Saturday, February 12, 2011

Andy Souwer

Andy "The Destroyer" Souwer (born November 9, 1982) is a Dutch welterweight shoot boxer. He is two time K-1 World MAX champion (2005, 2007)[1] as well as the reigning three time Shootboxing World tournament champion,[2] fighting out of Mejiro Gym, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Biography and career

Andy started kickboxing when he was 7 years old at Ling Ho Gym in Den Bosch. He had his first kickboxing fight when he was 8 years old.[3] He won all his fights, in all the weight classes he fought and became Dutch Champion.
In 1998, only 16 years old, he fought his first A-Class MTBN Title match, which he won on points. When he was 18 he had three different World titles.
Souwer first went to Japan in 2002 to compete in the S-Cup 2002 shoot boxing competition where he became the winner.[2] He made his K-1 debut the next year and won his first K-1 World Max champion title in 2005.[3]
Andy Souwer is the 2007 K-1 World Max Champion. He defeated Gago Drago followed by Albert Kraus and finally Masato to win the championship. He faced Masato again in Masato's retirement match at the Dynamite!! 2009 event

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