Gabriel Varga
| Gabriel Varga | |
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| Born |
May 16, 1985 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 64.9 kg (143 lb; 10.22 st) |
| Division |
Lightweight Welterweight |
| Reach | 73.8 in (187 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing, Kadgamala Karate,Shotokan Karate |
| Fighting out of | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Team | Varga Bros. Martial Arts |
| Trainer | Aaron Varga |
| Rank | 4th degree black belt in Shotokan and Kadgamala |
| Years active | 2006-present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 18 |
| Wins | 13 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Losses | 5 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Amateur career | |
| Total | 15 |
| Wins | 15 |
| By knockout | 7 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
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Gabriel Varga (born May 16, 1985) is a Canadian kickboxer who competes in the Featherweight division. A martial artist since his childhood, Varga started out in Shotokan karate and made the switch to kickboxing at seventeen. After becoming a Canadian, North American and two-time world champion during his amateur career, he turned professional in 2009 and won two more world championships in the pro ranks inside the space of seven months during 2011. He has since competed in the K-1 and Glory promotions.
Gabriel Varga was born in Toronto, Ontario and spent part of his childhood in Australia and New Zealand before settling in Victoria, British Columbia in 1999. He was introduced to martial arts at an early age by his father, Keith, a boxer and karateka. Also a classically trained pianist, Varga formally began training in Shotokan at the age of eight and eventually earned the rank of fourth degree black belt. He made the switch to kickboxing and Muay Thai, along with his brothers Aaron and Jacob, at seventeen years old.
Varga began competing as an amateur in 2006 at the age of twenty and, after amassing an 8-0 record by 2008, spent three months training in Thailand at Eminent Air, Fairtex, Por Pramuk and Sinbi Muay Thai.
Upon his return to Canada, he was given the chance to fight for his first title and he outpointed Carlos Garcia to take the ISKA Amateur North American Light Welterweight (-64.5 kg/142.2 lb) Oriental Championship. He then stopped Chuck Mady with body shots in the first round for the ISKA Amateur Canadian Super Lightweight (-62.3 kg/137.2 lb) Oriental title on August 15, 2008.
Now a national and continental belt holder, Varga faced Joe Concha in an ISKA super lightweight amateur world title match in his hometown of Victoria on January 24, 2009. He scored a knockdown in the fifth and final round and won by decision. He made the first defence of this title against Emil Salva on April 4, 2009 in Langford, British Columbia. After being dropped with a right overhand late in round one, Varga was able to rally back to win by a third round technical knockout that sent the Romanian through the ropes at the end of round three. On June 12, 2009, he made his final title defence with a wide points victory over Matt Embree in Victoria, British Columbia.
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