Cyrus Washington was born on October 28,1983 and is an American kickboxer, Taekwondo, Muay Thai and Lethwei fighter.
29 Facts About Cyrus Washington
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Cyrus Washington is former WKA, WMF, WKBF and PK-1 Muay Thai World Champion, as well as former WBC Muaythai USA Champion, WMC and Lumpinee Stadium title contender.
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Cyrus Washington started training Japanese Kendo at a young age and boxed as an amateur.
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On February 22,2010, Cyrus Washington scored a 1st-round knockout against rising Muaythai star Harlee Por.
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On December 29,2010, as he was moving up in the ranks, Cyrus Washington faced 5-times World Muay thai Champion Jomhod Kiatadisak in Phuket, Thailand.
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Cyrus Washington went full 5-rounds with the Muay thai legend losing the fight on points to a close decision.
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On 6 April 2011, Cyrus Washington faced Cosmo Alexandre in a Super Fight bout for Battle in the Desert II in Primm, Nevada organized by the Lion Fight Promotions.
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On September 10,2011, Cyrus Washington was scheduled to face Dave Zuniga in Winnipeg, Canada for the IKF Intercontinental Middleweight Championship.
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However, due legal issues and pending charges, Cyrus Washington was refused entry into Canada the Thursday prior to the event.
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On 21 December 2019, Cyrus Washington faced Thai Fight Champion Tengnueng Sitjaesairoong and lost by on points.
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In 2010, Cyrus Washington participate in the first Enfusion Reality TV show called Test of the Champions, a professional kickboxing show produced by It's Showtime in the Koh Samui, Thailand.
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On 22 October 2011, Cyrus Washington faced Stephen Richards at Bangkok Fight Night 11 in Atlanta, Georgia with the WBC Muay Thai National Super Middleweight title on the line.
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On 7 September 2013, Cyrus Washington faced Marcus Fisher the Warriors Cup XVIII event in New Jersey, USA for the WBC Middleweight National Title.
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Cyrus Washington was declared the winner by unanimous decision and claimed the WBC Super Middleweight US National Title.
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On 14 June 2014, Cyrus Washington faced Brett Hlavacek and lost the title via unanimous Decision.
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On 13 December 2013, Cyrus Washington faced James Martinez, who represented the United States at The Contender Asia.
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Cyrus Washington claimed the title after knocking out Martinez via spinning back kick to the stomach in the second round.
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In 2012, Cyrus Washington competed in the Thailand based reality television series Thailand VS Challenger broadcast on AXN Network in Asia.
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On July 6,2022, Cyrus Washington faced Hungarian Muaythai Champion Joni Mate in the main event at Freedom 6 in Yonkers, New York.
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Cyrus Washington won by TKO in the first round to capture the Freedom World Light Heavyweight title.
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On 26 September 2010, Cyrus Washington made his Lethwei debut facing Saw Nga Man who was the Openweight champion at the time.
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Cyrus Washington was able to knock out Tun Tun Min with a spinning technique.
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Cyrus Washington later explained that there was some confusion about the rules.
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Cyrus Washington tried to call for a timeout, but according to the official rules you cannot use one in the last round and resulted in the towel being thrown.
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On 26 July 2015, Cyrus Washington faced Too Too inside the Thein Pyu Stadium in Yangon under traditional Lethwei rules.
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In 2017, Cyrus Washington officially challenged Leduc, who agreed to a challenge under traditional Lethwei rules.
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On 7 November 2020, Cyrus Washington challenged Dave Leduc for the second and final time to determine who is the best foreign Lethwei fighter.
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On 22 July 2018, Cyrus Washington was involved in a shooting while working security at a Houston nightclub.
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Cyrus Washington suffered gun shot wounds to his lower abdomen and the bullet exited his leg.