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Frank Muñoz

Frank Muñoz
Born Francisco Muñoz
(1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 (age 33)
Barcelona, Spain
Other names Black Panther
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb)
Division Heavyweight
Style Kickboxing
Fighting out of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team Moya Barcelona (2005-present)
Chakuriki Gym (2010-present)
Vos Gym (2008-2010) AKA Gym (2015-present)
Trainer Mousid Akhamrane (2013-present) Thom Harinck
Xavi Moya
Ivan Hippolyte
Years active 2005 - present
Kickboxing record
Total 82
Wins 61
By knockout 31
Losses 20
Draws 1
Other information
Website www.frankmunoz.net

Frank Muñoz (born 14 August 1983) is a Spanish heavyweight kickboxer fighting in the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship where he is the 2013 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Tournament Champion. He is also current WAKO-Pro K-1 European champion.

Frank Muñoz was adopted by Minorcan family and spent his first days on the island. He started kickboxing in Barcelona in 2005 at Esportrogent gym with former fullcontact champion Xavi Moya. He had been inspired after watching Remy Bonjasky fight on television. In 2008 he moved to Amsterdam and joined Vos Gym. He was trained by Ivan Hippolyte and had famous sparring partners like Mirko Filipović, Remy Bonjasky. After that he joined Chakuriki Gym in 2010, trained by Thom Harinck alongside Le Banner, Braddock Silva, Peter Aerts and Hesdy Gerges he faced some top fighters.

He was Spanish Muay thai professional champion, in 2010 he fought Brice Guidon for his WPMF European Heavyweight Muaythai title and lost the fight by split decision. In the same year he became Amsterdam fight club heavyweight tournament champion defeating Slovenian Jasmin Bečirović and Thiago Martina in the final. Later that year he had debout for the world top promotion It's Showtime and lost to Rico Verhoeven by decision.

In 2011 he participated Enfusion: Quest for honor tournament. It was a TV Show featuring 15 fighters that live, train and fight together. During the show he defeated Sahak Parparyan and Redouan Cairo in SUPERKOMBAT, some of the best -95 kg fighters and went to the final tournament in Prague where he defeated Wendell Roche and lost of domestic Ondřej Hutník in the finals.


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