Daniel "Smashing Machine" Kerr (born 23 December 1984), is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 Light Heavyweight

Light heavyweight

In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...

 Kickboxer and boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 and current WKA Light Heavyweight South Pacific Muay Thai titleholder.

Early life

Daniel grew up in Dunedin

Dunedin

Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 in New Zealand. From the age of 10 onwards he trained in Tae Kwon-Do and in 2002 was the winner of a gold medal at the I.T.F Tae Kwon-Do Gold Medallist World Championship in Puerto Rico.

Career in Thailand

In 2004 Daniel spent 2 months in Thailand training at the Lanna Muay Thai gym out of Chiang Mai northern Thailand. The same year he travelled to England where he spent the next year training and fighting out of Black Country Kickboxing and K-Star Muay Thai in Birmingham before returning to Thailand. As of 2011 he has spend a combined total of over 4 years training and fighting in Thailand.

Career in Australia

In 2005 while training in Thailand, he fought in Australia. His first fight against Danny “DDD” Derdowski which result in a KO victory by Daniel. In 2006 he fought Eugene Ekkelboom but lost on a close points decision.

MMA

In August 2010, Daniel fought in his first MMA fight at TUFFA 6 in Newcastle, New South Wales

Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...

 where he defeated Lon Rose via TKO. Later that same month he had another fight against Steve Cook in Campbelltown, New South Wales

Campbelltown, New South Wales

Campbelltown is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Campbelltown is located 51 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Campbelltown.- History :Campbelltown...

 where he won the 86 kg TUFFA title via TKO. In March 2011 he defended his belt against Steven Micallef in Niagra Park on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Steven won via Rear Naked Choke.

Kickboxing record

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| style="text-align: center" colspan=8|54 Wins, 31 Losses
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|- Simon Parts (France) march 17th 2010 win KO event = Lanna Boxing
| 2010-12-10
| Win
|   Tainui Crouch
| Extreme Fight Night #4, Woy Woy, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

| Decision (Unanimous)
| 5
| 3:00
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| 2010-04-10
| Draw
|   Gaz Rees
| Extreme Fight Night #3, Woy Woy, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

| Decision (Unanimous)
| 5
| 3:00
|-
| 2010-03-17
| Yes
|   Simon Parts
| Lanna Boxing Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

| KO
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| 2009-09-26
| Loss
|   Bruce Macfie

Bruce Macfie

Bruce "The Preacher" Macfie is an Australian middleweight kickboxer from Brisbane, Queensland. He is current Intercontinental and Commonwealth WMC Muay Thai Middleweight champion...

| Extreme Fight Night #1, WKA Super middle weight World title, Niagara Park, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

| Decision (Unanimous)
| 5
| 3:00
|-
| 2009-08-17
| Win
|   Yod Keng
| Lanna Boxing
| KO
|
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|-
| 2009-07-18
| Win
|   Charles August
| Barossa Blits
| Decision (Unanimous)
| 5
| 3:00
|-
| 2009-06-14
| Win
|   Daniel Patterson
| Prosecution 8 Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

| Decision (Unanimous)
| 5
| 3:00
|-
| 2009-08-11
| Win
|   Jason Moir
| Chch Kick Boxing
| KO
| 3
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|-
| 2008-07-29
| Loss
|   Shane Chapman

Shane Chapman

Shane "Choppa" Chapman is a New Zealand super middleweight kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of City Lee Gar Gym in Auckland. He is the 2002 and 2004 K-1 Oceania MAX champion and 4 time Muay Thai World champion.- Biography and career:...

| Philip Lam Promotion, Auckland, New Zealand
| TKO (Referee Stoppage)
| 1
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Titles

• 2010 Current WKA Light Heavyweight South Pacific Muay Thai Title
• 2002 I.T.F Tae Kwon-Do Gold Medallist World Championship

See also

• Muay Thai
  Muay Thai
  Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
  
  
• The Contender Asia
  The Contender Asia
  The Contender Asia was a reality-based television series that follows 16 aspiring Muay Thai middleweight fighters from 12 countries as they compete in a series of outdoor challenges and sanctioned matches...
  
  
• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations

External links

• Daniel Kerr's Official Site