Dany Bill
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Dany Bill is a French
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-Cameroon
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ian former kickboxer and seven-times Muaythai World champion. Dany Bill has been one of the best farang
Farang
Farang , also spelled falang, is the generic Thai word for a Westerner. A general term for foreigners is khon tang prathet . There is no expressly negative or positive implication in the word itself. However when it is used along with other words, it can bring a negative meaning depending on...

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who have fought in Thailand
Thailand
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. He is also a music producer and owns an independent label Underground Academy.

Biography

When growing up as a kid in France
France
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 Dany used to play soccer but the day when he saw muay thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

 from TV changed his life. Right after that he visited RM Boxing Gym in his home town, Saint-Ouen
Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis
Saint-Ouen is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department. It is located in the northern suburbs of Paris, France 6.6 km from the centre of Paris....

 where he met his longtime trainer/manager Rachid Saadi who started training him right away.

Dany Bill had his first fight at the age of 14 and became French Muay Thai Champion in 1988 when we was only 16 years old. He was a World Champion for 7 consecutive years, from 1993 to 1999 defeating all the best fighters in the world (Nokweed Devy, Pananonlek, Saimai Suk, Orono Por Muang U bon, Joel Cesar, Joe Prestia, Ramon Dekkers
Ramon Dekkers
Ramon "The Diamond" Dekker is a retired Dutch kickboxer and an eight time Muay Thai world champion.-Early years:Dekker was born in Breda, North Brabant . He began learning martial arts at age 12, studying Judo for a few months. He then started boxing for a year. After that, Dekker started...

).

He lost his World Title in 1999 against Sakmongkol . After that he fought at King's Birthday 2000 in Thailand but lost again against Kaolan Kaovichit
Kaolan Kaovichit
Kaolan Kaovichit is a Thai former kickboxer. He was the runner up of K-1 World Max 2002.-Biography:Kaolan Kaovichit was born in Songkhla Province, Thailand on May 12, 1978 as Jahormat Miyundichar.-Titles:...

. Then he retired from muay thai for 2 years before making his first comeback in 2003 against Aurelien Duarte. Unfortunately, he suffered a leg injury during the 2nd round and lost the fight by TKO.

In 2006 Dany Bill made his second comeback in the European kickboxing fighting circuit - Superleague. On his first fight back he lost a controversial decision against Moises Baptista de Souza but then beat Roberto Cocco
Roberto Cocco
Roberto Cocco is an Italian super middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Dojo Miura in his home town of Turin, Italy. He is a former three time I.S.K.A. kickboxing world champion and one time W.K.N. Thai-boxing world Champion.-Biography / Career:Roberto started learning...

 from Italy
Italy
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 by unanimous decision.

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

Kickboxing record

Professional Kickboxing record

Legend:

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