Simon Dore

Simon Dore (born 30 July 1969)[1] is a retired professional kickboxer from Leicester, England. Dore was a former World Kickboxing Network (WKN) world heavyweight kickboxing champion who fought most of his career under 'full-contact' rules but would also compete under 'free-style' (low kicks) rules and fought twice in K-1.

Simon Dore
Born (1969-07-30) 30 July 1969
NationalityEnglish
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Division
StyleKickboxing
Fighting out ofLeicester, England
last updated on: 8 April 2020

Biography/Career

Simon Dore began his career fighting under full-contact rules eventually winning the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO) pro Commonwealth super-cruiserweight title. On 20 June 1998, Dore upset Brazilian ISKA world champion Eduardo Canuto by split decision in Bangor, Northern Ireland.[2] [3] On 6 February 1999, Dore lost to South African Sheldon Schutzler by decision in a freestyle bout held in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This was Dore's first bout under low kick rules.[4] Shortly afterwards Dore captured the WKN world heavyweight title under low kick rules on 28 April 1999 in a re-match against Eduardo Canuto in Alagoas, Brazil.

On 6 June 1999, Simon Dore fought Hiromi Amada at K-1: Survival '99 in Sapporo, Japan, losing by TKO at 1:55 of round 3. Then on 31 October 1999 in Leicester, England, Simon Dore re-matched Sheldon Schutzler who was now the WKN Intercontinental heavyweight Thai boxing champion. Dore won the bout by unanimous decision after 5 rounds.[5] Dore had his second K-1 bout on 16 April 2000 at K-1: UK Battle of Britain 2000 in Birmingham, England against UK MMA pioneer Lee Hasdell. Dore lost by KO at 0:30 of round 3.

Ranked no.1 in the world, Dore travelled to Lake Grove, New York on 16 November 2001 to take on the USKBA world super-heavyweight full-contact champion Derek Panza (17-1). This was also for the vacant ISKA world super-heavyweight full-contact title. Dore took Panza the full 12 rounds, losing by decision.[6] Dore had a shot at the WAKO pro world heavyweight full-contact title when he fought Aziz Katou in Leicester, losing by 8th-round KO.

Kickboxing titles

Kickboxing record (incomplete)

Kickboxing Record

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References

  1. "K-1 Database". K-1 sport. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. "ProKick video library". ProKick. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. "Canuto v. Dore". ProKick. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. "Championship Kickboxing in Belfast". ProKick. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. "International Championship Kickboxing Fright Night". ProKick. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. "Derek Panzacaptures Vacantiska World Championship Title". Full contact fighter. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. "K-1 Database". K-1 sport. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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