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Manson Howard Gibson[1] (born May 5, 1963) is a retired American kickboxer and a 12-time world champion in kickboxing and Muay Thai. He was known for his vicious use of spinning techniques and wild, unpredictable style, mixing elements of kickboxing, Taekwondo and Northern Praying Mantis martial arts. He was sometimes referred to as the "Thai Killer" or the "Black Bruce Lee". Gibson was one of America's greatest kickboxers, and is credited with over 100 wins and more than 80 KOs, including around 40 via headkick.
Manson Gibson | |
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Born | Manson Howard Gibson May 5, 1963 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Other names |
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Nationality | American |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) |
Division | Middleweight Super Middleweight Light Heavyweight Cruiserweight |
Style | Kickboxing Taekwondo Northern Praying Mantis Wushu |
Fighting out of | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Team | Windy City Gym |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 119 |
Wins | 103 |
By knockout | 80 |
Losses | 14 |
Draws | 2 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 1 |
Wins | 0 |
Losses | 1 |
By submission | 1 |
Amateur record | |
Total | 11 |
Wins | 10 |
By knockout | 8 |
Losses | 1 |
Last updated on: October 12, 2012 |
After a series of early career wins and claiming titles such as the K.I.C.K. Super Middleweight World Championship, Gibson found the competition at home (aside from two losses to Rick Roufus) uninspiring. So in the late 1980s and well into the 1990s, while many American fighters were fighting one another for a multitude of so-called "world titles", Manson headed across to Japan where he fought and beat top fighters such as Caesar Takeshi, Tosca Petridis and Changpuek Kiatsongrit, often fighting under different rule sets such as Shoot Boxing, K-1 and Muay Thai.
During his period spent fighting in Japan, Gibson entered the inaugural K-2 Grand Prix in 1993. K-2 was a short lived series of tournaments held by the K-1 organization for Light Heavyweights and the 1993 event was held in Tokyo. In the tournament quarter finals he faced the highly decorated Ernesto Hoost, with Hoost, the recent K-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix runner-up, the strong favorite and on his way to becoming a legend. Gibson proved in that fight that he could hang with the world's best, knocking Hoost down with his trademark spinning backfist. However, despite the knockdown, the match went to an extra round where Gibson again knocked down Hoost, this time with a sidekick. Gibson lost a split decision.
Gibson returned to the United States around 1998, defeating a legend in Coban Lookchaomaesaitong. The match in Compton, was one in which Gibson had the MC announce himself as the "Thai Killer" and at the end of the fight did back flips next to the prone Coban. That year Gibson also won the I.K.K.C. Muaythai world title by defeating Maurice Travis, also in Los Angeles. Over the next couple of years he would defend his I.K.K.C. world title four more times with the highlight being a second victory over seven-time World Champion Changpuek Kiatsongrit – although as with the Coban fight his match antics left a sour taste in the mouth.
On April 7, 2000 Gibson won the I.K.F. Pro Muay Thai Rules Light Cruiserweight North American title in Green Bay Wisconsin when he defeated Phil Petit of Sik Tai, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada by KO with a spinning backfist in the first round. Gibson retired his title in 2005 when he moved up in weight. When Gibson won this title it was called the Light Cruiserweight title but the weightclass was different: 175.1 lbs. - 182 lbs. The weightclass range was later changed but Gibson's title remained Light Cruiserweight.
Around 2002 age started catching up with Gibson who was approaching his forties and he lost his I.K.K.C. world title to Frenchman Manu N'toh. A win against Heath Harris in 2004 for the I.K.K.C. proved he could still be competitive, although his opponent Harris had only had a handful of professional fights prior to the encounter. Always one to try different fighting styles Gibson had a brief foray into MMA in 2006. By the end of 2009, with the losses stacking up after a series of unsuccessful title fights, Gibson retired.
