Duncan Airlie James

Duncan Airlie James
Born	Duncan Campbell May 23, 1961 (1961-05-23) (age 50) Helensburgh, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	98 kg (220 lb; 15.4 st)
Division	Heavyweight
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Glasgow, Scotland
Years active	198?–2006
Kickboxing record
Total	48
Wins	32
Losses	14
Draws	2
No contests	0
Other information
Website	http://www.duncanairliejames.com/

Duncan Airlie James (born Duncan Campbell on May 23, 1961) is a Scottish former heavyweight kickboxer.^[1][2] He was the first Scottish fighter to win a world Muay Thai title and fight in K-1.

Biography and career

James was born Duncan Campbell and was educated at the fee-paying Keil School where he was a competitive rugby player. His martial arts background began when he took up Shotokan karate. He was also a drummer and played with a number of bands including Nazareth. He even moved to Boston, Massachusetts in the US to try to become a professional and changed his name to Duncan Airlie James as he felt it was more suiting for a musician.^[3]

When he returned to Scotland, he took up Muay Thai kickboxing in the late 1980s. In 1993, he won his first title, the World Kickboxing Association Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Championship. After successfully defending that title, he vacated it and moved up to the Cruiserweight division and later the Heavyweight division where he won a number of other titles. In February 1999, he made his K-1 debut against Japanese legend Musashi at K-1 Rising Sun '99 and lost via technical knockout after being knocked down three times in the third round. He went on to fight twice more in Japan that year, drawing with Yoji Anjo and losing to karate master Nobuaki Kakuda.

He retired in 2006 with a record of 32 wins, 14 losses and 2 draws. In 2008, he founded Battle Group International, a promotion company.^[4] He has also established the Scottish Kick Boxing Federation (S.K.B.F.), a membership association for all the main types of ‘stand-up’ full-contact styles - Thai, High Kick Kickboxing, Low Kick Kickboxing, and K-1 Rules in Scotland.

Since retiring, Duncan has retrained as an actor and has starred in many and varied films including a small cameo in the film Perfect Sense starring Ewan McGregor.^[5]

Titles and honours

Muay Thai:

• WKA Commonwealth Super Light Heavyweight Champion (1993)
• ISKA World Super Cruiserweight Champion (1998)
• WKN World Heavyweight Champion (2001)
• WAKO World Heavyweight Champion (2003)
• WKF World Heavyweight Champion (2005)
• WPKA World Heavyweight Champion

Kickboxing:

• WKO World Cruiserweight Champion (1995)
• WKA World Heavyweight Champion (2001)

Kickboxing record

32 Wins, 14 Losses, 2 Draws
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time	Location
May, 2005	Win	Tibor Nagy	WPKA / WKF	Decision (Unanimous)	-	-	Glasgow, Scotland
February 22, 2004	Loss	Chris Batcheldor	K-1 Battle of Britain 2004	Decision	3	3:00	Wolverhampton, England
November, 2003	Win	Angelo Grenata	WAKO	TKO	2	-	Palermo, Italy
April 13, 2003	Loss	Phil Williams	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Preliminary UK	Decision	5	3:00	Birmingham, England
June 30, 2001	Win	Stephane Reveillon	World Kickboxing Network	KO	1	-	Belfast, Northern Ireland
April 16, 2000	Loss	John Wyatt	K-1 UK Battle of Britain 2000	TKO	2	2:00	Birmingham, England
June 6, 1999	Loss	Nobuaki Kakuda	K-1 Survival '99	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	Sapporo, Japan
March 22, 1999	Draw	Yoji Anjo	K-1 The Challenge '99	Decision	5	3:00	Tokyo, Japan
February 3, 1999	Loss	Musashi	K-1 Rising Sun '99	TKO (3 Knockdowns)	2	2:52	Tokyo, Japan
October 9, 1993	Win	Lee Hasdell	WKA	TKO (cut)	-	-	England

References

1. ^ Richard Bath (1999-08-15). "No mean street fighter". The Sunday Herald. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_19990815/ai_n13940239. Retrieved 2008-11-04. 
2. ^ Jim McBeth (2004-02-23). "Battling Scot set to hang up his gloves". The Scotsman. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Battling-Scot-set-to-hang.2505755.jp. Retrieved 2008-11-04. 
3. ^ Local Hero: From musician to kick boxer to . . . Hollywood actor? The fascinating journey of Duncan Airlie James
4. ^ http://www.battlegroup.org.uk/whois.html
5. ^ http://www.duncanairliejames.com/credits.html

External links

• Official Duncan Airlie James Site
• Duncan Airlie James at the Internet Movie Database
• Battle Group International
• Title Fight
• Promotion
• K1 bouts

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Name	James, Duncan Airlie
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Date of birth	May 23, 1961
Place of birth	Helensburgh, Scotland
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