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Kashmir Singh Gill (Punjabi: ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ, born 2 July 1966) popularly known as Kash "The Flash" Gill, is a retired British professional kickboxer who is a former four-time world champion.[1]

Not to be confused with Kashmir Gill.
Kash Gill
Statistics
Real nameKashmir Singh Gill
Nickname(s)The Flash
Weight(s)75 kg (11.8 st; 165 lb)
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
NationalityBritish
Born (1966-07-02) 2 July 1966 (age 56)
Handsworth, Birmingham, England
Boxing record
Total fights100
Wins84
Wins by KO43
Losses16
Draws1

Gill became a world champion in kickboxing at the age of 21.[2] He formally retired from fighting in 2002. In 1991, he won the World Kickboxing Association (WKA) light middleweight and super welterweight full contact titles.[citation needed] The following year he won the WKA middleweight championship.[citation needed] He was the International Sport Karate Association freestyle champion of 1993.[citation needed]


Biography


Born in 1966 as Kashmir Gill, he is an alumnus of Christ Church, Oxford where he studied biochemistry.[3] Gill discovered kickboxing at the age of 14 when he saw a demo in a local park went down for a trial session and fell in love with the sport.

His speed and athletic ability as well as his flashy showmanship soon earned him the nickname ‘The Flash’. By 1984, having earned his black belt, Gill at the age of 18, had entered and won his first competition in a three-round contest in full-contact karate.

He won a number of world titles anx in 1986 when he won a gold medal at the World PKA Amateur Full Contact Championships. He collected his first Professional world title, the WKA Junior Middleweight in 1991 when he also won the World full contact Karate championships. In the two consecutive years following, he went on to win the WKA World Middleweight kickboxing title and the ISKA World Light Middleweight title.


Comeback


In December 2011, Kash Gill fought former world kickboxing champion Don "The Dragon" Wilson in a mixed martial arts cage match in Kazakhstan. The bout was originally billed as an exhibition, but Wilson, 57, was awarded the decision at the end of the match.


See also



References


  1. Gym dream comes true for Birmingham's Kash Gill Birmingham Mail (7 March 2008). Retrieved on 7 January 2011.
  2. Kickboxing Kings to light up Birmingham: Triple title bonanza in showpiece event Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Asian Today (7 May 2008). Retrieved on 7 January 2011.
  3. Selvaraj, Jonathan (16 August 2017). "Boxing worked for Asha Roka, but MMA works better". ESPN. Retrieved 23 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)




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