Freddy Kemayo


Frédéric "Freddy" Kemayo is a French Heavyweight kickboxer. He is a three-time French Kickboxing Champion.

Biography and career

Kemayo joined Faucon Gym in 1999 and has been training there under Bingo and Richard Roudy ever since. In 2002 he became the French Kickboxing Champion and in 2003 made his K-1 debut in Milan, Italy at the K-1 Preliminary Tournament.
His first success in K-1 came on April 16, 2005 at K-1 2005 Italy, when he defeated Lorenzo Borgomeo and Ionut Iftimoaie and reached the tournament finals, where he was stopped by Alexander Ustinov by unanimous decision.
On February 4, 2008 at K-1 European Qualification Kemayo knocked out Sergei Gur and qualified for K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
On May 21, 2010 Kemayo fought at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest. In the first round he surprisingly beat the third tournament favourite, Sergei Lascenko in an overwhelming decision. He lost in the semi finals to Alexey Ignashov in a slim decision but the latter damaged his shin during his fight with kemayo so Freddy replaced him in the finals. In the finals he knocked out Sebastian Ciobanu with a head kick.
However in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 he unexpectedly lost by first round TKO to Gokhan Saki after being overwhelmed by punches to the head.
He lost a unanimous decision to Pavel Zhuravlev on November 10 in Craiova, Romania at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2012 Final Elimination, in the tournament.
He rematched Sergei Lascenko in a tournament reserve bout at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2012 Final in Bucharest, Romania on December 22 and won by split decision after three tough rounds.
On April 20, 2013, Kemayo KO'd Dino Belošević in round four at FK-ONE in Paris to win the WAKO Pro World Super Heavyweight K-1 Championship.
He was expected to face Moisés Baute at FCK in Tenerife, Spain for the SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Title eliminator, but got injured and was replaced with Igor Bugaenko.
He will fight Peter Aerts at Fight Night Saint-Tropez II in Saint-Tropez, France on August 4, 2014.

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