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Duncan Airlie James is a Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

former heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

kickboxer. He was the first Scottish fighter to win a world 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...

title and fight in K-1

K-1

K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

Biography and career

James was born Duncan Campbell and was educated at the fee-paying Keil School where he was a competitive rugby

Rugby football

Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...

player. His martial arts background began when he took up Shotokan

Shotokan

is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi and his son Gigo Funakoshi . Gichin was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing karate through a series of public demonstrations, and by promoting the development of university karate clubs, including...

karate

Karate

is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

. He was also a drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

and played with a number of bands including Nazareth

Nazareth (band)

Nazareth is a Scottish hard rock band, founded in 1968, that had several hits in the UK in the early 1970s, and established an international audience with their 1975 album Hair of the Dog. Perhaps their best-known hit single was a cover of the ballad "Love Hurts", in 1975...

. He even moved to Boston, Massachusetts in the US to try to become a professional and changed his name to Duncan Airlie James as he felt it was more suiting for a musician.

When he returned to Scotland, he took up Muay Thai

Muay Thai

kickboxing

Kickboxing

Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

in the late 1980s. In 1993, he won his first title, the World Kickboxing Association

World Kickboxing Association

The World Kickboxing Association is one of the oldest and the largest amateur and professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing in the world for the sport. Its official name is "World Kickboxing and Karate Association"....

Commonwealth

Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic."More recently it has been used for fraternal associations of some sovereign nations...

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...

Championship. After successfully defending that title, he vacated it and moved up to the Cruiserweight division and later the Heavyweight

Heavyweight

division where he won a number of other titles. In February 1999, he made his K-1

K-1

debut against Japanese legend Musashi

Musashi (kickboxer)

is a retired professional Japanese Heavyweight karateka and kickboxer. He is 4 time K-1 Japan tournament champion, a former WAKO Heavyweight Muay Thai champion and two time K-1 World Grand Prix finalist...

at K-1 Rising Sun '99 and lost via technical knockout after being knocked down three times in the third round. He went on to fight twice more in Japan that year, drawing with Yoji Anjo

Yoji Anjo

, is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He was born in Suginami, Japan on December 31, 1969.-Professional wrestling career:...

and losing to karate master Nobuaki Kakuda

Nobuaki Kakuda

is a Japanese Seidokaikan Karateka.-Career:Kakuda is famous for his first punch knockout win over German mixed martial artist Mavrick at 0:56 seconds in the K-1 Fields Europe GP 2005 as well as being the only K-1 fighter to lose to Akebono, a former Sumo wrestler whose long losing streak has made...

.

He retired in 2006 with a record of 32 wins, 14 losses and 2 draws. In 2008, he founded Battle Group International, a promotion company. He has also established the Scottish Kick Boxing Federation (S.K.B.F.), a membership association for all the main types of ‘stand-up’ full-contact styles - Thai, High Kick Kickboxing, Low Kick Kickboxing, and K-1 Rules in Scotland.

Since retiring, Duncan has retrained as an actor and has starred in many and varied films including a small cameo in the film Perfect Sense starring Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...

Titles and honours

Muay Thai

WKA
World Kickboxing Association
The World Kickboxing Association is one of the oldest and the largest amateur and professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing in the world for the sport. Its official name is "World Kickboxing and Karate Association"....

Commonwealth Super Light Heavyweight Champion (1993)
ISKA
International Sport Karate Association
The International Sport Karate Association is one of the major international bodies regulating karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United States...

World Super Cruiserweight Champion (1998)
WKN
WKN
WKN may denote to:*World Kickboxing Network, an international kickboxing sports body known as WKN*Wertpapierkennummer, a German securities identification code, also known as WKN, WPKN, WPK or simply Wert...

World Heavyweight Champion (2001)
WAKO
World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
The World Association of Kickboxing Organisations is one the international organization of kickboxing, and the governing body of Amateur kickboxing sport certified by SportAccord...

World Heavyweight Champion (2003)
WKF
World Kickboxing Federation
The ' founded in 1963 is a martial arts organization that promotes Muay Thai, Kickboxing and Mixed martial arts. Since 2009 Mrs. Alischia CZAJA from Poland becomes World president. Since January 2011 Mr...

World Heavyweight Champion (2005)
WPKA World Heavyweight Champion

Kickboxing

Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

WKO World Cruiserweight Champion (1995)
WKA
World Kickboxing Association
The World Kickboxing Association is one of the oldest and the largest amateur and professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing in the world for the sport. Its official name is "World Kickboxing and Karate Association"....

World Heavyweight Champion (2001)

Kickboxing record

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| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Location
|-
| May, 2005
| Win
|

Tibor Nagy
| WPKA / WKF

World Kickboxing Federation

The ' founded in 1963 is a martial arts organization that promotes Muay Thai, Kickboxing and Mixed martial arts. Since 2009 Mrs. Alischia CZAJA from Poland becomes World president. Since January 2011 Mr...

| Decision (Unanimous)
| -
| -
|

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

|-
| February 22, 2004
| Loss
|

Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

|-
| November, 2003
| Win
|

Angelo Grenata
| WAKO

World Association of Kickboxing Organizations

The World Association of Kickboxing Organisations is one the international organization of kickboxing, and the governing body of Amateur kickboxing sport certified by SportAccord...

| TKO
| 2
| -
|

Palermo

Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

|-
| April 13, 2003
| Loss
|

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, England

England

|-
| June 30, 2001
| Win
|

Stephane Reveillon
| World Kickboxing Network

World Kickboxing Network

The World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....

| KO
| 1
| -
|

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

|-
| April 16, 2000
| Loss
|

John Wyatt
| K-1 UK Battle of Britain 2000
| TKO
| 2
| 2:00
|

Birmingham

, England

England

|-
| June 6, 1999
| Loss
|

Nobuaki Kakuda

| K-1 Survival '99
| Decision (Unanimous)
| 5
| 3:00
|

Sapporo, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

Yoji Anjo

, is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He was born in Suginami, Japan on December 31, 1969.-Professional wrestling career:...

| K-1 The Challenge '99
| Decision
| 5
| 3:00
|

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

|-
| February 3, 1999
| Loss
|

Musashi

Musashi (kickboxer)

| K-1 Rising Sun '99
| TKO (3 Knockdowns)
| 2
| 2:52
|

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

|-
| October 9, 1993
| Win
|

Lee Hasdell

Lee Hasdell is a former British mixed martial artist, kickboxer and promoter. He promoted the first professional mixed martial arts events in the United Kingdom. Lee Hasdell began his professional career as a Kickboxer in 1989, eventually winning three British Kickboxing titles...

| WKA

World Kickboxing Association

| TKO (cut)
| -
| -
|

England

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