Virgil "The Conqueror" Kalakoda was born on 24 December 1979 and is a South African welterweight boxer and kickboxer, fighting out of Full Body Impact Gym in Sydney, Australia.
11 Facts About Virgil Kalakoda
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Virgil Kalakoda is former light-middleweight boxing champion and competed in K-1 MAX.
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Virgil Kalakoda's dad Steve Kalakoda was a boxer and he used to go to the gym with him, and learnt by watching, since he was about 4 years old.
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Virgil Kalakoda had 10 amateur boxing fights, with only one loss to Ruben Groenewald in the final of the national tryouts.
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Virgil Kalakoda went undefeated for his first seven professional bouts before suffering his first loss to Pascal Mtungu in 1997.
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In 2000 Virgil Kalakoda had his first professional title fight losing to Joseph Makaringe by tenth round TKO for the South African welterweight title.
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Virgil Kalakoda suffered his first defeat in four years when he lost via split decision to fellow South African William Gare in a non-title fight in Cape Town.
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Virgil Kalakoda made his K-1 MAX debut on 4 May 2005 at the K-1 World MAX 2005 World Tournament Open against former champion Albert Kraus with the prize being a place at the quarter-final stage of the 2005 K-1 MAX final.
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Virgil Kalakoda was unable to defeat the 2002 champion but impressed enough to be offered a super fight at the final event.
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Once again Virgil Kalakoda impressed in the split decision extension round defeat and was invited to take part in the quarter-finals despite the loss.
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Virgil Kalakoda met fellow boxer Daniel Dawson in the quarter-final stage but was unable to proceed losing by unanimous decision.