David "Thunder" Cummings

David began martial arts in 1972 under the instruction of Mr. Jim Butin and Tommy Williams. David quickly moved into the karate tournament scene and won numerous state and national championships. His amateur boxing career started at age 7 under Heath boxing club and won the Oklahoma State amateur title in the novice division. At the age of 16 David was offered a shot at the WKA US professional title on Dale Apollo Cooks show against Kirk Stingle in which he suffered his first loss in kickboxing.

Soon after he moved to Colorado Springs and trained at the Air Force Academy and 3D Boxing under Dick Wood he continued his quest to become a world champion winning his next 24 fights. David then moved to Albuquerque and was managed and trained by Mr. Bill Packer and the Bad Company team.

David won his first world title 1990 by defeating Felipe Garcia in Denver Colorado for KICK title. David has competed in 43 countries and has won titles in the following organizations. ISKA World Champ, IKBO World Champ, WPKL World Champ, USMTA World Champ WKA World Champ, WSBA World Champ, KICK World Champ, WKC World Champ WKBA World Champ, IMTA Continental Champ.

David has a true passion for Muay Thai and hopes to continue help the sport grow throughout the world. Dave's motto is “Train hard and the fight is easy.”

February, 2007

The "Thunder" Goes Quiet
David Thunder Cummings Announces Retirement

After 22 years as a professional athlete David Thunder Cummings has informed us that it is time to hang up the gloves for good. The years of competing have been very good to many but the injuries are mounting up and he does not feel he can keep competing on the World level.

"I must say in reflecting upon my career, I had much more fortune in the first 15-17 years but my love for the sport kept me going and motivated." Said Cummings. "I have had a very long and fortunate career having the ability to travel and compete in 43 countries. I shared the ring with some of the best our sport has known and won World and International Titles with WKA, ISKA, IKBO, USMTA, IMTA, WKC, WKBA and KICK."

Cumming's final record is 145-44-2 and he has competed from Bantomweight to Cruiserweight. Here is a list of some of the fighters he has had the privilege to compete with: Makote Ohe, Rikki Onedero, Kenjiro Tatsum, Takashi Murahama, Saekson Janjira, Sakasam Fairtex, Bunkerd Fairtex, Rungrich O' Smith, Victor Solier, Wim Nuyens, John Orchard, Robert Coquette, Sankasit Khanenstit, Bowy Chawaikan, Dida Diafat, Abel El Quandili, Khalid el Quandili, Sebastion Farina, Rick Kilmer and Kanat Yurinoff.

"Thank you to all of those who have supported me over the years and to my great trainers: Bill Packer, Tommy Williams, Ray McCallum, Mike Bell and Dick Woods. I plan to stay involved in the sport helping the new generation of fighters by training athletes and sharing my overseas contacts to get more exposure to American talent overseas. My next trip is to take Fernando Calleros to fight George Pattison for the WKC Welterweight World Title."
Respectfully, David Thunder Cummings.

David can be contacted at davekicks2003@yahoo.com