115 Wins (80 (T)KO's), 14 Losses, 2 Draws[2] | ||||||||
Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
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2009-12-05 | Loss | ![]() | WCK Muay Thai @ Buffalo Bill's[3] | Primm, NV, USA | TKO (Quit) | 2 | 3:00 | |
Fight was for vacant W.B.C. Muaythai light heavyweight United States title -79.4 kg. | ||||||||
2008-06-18 | Loss | ![]() | Muay Thai Fight Night[4] | Montego Bay, Jamaica | TKO (Quit) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Fight was for vacant I.K.F. Pro Muaythai Cruiserweight World Title -88.6 kg. | ||||||||
2007-07-07 | Loss | ![]() | Hot Summer Fights[5][6][7] | Inglewood, CA, USA | TKO (Corner Stop/Knees) | 3 | 0:27 | |
Fight was for vacant I.K.F. Pro Muaythai Light Cruiserweight World Title -84.5 kg. | ||||||||
2004-11-20 | Loss | ![]() | Matter of Pride 8[8] | Los Angeles, CA, USA | TKO (Leg Kicks) | 4 | ||
Fight was for I.K.K.C. cruiserweight world title -82 kg. | ||||||||
2004-10-21 | Win | ![]() | Guts and Glory[9] | San Bernardino, CA, USA | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | |
Wins vacant I.K.K.C. Pro Muaythai light heavyweight world title -81.3 kg. | ||||||||
0000-00-00 | Win | ![]() | United States | KO (Left Hook) | 1 | |||
2003-00-00 | Win | ![]() | United States | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | ||
2002-11-15 | Loss | ![]() | W.C.K. "A Matter of Pride VI"[10][11] | Victorville, CA, USA | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | |
Loses I.K.K.C. Muaythai light heavyweight world title. | ||||||||
2002-03-23 | Loss | ![]() | Master Toddy Show @ Stardust Casino[12] | Las Vegas, NV, USA | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
2001-12-14 | Win | ![]() | W.C.K. @ Palms Casino Resort[13][14] | Las Vegas, NV, USA | KO (Spinning Heel Kick) | 2 | ||
Retains I.K.K.C. Muaythai light heavyweight world title (4th title defence). | ||||||||
2000-12-02 | Loss | ![]() | 10th World Shidokan Invitational, Quarter Finals[15] | Chicago, IL, USA | DQ (Constant Fouling) | 4 | ||
2000-07-04 | Win | ![]() | Stadium View Sports Bar[16] | Green Bay, WI, USA | KO (Spinning Back Fist) | 1 | ||
Wins vacant I.K.F. Pro Muaythai Light Cruiserweight North American title -84.5 kg. When Gibson won this title it was called the Light Cruiserweight title but the weightclass was different: 175.1 lbs. - 182 lbs. The weightclass range was later changed but Gibson's title remained Light Cruiserweight. | ||||||||
1999-09-11 | Loss | ![]() | Summer Brawl[17] | Franklin Park, IL, USA | Decision (Split) | 8 | 2:00 | |
Fight was for vacant I.K.F. Pro Full-Contact Light Heavyweight United States title -81.3 kg. | ||||||||
1998-07-07 | Win | ![]() | Crystal Park Casino Outdoor Show[18][19] | Los Angeles, CA, USA | TKO (Right Back Kick) | 5 | 1:59 | |
1998-06-27 | Win | ![]() | [20][21] | Los Angeles, CA, USA | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
Wins vacant I.K.K.C. Muaythai light heavyweight world title. | ||||||||
1998-04-26 | Win | ![]() | Shooto "Shoot the Shooto XX" | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
1996-07-14 | Draw | ![]() | Shoot Boxing - S-Cup 1996, Super Fight | Tokyo, Japan | 2 Ext.R Decision Draw | 5 | 3:00 | |
1996-01-27 | Draw | ![]() | Shoot Boxing Carnival Ground Zero Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | Decision Draw | 1 | 20:00 | |
1995-10-15 | Win | ![]() | MA Japan Kickboxing Federation | Tokyo, Japan | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
1995-03-25 | Win | ![]() | World Cup Of Martial arts[22] | Ledyard, CT, USA | KO | 1 | 0:31 | |
1994-06-10 | Win | ![]() | Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA | KO | 3 | 2:34 | ||
Wins Minato U.K.F Super middle weight world title | ||||||||
1994-00-00 | Win | ![]() | HardKnock 4[23] | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Decision | 10 | 2:00 | |
1993-12-29 | Loss | ![]() | K-2 Grand Prix '93, Quarter Final | Tokyo, Japan | Ext.R Decision (Majority) | 4 | 3:00 | |
1993-01-30 | Win | ![]() | MA Japan Kickboxing Federation | Tokyo, Japan | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
1992-07-30 | Loss | ![]() | Seidokaikan Kakutogi Olympic II[24] | Tokyo, Japan | DQ (Illegal Punch) | 4 | ||
1992-03-21 | Win | ![]() | Martial Arts Japan Kickboxing Association[25][26] | Japan | TKO (Spinning High Kick) | 2 | ||
0000-00-00 | Win | ![]() | Tokyo, Japan | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | ||
1990-07-06 | Win | ![]() | '90 Kakutougi no saiten | Tokyo, Japan | KO | 2 | 1:58 | |
1990-07-01 | Win | ![]() | Shoot boxing BATTLE GAME | Tokyo, Japan | KO | 4 | 4:01 | |
Wins Taira Shoot boxing Hawk Class world title -75 kg. | ||||||||
1990-01-03 | Win | ![]() | Dojo 20th Anniversary kick[27] | Tokyo, Japan | KO | 1 | ||
0000-00-00 | Win | ![]() | United States | KO | 9 | |||
Wins Davis PKA middleweight USA title | ||||||||
1989-05-26 | Win | ![]() | Tokyo Korakuen Hall Shoot Boxing[28][29] | Tokyo, Japan | KO (Spinning Mid Kick) | 1 | 4:28 | |
Wins Caesar Shoot boxing Hawk Class world title -75 kg. | ||||||||
1989-04-01 | Loss | ![]() | United States | Decision | ||||
1987-00-00 | Loss | ![]() | United States | Decision | ||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes |
0 Wins, 1 Loss[30] | ||||||||
Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
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2006-08-28 | Loss | Jeremy Morrison | Combat Do Fighting Challenge 10[31] | Cicero, IL, USA | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 0:05 | |
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes |
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