Kim Khan Zaki
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Kim Khan Zaki "Zig Zach" a.k.a. Zach (born September 4, 1982) is a professional Singaporean
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 junior middleweight kickboxer  and personal trainer. He is currently based in at BXG Singapore where he trains and teaches others Muay Thai. He is the Muay Thai Against Drugs Challenge Champion 2006 and was a participant in 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...

competition.

Biography and career

Zach gained an interest in the sport after seeing fights in Thailand but was not able to train as there were no Muay Thai gyms in Singapore. When one did open he began training and later became interested in competing at an amateur level. When he was 18 he entered the Amateur World Tournament but dislocated his shoulder in his first fight. After recovering from the injury, Zach trained for six months at the World Muay Thai Council before returning to Singapore.

The Contender Asia

Zach gained entrance to The Contender Asia after winning the WMC Superfights World Muay Thai Heavyweight Grand Prix in Singapore. Zach injured his shoulder in one of the programs challenges and the injury was aggravated during his first fight, against Zidov Dominik

In the program finale in which John Wayne Parr
John Wayne Parr
John Wayne "The Gunslinger" Parr , also known as JWP, is an Australian middleweight kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Boonchu Gym in Gold Coast, Queensland. He is a 8 time World Champion and runner up in The Contender Asia....

 fought Yodsaenklai Fairtex, some rematches were organised, including one between Zach and Zidov, ostensibly to allow them to fight each other at their full potential. The fight was ended in the fifth round by the ringside physician after Zidov's nose was broken by an elbow strike. There was some controversy over the decision as Zidov wanted to continue.

Kickboxing record

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|style="text-align: center" colspan=8|13 Wins (8 (T)KO's, ?? Decisions), 6 Losses
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| 04/12/2008
| Loss
|   Soren Monkongtong
Soren Monkongtong
Soren Monkongtong is an Australian middleweight kickboxer. In 2007 he took part of the reality based television series The Contender Asia.- Biography and career :...


| Evolution 15, 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...


| TKO
| 2
| 1:45
|-
| 04/12/2008
| Win
|   Zidov Dominik
| The Contender Asia Finale
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...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...


| TKO
| 5
| 1:45
|-

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

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