Person
Dany Bill
From Wikipedia
Dany Bill (born 28 April 1973) is a Cameroonian former professional Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. He is a former seven-time Muay Thai World Champion.
Biography
The early life of Danny Bill was spent in France, where he developed a passion for soccer. In 1986 he started training at the elite Nemrod Boxing Gym, which is housed inside La Cité du Clos Saint Lazare in his hometown of Stains (93). At the age of 15, he won the of French Muay Thai national junior title.
In 1993 Bill defeated Den Muangsurin in Bangkok during the King's Birthday celebration to become the first fighter from France to win a Muay Thai World title in Thailand.
From 1993 until 1999, he held the title of World Champion. He held wins over fighters such as Nokweed Devy, Panomrunglek Chor.Sawat, Saimaisuk, Orono Por.MuangUbon, Ramon Dekkers and Joe Prestia.
Sakmongkol Sithchuchok defeated him in 1997 to win the World Title. Following that, he competed in a fight at Thailand's King's Birthday in 2000, but Kaolan Kaovichit defeated him. Before making his return to Muay Thai in 2003 against Aurelien Duarte, he had two years of retirement from the sport. He lost the match after suffering a leg injury in the second round.
In 2006, Bill made his second comeback in the European kickboxing fighting circuit, Superleague. On his first fight back he won against Moises Baptista de Souza and then beat Roberto Cocco from Italy by unanimous decision.
Dany Bill is currently a Muay Thai Trainer.
Titles
1993 - 1999 : 7 time World Muay Thai Champion
1990 French Senior Muay Thai Champion
1989 French Junior Muay Thai Champion
1988 French Cadet Muay Thai Champion
This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.
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