Shane "Choppa" Chapman was born on 4 July 1978 and is a New Zealand super middleweight kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of City Lee Gar Gym in Auckland.
10 Facts About Shane Chapman
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Shane Chapman is the 2002 and 2004 K-1 Oceania MAX champion and 4 time Muay Thai World champion.
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Shane Chapman made his amateur kickboxing debut in 1995 aged 19, winning by TKO.
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Shane Chapman's record ended on 15 August 2001 where he was stopped in the final of the Judgement 2 tournament by multiple Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion Daniel Dawson.
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Shane Chapman won the tournament by defeating all three opponents via decision and booked his place in Tokyo as the Oceania regional winner.
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At the K-1 World MAX 2002 Shane Chapman faced Albert Kraus in the quarter-finals.
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Shane Chapman would make his professional boxing debut that year and would have two matches against local opposition.
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Shane Chapman booked his place at the K-1 World MAX 2005 Open by winning his second K-1 MAX Oceania title in 2004.
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Shane Chapman's winning streak ended at the elimination round in Tokyo, where he lost to rival and close friend John Wayne Parr in the last match of their trilogy of fights.
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In 2006, Shane Chapman returned to SuperLeague defeating Petr Polak and dropping a close decision to multiple world champion Dmitry Shakuta.