-08	Win	Timmelo Maputha	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary South Africa, final	Pretoria, South Africa	KO	2	2:00
2001-06-08	Win	Hannes Vandenberg	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary South Africa, semi finals	Pretoria, South Africa	KO (Punch)	1	1:50
2001-06-08	Win	George Hlatswayo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary South Africa, quarter finals	Pretoria, South Africa	KO (Punch)	1
2001-07-20	Loss	Alexey Ignashov	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya, semi finals	Nagoya, Japan	KO (Left Punch)	1	1:46
2001-07-20	Win	Cyril Abidi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya, quarter finals	Nagoya, Japan	TKO (Referee stoppage)	1	1:15
2001-06-08	Win	Paul Rothman	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary South Africa, final	Cape Town, South Africa	TKO	3	0:49
Wins K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2001 title.
2001-06-08	Win	Billy Kongolo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary South Africa, semi finals	Cape Town, South Africa	KO	1	1:22
2001-06-08	Win	Martin Roodman	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary South Africa, quarter finals	Cape Town, South Africa	KO	1	1:43
2000-10-09	Loss	Mike Bernardo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka Semi Finals	Fukuoka, Japan	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	0:34
Andrew Thomson replaced Stefan Leko in the Semi Final as Stefan Leko was unable to continue due to injury.
2000-10-09	Loss	Stefan Leko	K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka	Fukuoka, Japan	KO (Right low kick)	2	1:50
2000-09-03	Win	Donovan Luff	K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2000, final	Cape Town, South Africa	KO	3	0:16
Wins K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2000 title.
2000-09-03	Win	George Igobi	K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2000, semi finals	Cape Town, South Africa	KO	1	1:05
2000-09-03	Win	Mwa George	K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2000, quarter finals	Cape Town, South Africa	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	3:00
2000-05-12	Loss	Peter Aerts	K-1 King of the Ring 2000	Bologna, Italy	KO	1	0:55
1999-02-03	Loss	Takeru	K-1 Rising Sun '99	Tokyo, Japan	KO (knee)	3	1:20
1998-08-28	Win	Mike Bernardo	K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Referee Stoppage, Right Straight)	1	3:03