Steve "The Smashing Machine" Mckinnon (born November 23, 1976 in Scotland) is an Australian, Heavyweight, World Champion kickboxer

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....

, fighting out of the Bulldog Gym in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

. He is the current WBC 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...

 Super Cruiserweight World champion

Career

Steve began his training in his father's Karate school, Torakan, at the age of 4 in 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, attaining his black belt, fighting and winning Karate tournaments before he began his 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....

 career at 16. Steve has had many formidable opponents including, but not limited to Ashwin Balrak

Ashwin Balrak

Ashwin "Bad Boy" Balrak is a Dutch–Surinamese heavyweight kickboxer. He is a former WPKL European Muay Thai champion, currently competing in K-1...

, Paul Slowinski

Paul Slowinski

Paul "The Sting" Slowinski is a Polish-Australian kickboxer, a four-time WMC Muay Thai World champion and two-time K-1 World GP 2006 in Auckland and K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam champion...

, Nathan Corbett

Nathan Corbett

Nathan "Carnage" Corbett is an Australian Heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Urban Fight Gym, Gold Coast, Australia. He was the WMC Muaythai Cruiserweight World champion and K-1 Scandinavia 2007 tournament champion. As of April 2010, he is the number 1 ranked contender in the WBC Muay Thai...

, Thor Hoopman and Ramazan Ramazanov

Ramazan Ramazanov

Ramazan "The Punisher" Ramazanov is a Russian kickboxer. He is current WPMF Heavyweight Muay Thai World champion as well as WMC Intercontinental Muay Thai champion.-Biography and career:...

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Titles

2 NSW Titles

2 Australian Titles

1 South Pacific Title

1 Commonwealth Title

5 World Titles

External links

• http://www.tdmckinnon.com
• http://www.wbcmuaythai.com/ratting.php