Ramon Dekkers

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Ramon Dekkers boxer
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Data
Birth Name Ramon Dekkers
Weight class 72 kg
nationality Dutch
birthday 4th September 1969
place of birth Breda , the Netherlands
style Muay thai
size 1.72 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 210
Victories 185
Knockout victories 98
Defeats 20th
draw 5

Ramon "The Diamond" Dekkers (* 4. September 1969 in Breda , † 27. February 2013 ) was a Dutch Thai boxers and eight time Muay Thai - world champion .

He was the most famous foreign Thai boxer in Thailand in the 1990s. He was also the first foreigner to receive the “Muay Thai Fighter of the Year” award.

Life

Early years

Ramon Dekkers started martial arts at the age of twelve when he was studying judo for a few months . He then boxed for a year before starting to train Muay Thai under Cor Hemmers . He won his first fight at the age of 16 with a spectacular knockout against an older fighter and got his first title at the age of 18 when he won the Dutch championship on November 15, 1987. At the beginning of his career, Clovis Depretz was Dekkers' manager, who also looked after the famous kickboxer Rob Kaman .

Promotion to eight times world champion

Dekkers won many of his subsequent fights by knockout and earned eight world titles. Through his many successes, he became a legend of Muay Thai sport during his lifetime.

First farewell

On Sunday, March 18, 2001, Ramon Dekkers played his farewell match against Marino de Florin in Rotterdam . Dekkers clearly controlled the fight and won in the fourth round by knockout.

In retirement he trained his two teams, Team Dekkers and Team Golden Glory .

comeback

In 2005 Dekkers signed a contract with K-1 , according to which he had to compete against Genki Sudo according to MMA rules . Dekkers, who had never fought under these rules, had no chance and lost by giving up.

Manager Bas Boon arranged another fight under the regular K-1 rules. Dekkers fought the American Duane Ludwig in a super fight during the K-1 Max 2005 event . A few days before the fight, Dekkers severely injured his shoulder, but did not cancel the fight. Throughout the fight he boxed almost only with his left arm, which meant that he could not show any punch combinations. Still, he won the fight by points after dominating Ludwig throughout the fight.

End of career

Dekker's last fight took place during the K-1 Grand Prix 2006 event on May 13, 2006 in the Netherlands against Joerie Mes . After both were knocked out in the second round, Mes won the fight on points. Dekkers then announced his final retirement.

death

Dekkers died on February 27, 2013 after collapsing while cycling in his hometown of Breda.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thai legend Ramon Dekkers (43) uit Breda onverwacht overleden . In: Omroep Brabant , February 27, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2013
  2. ↑ Asanka Schneider: The legend Ramon Dekkers is the European icon of Muay Thai. Sport-90.de, December 22, 2018, accessed on December 22, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Ramon Dekkers is dead . In: groundandpound.de , accessed on February 28, 2013
  4. ↑ Mike Whitman: Report: Former Muay Thai World Champion Ramon Dekkers Dead at 43. In: sherdog.com. February 27, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Dekkers, Ramon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dekkers, The Diamond (nickname); Dekkers, Diamond (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Thai boxer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Breda
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2013
Place of death Breda