Kevin McBride Kevin McBride Kevin Martin McBride (born 10 May 1973) is an Irish retired professional boxer who is best known for defeating Mike Tyson in 2005, in what would be the latter's final fight. As an amateur, McBride competed for Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics. McBride debuted in December 1992, with a draw against Gary Charlton. In 1997, he defeated Paul Douglas to win the All-Ireland Heavyweight Title, and in 2002 he defeated Craig Tomlinson to add the IBC Americas Heavyweight Title. McBride currently resides in the heavily Irish neighbourhood of Dorchester in Boston and trains in nearby Brockton, Massachusetts.
Men's Thai-Boxing at W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 Skopje +91 kg Men's Thai-Boxing at W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 Skopje +91 kg The men's super heavyweight (+91 kg/200.2 lbs) Thai-Boxing division at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 in Skopje was the heaviest of the male Thai-Boxing tournaments and involved eight fighters. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Thai-Boxing rules. The tournament champion was Alexey Kudin of Belarus who defeated Croatian Valentino Venturini in the final by KO to win the gold medal. It was a sweet victory for Kudzin who had been runner up at the last European championships in Budva. Defeated semi