Ludovic Millet
A boxer's hands on a savate world champion
- Born
- September 1, 1985
- Nationality
France- Height
- 182 cm (6′0″)
- Style
- Boxing-first savateur
- Weight
- 70 kg
- Active
- 1996–2017
The record
Savate, K-1 and full-contact bouts combined, from the Wikipedia infobox last updated in April 2013; later fights (to 2017) are not included. record
FIS world champion 2009
The story
udovic Millet brought a boxer's hands to savate. Trained at CS Meaux AP by Abderaman Hamouri, he won a French class B final by knockout in 2007, then beat Georgy Fernante in the French elite finals of 2008 and 2009; Fernante went on to become a world champion himself. Millet added the European title in Meaux in November 2008 with a third-round knockout, and in December 2009 won the world championship at 70 kg with a unanimous decision over Italy's Roberto Bett at La Motte-Servolex. He then took his punching into kickboxing, winning a WKN world full-contact title in 2010 and the ISKA world K-1 title in Meaux in 2012, and challenged Yasuhiro Kido for the Krush 70 kg title in Tokyo, losing on points. Outside the ring he has worked as an educator and sports instructor in Meaux.
- FIS world champion, 70 kg (2009)
- European savate champion (2008)
- French elite savate champion (2008, 2009)
- ISKA world K-1 champion, 70 kg (2012)
- WKN world full-contact champion (2010)
Defining fights
- 2008WINvs Georgy Fernante (unanimous decision, French elite savate final, Mulhouse)
- 2009WINvs Georgy Fernante (majority decision, French elite savate final, Paris)
- 2009WINvs Roberto Bett (unanimous decision, world 70 kg final, La Motte-Servolex)
- 2012WINvs Tim Thomas (decision, ISKA world K-1 title, Meaux)
- 2012LOSSvs Yasuhiro Kido (unanimous decision, Krush 70 kg title, Tokyo)
Millet is known for his hands. Hide your kicks behind punches: double the direct (straight punch) to raise the guard, then land a fouetté (whip kick) to the body as the elbows lift.
