Andrew Thomson (kickboxer)

Andrew "Iceberg" Thomson, (born 7 April 1974), is a retired South African kickboxer.

Biography and career

Thompson was born in East London, South Africa in 1974. Although he played several sports when he was a young boy, he was most interested in body building and martial arts. He studied karate, kickboxing, Muay Thai, kung fu, and boxing.

After graduation he was conscripted into the South African army, where he qualified as a parachutist and a sanitation engineer.

After he moved from East London to Cape Town, he joined Steve's Gym, and he participated in K-1 from 1998 to 2003. He won several K-1 events.

He competed in Enfusion Kickboxing Tournament '13 where he defeated Mate Paulovics on 12 September 2013 in tournament's 1st round. He won by 1st-round TKO after 1 min. and 32 sec and withdraw from the tournament.

Titles

• 1999 South African Super Heavyweight Muay Thai Champion
• 2000 K-1 Africa Grand Prix winner
• 2001 K-1 Africa Grand Prix winner
• 2002 K-1 Africa Grand Prix winner
• 2006 King of the Ring Pro Heavyweight World Title Runner Up

Professional kickboxing record

Template:Kickboxing record start |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2015-12-19 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Ismael Lazaar || Enfusion Live 35 || Antwerp, Belgium || KO || 1 || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |For The Enfusion Live Super Heavyweight +95 kg title. |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2013-09-12 || Win||align=left|Template:Flagicon Mate Paulovics || Enfusion 4: Search for the SuperPro, First Round || Ko Samui, Thailand || TKO || 1 || 1:32 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2002-08-17 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Errol Parris || K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas, quarter finals || Las Vegas, United States || KO || 1 || 2:59 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2001-06-08 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Timmelo Maputha || K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary South Africa, final || Pretoria, South Africa || KO || 2 || 2:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Wins K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2002 title. |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2001-06-08 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Hannes Vandenberg || K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary South Africa, semi finals || Pretoria, South Africa || KO (Punch) || 1 || 1:50 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2001-06-08 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon George Hlatswayo || K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary South Africa, quarter finals || Pretoria, South Africa || KO (Punch) || 1 || |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2001-07-20 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Alexey Ignashov || K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya, semi finals || Nagoya, Japan || KO (Left Punch) || 1 || 1:46 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2001-07-20 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Cyril Abidi || K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya, quarter finals || Nagoya, Japan || TKO (Referee stoppage) || 1 || 1:15 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2001-06-08 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Paul Rothman || K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary South Africa, final || Cape Town, South Africa || TKO || 3 || 0:49 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Wins K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2001 title. |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2001-06-08 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Billy Kongolo || K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary South Africa, semi finals || Cape Town, South Africa || KO || 1 || 1:22 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2001-06-08 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Martin Roodman || K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary South Africa, quarter finals || Cape Town, South Africa || KO || 1 || 1:43 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2000-10-09 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Mike Bernardo || K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka Semi Finals || Fukuoka, Japan || TKO (Doctor Stoppage) || 1 || 0:34 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Andrew Thomson replaced Stefan Leko in the Semi Final as Stefan Leko was unable to continue due to injury. |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2000-10-09 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Stefan Leko || K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka || Fukuoka, Japan || KO (Right low kick) || 2 || 1:50 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2000-09-03 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Donovan Luff || K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2000, final || Cape Town, South Africa || KO || 3 ||0:16 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Wins K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2000 title. |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2000-09-03 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon George Igobi || K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2000, semi finals || Cape Town, South Africa || KO || 1 ||1:05 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2000-09-03 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Mwa George || K-1 Africa Grand Prix 2000, quarter finals || Cape Town, South Africa || TKO (Corner Stoppage) || 1 ||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2000-05-12 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Peter Aerts || K-1 King of the Ring 2000 || Bologna, Italy || KO || 1 || 0:55 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 1999-02-03 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Takeru || K-1 Rising Sun '99 || Tokyo, Japan || KO (knee)|| 3 || 1:20 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 1998-08-28 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Mike Bernardo || K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Referee Stoppage, Right Straight) || 1 || 3:03 |- |- | colspan=9 | Legend:

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See also

• List of male kickboxers
• Muay Thai

External links

• Official website of Andrew Thomson (Japanese)