Tyrone Spong
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| Born | Tyrone Clinton Spong September 3, 1985 Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Other names | King of the Ring |
| Nationality |
Surinamese Dutch |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb) |
| Division |
Super Heavyweight Heavyweight Cruiserweight Middleweight Light Heavyweight (205 lb) (MMA) Heavyweight (Boxing) |
| Reach | 74.5 in (189 cm) |
| Style | Muay Thai, Kickboxing |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
| Team | Team Mr. Perfect Fighting Factory Carbin Mundo Boxing Blackzilians |
| Trainer |
Ernesto Hoost Lucien Carbin Henri Hooft |
| Years active | 2001 - 2016 (Kickboxing) 2012 - present (MMA) 2015 - present (Boxing) |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 7 |
| Wins | 7 |
| By knockout | 7 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 83 |
| Wins | 74 |
| By knockout | 46 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 2 |
| Wins | 2 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.tyrone-spong.nl |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Tyrone Clinton Spong (born September 3, 1985) is a Surinamese-Dutch professional boxer and former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is the reigning WFCA Cruiserweight Muay Thai champion, former Glory 95kg Slam Champion and It's Showtime 95MAX World champion, fighting out of Fighting Factory Carbin in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Tyrone Spong was born in Suriname. In 1990 at the age of 5, he moved to the Netherlands with his family. Growing up in the Bijlmermeer, he was often involved in street fighting and began training in kickboxing at thirteen when he found a gym by coincidence. After getting his "ass whooped" in his first day of training, he was motivated to improve. He had his first match at fifteen and won by first-round knockout. Some of his early sparring partners included Alistair and Valentijn Overeem, and Gilbert Yvel.
In 2003, his first year as a pro, he made his mark winning 12 fights that year. In 2004, he fought against Rafi Zouheir at the Battle of Zaandam and won his first European Muay Thai Title (World Kickboxing Network). In 2004 Spong also visited Japan to compete in Shootboxing where he lost to Ryuji Goto. Goto suplexed him in the final seconds of the fight to earn a well-received unanimous decision. His next fight in April 2005, was against Belgian Mohammed Ouali for another European Title (WPKL). Spong won the fight by unanimous decision.
In December, 2005 at the A-1 Combat Cup in Duisburg, after three consecutive KO's in one night, Tyrone Spong won his first tournament Championship.
In 2006, Spong had two his biggest victories of his young career, KO wins over Muay Thai veteran Joerie Mes and two weeks later knocking out K-1 superstar Kaoklai Kaennorsing from Thailand in a first round.
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