Team Canada Coach Kru Mike Miles was awarded the honor of Coach of
the Year. Kru Mike's athletes captured 5 IKF
Titles during 1997
Chad Sawyer - IKF North
American Muay Thai Title
Patrick Bowsher -IKF
Intercontinental Muay Thai Title
*Jason Fenton - IKF North
American Muay Thai Title
Jason Jillain - IKF Canadian
Muay Thai Title
Nick Ring - IKF Western
Canadian Kickboxing Title
Kru Mike's athlete Chad Sawyer took the honors of being
awarded the Professional Fighter of the Year.
MOST IKF TITLE
BOUTS
Dennis Alexio, Hawaii, USA (2
World Title bouts - Won both)
Dave Horvath,Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada, (2 World Title bouts - Lost both)
MOST ACTIVEIKF Fighter(s)
PRO: Dennis Alexio, Hawaii, USA and
Dave Horvath, Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada
AMATEUR:Juan Escubar, Gilroy, CA, USA
BEST IKF RECORD
Juan Escubar, Gilroy, CA, USA (3-0)
KNOCKOUT TRIVIA
MOST KNOCKOUTS
PRO: Dennis Alexio, Hawaii, CA, USA
AM: Juan Escubar, Gilroy, CA, USA
BEST KNOCKOUTS:
Matthew Robinson over Lou Cozzoat :35 seconds of round 1 when he hit his
bare foot solid to Cozzo's jaw at K. O. Kickboxing Cesars Latin Palace's, San
Francisco, CA, USA Event on 2-16-97. VERY LUCKY for Cozzo, he was wearing a
headgear.
Jeremy Jablonskiover Bradley Parent at 1:20 of round 3 at Mike Miles,
Reed Deer Canada event on 6-14-97.
Randy Bussart over Doug Dickey at 1:43 of round 2. Bussart landed a
clean turnback/spinning side kick to Dickey's FACE to end the bout and win the
IKF California Pro full contact rules
Super Welterweight Title in Redding, CA, USA on 7-24-97
Heath "COWBOY" Harris
over Mike Dougherty at 1:26 of round 2.
Harris landed a clean and solid right hand to KO Dougherty and win the IKF Amateur United States Intl. Rules Light
Heavyweight Title in Redding, CA, USA on 7-24-97
THE MOST DEVISTATING KNOCKOUT:
Ivan Silva over Dave Horvath at 1:44 of round 1. Silva hit Horvath
with a devistating 1-2 punch combination that sent Horvath to the canvas and
into convulsions. Silva won the IKF Pro
World Intl. Rules Welterweight Title at Gerardo Salman's Tijauana, Mexico event
on December 15th, 1997.
QUICKEST KNOCKOUT
In both fighters very first bout, Matthew
Robinson KO'ed Lou Cozzoat :35
seconds of round 1 when he hit his bare foot solid to Cozzo's jaw at K. O.
Kickboxing Cesars Latin Palace's San Francisco, CA, USA event on 2-16-97. VERY
LUCKY for Cozzo, he was wearing a headgear.
BEST BOUTS OF THE YEAR
PROFESSIONAL
Chad Sawyer
(15-0, 171 lbs, Calgary, Alberta Canada) won a unanimous decision over
Maurice
Travis (30-5, 170 lbs, Malibu, CA, USA.) to win the PRO IKF Muay Thai Rules North American Light Heavyweight
title, 48-46, 50-45, 48-46. The bout was at Table Mountain Indian Casino in
Fresno, CA, USA and promoted by Eric Nolan & Abe Belardo on July 12th, 1997.
AMATEUR
Jericho Lane (171 lbs, 5-5 of
Redding, CA USA) defeated Shon Moore (165
lbs, 3-6-2 of Reno, NV, USA) at :35 of the 4th and final round. Lane retained
his IKF California Super Middleweight full
contact rules title.The bout was in Redding, CA, USA on 7-24-97.
EVENT TRIVIA
MOST ACTIVE PROMOTERS
Eric Nolan & Abe Belardo
of Bakersfield, CA, USA
MOST ACTIVE
IKFREFEREES: Dan
Stell, Fairfield, CA, USA Marcos Rosalas,
Cecil Peoples & Rick Mendiola,Bakersfield, CA, USA
MOST ACTIVEIKFJUDGE:
Steve Wenger,San Francisco, CA, USA
BEST OVERALL IKF
EVENT OF THE YEAR
Table Mountain Casino, Fresno, CA, USA Promoted
by Abe Belardo &
Eric Nolan on July 12th, 1997.
