Tosca Petridis Explained

Tosca Petridis
Birth Name:Anastasios Petridis
Nationality:Greece
Australia
Weight Class:Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight, Cruiserweight, Super Middleweight.
Birth Place:Melbourne, Australia
Martial Art:Kickboxing
Style:Boxing, MMA

Tosca Petridis (born Tasis Petridis, 30 October 1966) is an Australian former kickboxer and boxer.He was born in Melbourne, however is of Greek ethnicity. He lives in Melbourne.

Kickboxing

Tosca is a former 7 time World Kickboxing champion.

In 1992, Tosca won his first World Kickboxing Title, winning the WKA/ISKA World Light Heavyweight Championship against American Mike Cole in Melbourne.[1]

In 1993, Petridis beat the legendary Jean-Yves Thériault, by points decision in a 12-round fight in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for Thériault's world Kickboxing title, under American Kickboxing rules. Tosca in 1993, also competed in the K-2 Grand Prix '93 tournament, which was a Light Heavyweight tournament hosted by K-1. In this tournament, he beat 1991 World Karate Cup champion Toshiyuki Atokawa in the quarter-finals by unanimous points decision, before losing on a very close points decision in the semi-final to Muay Thai legend, Changpuek Kiatsongrit.[2] [3]

In 1995, Tosca fought Dutch legend, Rob Kaman under Muay Thai rules, and after Tosca seemingly being in front on points against Kaman, the fight was stopped towards the end, after an accidental headbutt, which had the fight ruled a no contest.[4]

Boxing

Tosca also fought a few times in boxing, later in his career, where he became the Australian Cruiserweight boxing champion. In his second boxing bout, he beat former 3 time world Boxing champion Iran Barkley.[5] His overall boxing record was 9 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw.[5]

Mixed martial arts

Tosca also competed in one MMA match in 2004, where he defeated Judo practitioner, Peter Jones by TKO.[6]

Titles

Professional boxing record

9 Wins (5 knockouts, 4 decisions), 5 Losses (3 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 Draw
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes
WinBrett SmithTKO57 March 2004Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, New South Wales
DrawBrett SmithTD213 November 2003Albert Park Powerhouse, Albert Park, Victoria
LossLawrence TauasaMD1221 February 2003Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, New South Wales
WinPaul MurdochSD106 December 2002State Netball and Hockey Centre, Parkville, Victoria
WinKingsley EnedehgeTKO19 May 2002Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne
LossPaul BriggsTKO16 October 2000Seagulls Stadium, Tweed Heads, New South Wales
LossAdam WattTKO724 March 2000Waitara Oval, Sydney
WinJohn WybornTKO114 October 1999Windsor Hotel, Melbourne
LossWayne BraithwaiteTKO229 July 1999Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne
WinAdrian BellinTKO1223 April 1999Dallas Brooks Hall, Melbourne
WinJames GrimaUD817 July 1998Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne
LossChris OkohPTS126 November 1996Hull, Yorkshire
WinPhil GregoryPTS109 March 1996Melbourne Park, Melbourne
WinIran BarkleyUD1014 May 1995The Glasshouse, Melbourne
WinColin WeetraKO219 June 1994The Glasshouse, Melbourne

Kickboxing record (incomplete)

Kickboxing record
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
1998-09-27 Loss Osaka, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 4 3:00
1995-06-24 No Contest Paris, France No Contest
1995-01-07 Loss K-2 France Grand Prix '95 Semi-finals Paris, France Decision 3 3:00
1993-09-04 Loss Tokyo, Japan TKO (Ref stop/right punch, 3 knockdowns) 3 0:45
1993-12-19 Loss K-2 Grand Prix '93 Semi-final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
1993-12-19 Won K-2 Grand Prix '93 Quarter-final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
1993-06-22 Won Montreal, Québec, Canada Decision (Split) 12
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Mixed Martial Arts record

1 wins (1 knockout)
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateEventLocationNotes
Win Peter JonesKO120 May 2013Shooto Australia: NHB 2004 CenterMelbourne, Melbourne

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kickboxing: Tosca Petridis vs Mike 'Cobra' Cole 1992 Part 1. YouTube. 31 July 2012 .
  2. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxtzz_tasis-petridis-vs-toshiyuki-atokawa_sport Tosca Petridis vs Toshiyuki Atokawa
  3. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxu6g_changpuek-kiasongrit-vs-tasis-petri_sport Tosca Petridis vs Changpuek Kiatsongrit
  4. Web site: Muay Thai: Tosca Petridis vs Rob Kaman 1995 Part 1. YouTube. 31 July 2012 .
  5. Web site: Tosca Petridis - Boxer . 2 November 2010 . 29 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150329210433/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=6299&cat=boxer . dead .
  6. http://www.topgunmma.com/viewFighter.php?fighterid=5951 MMA profile