Dany Bill

Dany Bill
Born	Dany Bill April 28, 1973 (1973-04-28) (age 38) Douala, Cameroon
Nationality	Cameroonian French
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb; 11.8 st)
Division	Middleweight
Style	Muay Thai
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Saint-Ouen, France
Team	RM Boxing
Trainer	Rachid Saadi
Years active	18 (1988–2006)
Kickboxing record
Total	97
Wins	87
By knockout	40
Losses	10

Dany Bill (born 28 April 1973) is a French-Cameroonian former kickboxer and seven-times Muaythai World champion.^[1] Dany Bill has been one of the best farangs who have fought in Thailand. He is also a music producer and owns an independent label Underground Academy.

Biography

When growing up as a kid in France Dany used to play soccer but the day when he saw muay thai from TV changed his life. Right after that he visited RM Boxing Gym in his home town, Saint-Ouen where he met his longtime trainer/manager Rachid Saadi who started training him right away.

Dany Bill had his first fight at the age of 14 and became French Muay Thai Champion in 1988 when we was only 16 years old. He was a World Champion for 7 consecutive years, from 1993 to 1999 defeating all the best fighters in the world (Nokweed Devy, Pananonlek, Saimai Suk, Orono Por Muang U bon, Joel Cesar, Joe Prestia, Ramon Dekkers).^[2]

He lost his World Title in 1999 against Sakmongkol ^[3]. After that he fought at King's Birthday 2000 in Thailand but lost again against Kaolan Kaovichit. Then he retired from muay thai for 2 years before making his first comeback in 2003 against Aurelien Duarte. Unfortunately, he suffered a leg injury during the 2nd round and lost the fight by TKO.

In 2006 Dany Bill made his second comeback in the European kickboxing fighting circuit - Superleague. On his first fight back he lost a controversial decision against Moises Baptista de Souza ^[4] but then beat Roberto Cocco from Italy by unanimous decision.

Titles

• 1993-1999 7-time World Muay Thai Champion
• 1990 French Senior Muay Thai Champion
• 1989 French Junior Muay Thai Champion
• 1988 French Cadet Muay Thai Champion

Kickboxing record

Professional Kickboxing record

87 Wins (40 (T)KO's, 47 decisions), 10 Losses Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2006-03-11 Win Roberto Cocco SuperLeague Apocalypse 2006 Paris, France Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2006-01-28 Loss Moises Baptisa De Souza SuperLeague Hungary 2006 Budapest, Hungary Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2000-12-05 Loss Kaolan Kaovichit King's Birthday Event Bangkok, Thailand Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 1999 Loss Sakmongkol Sitnchuchoke Paris, France Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 1998-12-05 Win Saengtiennoi Sor. Rungrot King's Birthday Event Bangkok, Thailand Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 1998-05-23 Win Kamel Jemel Muay Thai Champions League Part II Roosendaal, Holland KO 4 1997-11-22 Win Ramon Dekkers King of the Ring Paris, France Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 1997-10-25 Loss Vichan Chorrotchai MAJKF Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 1997-05-09 Win Kenichi Ogata S-Cup 1997, Super Fight Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan TKO (Corner Stoppage) 5 1:42 1996-07-14 Loss Hassan Kassrioui S-Cup 1996, Opening Round Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 Fails to qualify for Shoot Boxing World Tournament 1997. Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations

References

1. ^ "Aliouane au nom des siens" (in French). Le Parisien. 8 February 2008. http://www.leparisien.fr/hauts-de-seine/aliouane-au-nom-des-siens-08-02-2008-3296039373.php. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2eFaTeND4o
4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIvgqYJNOuo

External links

• Best K-1 Website on the net
• Dany Bill's Official Site

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Name	Bill, Dany
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Date of birth	1973-04-28
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
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