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Leamy Tato Bio
Leamy "Tyson" Tato (born 1974 in Porirua) is a New Zealand former rugby league player turned kickboxer. He is currently trained by and fighting out of Rex Redden's Porirua Gym.
Rugby career
Tato played rugby league for ten years in New Zealand and with the Manly Sea Eagles in the lower grade sides.
Kickboxing
In 2003 he contacted Rex Redden's Alpha Muay Thai gym about off-season training for rugby. Redden recognized Tato's natural talent immediately and talked him into to training professionally. He got his first amateur kickboxing fight in 2005.
In 2006 in the space of three months and three fights, Tato went from relatively unknown former rugby league player with one amateur bout and two professional fights under his belt, to a rising K-1 star. Daniel Tai, a 100-fight veteran, former kiwi muay thai champion Charlie Smiler and Australia's former world cruiserweight champion Steve McKinnon, have all fallen victims to Tato's thunderous blows.
In the wake of long-time star Samoan Mark Hunt retirement from K-1 and Ray Sefo entering the end of his career, Leamy Tato's timing has been perfect to become a new Polynesian star.
On 14 April 2007 in Auckland Tato will fight at Kings of Oceania 2007 championship for a heavyweight tournament title.
Kickboxing record
Mixed martial arts record
See also
- List of male kickboxers
- List of kickboxing organizations
- Muay thai
- List of K-1 events
External links
- Best K-1 Website on the net
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