Priest Tyron Thomas West (born July 29, 1974) is a German

Germans

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 light heavyweight

Light heavyweight

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 kickboxer of American

United States

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 descent, currently competing in Muay Thai

Muay Thai

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. He is a former WMC European Muay Thai Champion, IKBF European Champion K1 and IKBF World Champion K1.
He trains under Michael Damboer and fights out of Thai-Bombs Mannheim.

Biography

Priest West was born in Mannheim in 1974. He has trained in many different martial arts and sports, including amateur boxing

Amateur boxing

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 and Wing Tsun

Wing Tsun

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. In 1998 he started training muay thai boxing with Thai-Bombs Mannheim e.V.. Together with Michael Damboer, he is now one of the head coaches of the Thai-Bombs Mannheim and co-owner of Hanuman Gym Mannheim, training center of the Thai-Bombs Mannheim. Priest West is married and father of a son and a daughter.

Recent Fighting Career

West's last fights were on November 1, 2009, against Hakan Aksoy which Priest won by T.K.O. in the first round, on November 23, 2009 against Jiri Zak which he lost on points(1-2),Zak be counted after a hard right cross from Priest, and on December 5, 2009 against Marcello Adriaans (Team Slamm) which he won on points via extra round. In January 2010, fighting in Turkey, he suffered a serious leg injury which put him out of game for six month.

On September 25, 2010 Priest West fought Marcin Tomczyk (Poland) at Fight Night Mannheim to determine the IKBF (K-1 Rules) European Championship at 82.5 kg. West won the title via K.O. in the 5th round. On Oktober 07, 2010 Priest won against Geronimo de Grot(NL) via K.O. in the 3rd round. On November 20, 2010 Priest won against Tarik Kuzucu(TR) by points. In April 2011, Priest lost versus Artem Vakithov (RUS) by points.

On October 2011, Priest won against Eldad Levy (Israel) by points, earning the IKBF Worldtitel after five hard rounds.

Titles

• 2011 IKBF World Champion K1
• 2010 IKBF European Champion K1
• 2009 German Champion MTBD Muay Thai (Professionals)
• 2006 European Champion WMC Muay Thai
• 2006 IFMA Europa Cup Winner Muay Thai
• 2005 Windy Muay Thai Super Cup Tournament (82 kg) finalist
• 2003/2005/2006 Bronze Medal Winner IFMA World Championship
• 2003 German Champion IKBF Kickboxing (Professionals)
• 2003 Int. German Champion Amateur Muay Thai IFMA
• 2002/2004 Int. Sowenia Champion
• 2002 Vize - European Champion Amateur Muay Thai IMTF
• 2001/2002 Int.German Champion Amateur Muay Thai IMTF
• 2000/2001 Int.German Champion IKBF Kickboxing Amateurs
• 2000 int.Austrian Champion Amateur Muay Thai

External links

• Thai-Bombs Mannheim Official site