Shane Chapman
| Shane Chapman | |
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| Born | Shane Michael Chapman 7 April 1978 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Other names | Choppa |
| Nationality |
 New Zealander
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) |
| Division | Super Middleweight |
| Style | Muay Thai |
| Team | Philip Lam's City Lee Gar |
| Trainer | Philip Lam |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 11 |
| Wins | 9 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 89 |
| Wins | 65 |
| By knockout | 23 |
| Losses | 18 |
| Draws | 5 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.choppa.co.nz/home.htm |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
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Shane "Choppa" Chapman (born 7 April 1978) is a New Zealand super middleweight kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of City Lee Gar Gym in Auckland. He is the 2002 and 2004 K-1 Oceania MAX champion and 4 time Muay Thai World champion.
Shane Chapman made his amateur kickboxing debut in 1995 aged 19, winning by TKO. Between 1995 and the latter half of 1997 he had a successful amateur career on the local circuit, winning 8 out of 9 fights and picking up the New Zealand North Island and South Pacific titles at super welterweight. On 18 September 1997 he made his professional Muay Thai debut defeating Norm Graham over 5 rounds at a domestic event in Auckland, New Zealand. In 1998 he won his first professional (and world) title by defeating a Chinese fighter to win the W.F.S.B. world title at light middleweight. He followed this up later in the year to claim his second world title in Hong Kong – this time it was the H.K.M.T.A. belt. Chapman was now a double world champion at just 19 years old.
By the turn of the millennium Chapman was facing stronger and stronger fighters from Thailand, Japan and Australia. Between the end of 1999 and throughout the majority of 2001, he went undefeated, winning 14 fights against opposition such as John Wayne Parr, Akeomi Nitta and Thai world champion Dejpayak Sasirapa, winning the Judgement Day 1 "Australasian Super 8" tournament, and the W.M.C. Asia-Pacific and I.S.S. Brute Force titles. His record ended on 15 August 2001 where he was stopped in the final of the Judgement 2 tournament by multiple Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion Daniel Dawson. At the end of 2001, Chapman made his K-1 MAX debut at the inaugural K-1 Oceania MAX 2001 tournament in Melbourne, Australia, with the prize being a place at the first ever K-1 MAX world final – an event for middleweight kickboxers (70 kg). Chapman won the tournament by defeating all three opponents via decision and booked his place in Tokyo as the Oceania regional winner. At the K-1 World MAX 2002 Chapman faced Albert Kraus in the quarter finals. After three rounds it was eventual champion Kraus who had his hand raised - beating Shane by a close but unanimous decision after three rounds.
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