Priest West

Priest West
Born	Priest Tyron Thomas West July 21, 1974 Mannheim, Germany
Nationality	German
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Division	Light Heavyweight
Style	Muay Thai
Team	Thai-Bombs Mannheim
Trainer	Michael Damboer
Years active	1998–2015
Kickboxing record
Total	110
Wins	85
By knockout	35
Losses	23
Draws	1
No contests	1
last updated on: November 11, 2009

Priest Tyron Thomas West (born July 29, 1974) is a German light heavyweight kickboxer of American descent, currently competing in Muay Thai. He is a former WMC European Muay Thai Champion, IKBF European Champion, IKBF World Champion K1 and WKA World Champion K1. He trains under Michael Damboer and fights out of Thai-Bombs Mannheim.

Biography

Priest West was born in Mannheim in 1974. He has trained in many different martial arts and sports, including amateur boxing and Wing Tsun. In 1998 he started training muay thai boxing with Thai-Bombs Mannheim e.V.. Together with Michael Damboer, he is now one of the head coaches of the Thai-Bombs Mannheim and co-owner of Hanuman Gym Mannheim, training center of the Thai-Bombs Mannheim. Priest West is married and father of a son and a daughter.

Recent Fighting Career

April 2003 Priest won in round three via TKO against Billy Cuba the IKBF German Title cruiser weight -86 kg

Oktober 2003 Priest won after five rounds by points against Christan Dinger (GER) the German MTBD / WMC Title super light heavy weight -82,55 kg

September 2006 Priest won after five rounds the WMC European Title against Martin Kubes (CZ) super light heavy weight -82,55 kg

West fought Clifton Brown(CND) for the World Muaythai Council (WMC) world super light heavyweight title on October 27, 2007. Priest have to give up in round one by knee injury.^[1]

On September 25, 2010 Priest West fought Marcin Tomczyk (Poland) at Fight Night Mannheim to determine the IKBF (K-1 Rules) European Championship at -82.55 kg. West won the title via K.O. in the 5th round.

On October 2011, Priest won against Eldad Levy (Israel) by points 5:0, earning the IKBF Worldtitel after five hard rounds. slhw -82,55 kg

On June 2. 2012, Priest faced Tomi Čolić from Croatia and won the WKA World title (K1) by Kick-Ko in round 3. cw -86 kg

Titles

• 2012 WKA World Champion K1
• 2011 IKBF World Champion K1
• 2010 IKBF European Champion K1
• 2007 WMC Vize World Champion Muay Thai
• 2003/2009 German Champion MTBD/WMC Muay Thai (Professionals)
• 2006 WMC European Champion Muay Thai
• 2006 IFMA Europa Windy Cup Winner Muay Thai
• 2005 WMC Windy Muay Thai Super Cup Tournament (82 kg) finalist
• 2003/2005/2006 Bronze Medal Winner IFMA World Championship
• 2003 German Champion IKBF Kickboxing (Professionals)
• 2003 Int. German Champion Amateur Muay Thai IFMA
• 2002/2004 Int. Sowenia Champion IFMA
• 2002 Vize - European Champion Amateur Muay Thai IMTF
• 2001/2002 Int. German Champion Amateur Muay Thai IMTF
• 2000/2001 Int. German Champion IKBF Kickboxing Amateurs
• 2000 Int. Austrian Champion Amateur Muay Thai IMTF

Professional kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2013-09-28 NC Taylan Yesil Apache Fight Night Germany NC For WKU K1 World title. 2012-10-20 Loss Patric Kolbe Germany TKO 2 2012-09-01 Win Omar Armani Mix Fight Gala Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2012-06-02 Win Tomi Čolić KO (Kick) 3 Wins WKA World K-1 rules title. 2011-11-19 Loss Filip Sykora Souboj Titanu, Final Czech Republic TKO 1 Fight was for Souboj Titanu tournament title. 2011-11-19 Win Jiri Kopencny Souboj Titanu, Semi finals Czech Republic KO (Kick) 2 2011-10 Win Eldad Levy Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Wins IKBF (K-1 Rules) World title. 2010-11-20 Win Tarik Kuzucu The Champions Club 5 [2] Bamberg, Germany Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2010-10-07 Win Geronimo de Groot Mix Fight Gala 10 KO 3 2010-09-25 Win Marcin Tomczyk Fight Night Mannheim Mannheim, Germany KO 5 Wins IKBF (K-1 Rules) European Title 82.5 kg. 2010-01-10 Loss Mehmet Aksoy [3] Adana, Turkey TKO (Injury) 1 2009-12-05 Win Marcello Adriaansz Mix Fight Gala IX Darmstadt, Germany Ext. R. Decision 4 3:00 2009-11-23 Loss Jiri Zak Decision (Split) 3 3:00 2009-11-01 Win Hakan Aksoy TKO 1 2008-12-13 Win Pierre Clasen The Champions Club 2 [4] Bamberg, Germany TKO 2007-10-27 Loss Clifton Brown WMC "The Champions Club" Bamberg, Germany TKO (Knee injury) 1 For WMC World Title 82.5 kg. 2007-06-29 Loss Attila Karacs Fighting European Tour 2007, Semi Finals Martigues, France TKO (injury) 2 1:10 2007-06-29 Win Marko Tomašević Fighting European Tour 2007, Quarter Finals Martigues, France Decision 3 3:00 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

References

1. "WMC world title result". retrieved August 2, 2014
2. TCC 5 (D)
3. EVENT RESULTS FROM ADANA, TURKEY
4. TCC 2 (D)

External links

• Thai-Bombs Mannheim Official site