Ramon Dekkers
The Turbine from Hell who fought Thailand's best
- Born
- September 4, 1969, Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands
- Died
- February 27, 2013 (aged 43)
- Nationality
Netherlands- Height
- 172 cm (5′8″)
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Style
- Aggressive Muay Mat puncher
- Weight
- Featherweight, Super Featherweight, Lightweight, Super Lightweight, Welterweight, Super Welterweight
- Active
- 1986–2006
The record
Muay Thai and kickboxing per Wikipedia; one MMA bout (loss, 2005). record
The story
amon Dekkers, from Breda in the Netherlands, is often called the greatest foreign fighter Muay Thai has produced. Trained by Cor Hemmers, he fought at a furious pace, threw hard kicks and knocked people out with his left hook, and he was praised for travelling to Thailand to face the best. In 1990 he beat reigning Lumpinee champion Namphon in Amsterdam and challenged for the Lumpinee lightweight title in Bangkok. His four fights with Coban Lookchaomaesaitong from 1991 to 1994 ended two wins apiece and are still treated as classics. He won world titles at four weights between 1989 and 1996, and in 2005 beat Duane Ludwig in a K-1 superfight despite a shoulder injury. He died of a heart attack in 2013, aged 43, the same year he received a royal award from Thailand.
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- IMTA world lightweight champion (1989)
- IMTF world super lightweight champion (1990, 2 defenses)
- WMTA world super lightweight champion (1992)
- WMTA world welterweight champion (1995)
- WPKL world super welterweight champion (1996, 2 defenses)
- Royal award from the Thai royal family for services to Muay Thai (2013)
Defining fights
- 1990WINvs Namphon Nongkeepahuyuth (unanimous decision, won IMTF world title, Amsterdam)
- 1990LOSSvs Issara Sakgreerin (unanimous decision, Lumpinee lightweight title challenge)
- 1991LOSSvs Coban Lookchaomaesaitong (KO 1, left hook, Paris)
- 1991WINvs Coban Lookchaomaesaitong (KO 1, Lumpinee Stadium)
- 2005WINvs Duane Ludwig (unanimous decision, K-1 World MAX superfight)
Borrow his pace: keep punch-kick combinations flowing and finish each one with the left hook, the shot that ended many of his fights.
