Ramon Dekkers

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

He was the most famous foreign Thai boxers in Thailand in the 1990s. In addition, he was the first foreigner who got the award for " Muay Thai Fighter of the Year".

Life

Early years

Ramon Dekkers began at the age of twelve years of martial arts when he was studying for a few months judo. Then he pushed for a year before he began under Cor Hemmers to train Muay Thai. He won his first fight at the age of 16 years 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. Earlier in his career Clovis Depretz Dekkers was a manager, who supervised the famous kickboxer Rob Kaman.

Ascent to the eight -time world champion

Dekkers won many of his subsequent fights by KO and gained eight world titles. He became a legend of Muay -Thai -Sports Thanks to its many successes in his lifetime.

First farewell

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

In retirement, he coached his two teams, Team Dekker and Golden Glory team.

Comeback

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

Manager Bas Boon still arranged a fight among the regular K -1 rules. Dekkers fought against American Duane Ludwig in a superfight during the K-1 Max 2005 event. A few days before the fight, Dekkers injured severely in the shoulder, but the fight did not call off. All through the fight he punched only with his left arm almost, so he could show no punch combinations. Nevertheless, he won the fight by points after he dominated the whole fight through Ludwig.

End of career

Dekkers last fight took place during the K -1 Grand Prix 2006 Events on 13 May 2006 in the Netherlands against Joerie Mes instead. After both knocked out in the second round went Mes won the fight on points. Then Dekkers announced his final retirement.

Death

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