Dewey Cooper was born on November 10,1974 and is an American former kickboxer and boxer who competed in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions.
15 Facts About Dewey Cooper
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Dewey Cooper came close to winning a K-1 Grand Prix Tournament when he defeated Nobu Hayashi and Samoan power puncher Mighty Mo, but lost out to Michael McDonald in the final of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I all in the same night.
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Dewey Cooper faced the legendary and recently un-retired Don "The Dragon" Wilson for the ISKA North American Cruiserweight Full Contact Championship at the MGM Grand Las Vegas on March 17,2000, losing out via majority decision after ten rounds.
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Dewey Cooper was drawn against Jean-Claude Leuyer at the quarter-final stage and floored the four-time world champion in the third round en route to a unanimous decision.
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Dewey Cooper was invited back to the Las Vegas Grand Prix the following year, going up against Japanese representative Yusuke Fujimoto in the opening round of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas on May 2,2003.
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Dewey Cooper dropped Fujimoto with a left hook in the first round, but took a beating from his opponent's kicks in rounds two and three and lost via unanimous decision and was eliminated from the tournament.
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Dewey Cooper fought well, constantly moving while scoring on the larger Williams, who landed the harder shots.
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Dewey Cooper was able to beat Seido karate stylist Nobu Hayashi by unanimous decision in the quarter-finals by staying the more active of the two.
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In what would be his last K-1 bout for six years, Dewey Cooper dropped a unanimous decision to Ruslan Karaev at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II on August 5,2006.
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On July 17,2009, Dewey Cooper competed at Kung Fu King 2009, an eight-man sanshou tournament in Guangzhou, China featuring such notables as Kaoklai Kaennorsing, Steve McKinnon and Muslim Salikhov.
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Dewey Cooper was eliminated at the quarter-final stage after losing a decision to Yu Jin.
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Dewey Cooper made a return to K-1 in 2012 at thirty-seven years of age, headlining the card at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Los Angeles on September 8,2012 against promotional newcomer Randy Blake with a place at the 2012 K-1 World Grand Prix at stake.
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Dewey Cooper was initially set to fight Fred Sikking for the vacant WPMF World Heavyweight Championship at Muaythai Superfight in Pattaya, Thailand on May 13,2013.
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Dewey Cooper fought to a draw in a clinch-heavy affair with Peter Aerts at GFC Series 1 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on May 29,2014.
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Also a trainer, Dewey Cooper's students include Daniel Strauss, Sanjar Rakhmanov, Roy Nelson, John Alessio, Kevin Lee, Jessica Rakoczy, Jessie Vargas, Beibut Shumenov, Francis Ngannou, Makhmud Muradov.