Fred Royers is a legendary fighter,he fought in karate,savate,full contact,muay thai,kickboxing.This man is my favorite middleweight of alltimes,a fighter with a great fighting spirit and with a lot of magnificent techniques.

Dutch karate team with Fred Royers

royers vs solignac savate

royers vs coban

fred royers training with benny urquidez

fred royers vs kooy

fred royers vs robert davids full contact

fred royers vs billy chau

fred royers vs billy chau

fred royers vs larry nichols

fred royers vs larry nichols

fred royers and rob kaman after their victory in miami/u.s.a

fred royers vs youssef zenaf full contact

fred royers vs christian bafir

fred royers vs christian bafir

Once again Dirk outstanding photos.
Who won his bout with Billy Chau from Hong kong?
fred royers was a great warrior and obvious transended many different codes of rules,is he a trainer now?

Hi klm,
the fight with billy chau was on wka rules over 9 x 2 min rounds,fred won the fight on points.fred is the trainer of kickboxing arnhem,he's also working for eurosport.

fred royers vs billy chau

fred royers vs ernie jackson

fred royers vs ernie jackson

Dirk,what is the best magazine in Holland that covers ring sports.

Hi kareem,
we have 2 good magazines,ringsports and actionsports,both are very good!

Thanks for the info,Is there a web site for international subscriptions?

versus robert paturel,in paturel his farewellfight in france.

fred royers vs keith nathan.

fred royers vs keith nathan.

fred royers vs Yasuo Tabata

Fred Royers in the dressingroom before his worldtitlefight with Yasuo Tabata on 20 October 1985 in Amsterdam.

Worldchampion middleweight w.k.a kickboxing 20 october 1985

Dirk who won with his bouts with Kieth Nathan and Robert Paturel.
I remember seeing an old tape of him and Rob Kaman when they fought in America,as I recall they both won their fights.I remember thinking that Fred Royers looked more like a school professor them a fighter.
Great photos.

Hi Kareem,
Fred won the fight with Keith Nathan on k.o and the fight with Robert Paturel on points,the fight in America was the fight with Larry Nichols,Rob Kaman fought then John Moncayo,that was in april 1984.

Fred Royers versus Yasuo Tabata on 20 October 1985 in Amsterdam.

Kwon advertising.

Nikko Sports advertising.

Jan Plas,Fred Royers and Rob Kaman.

Zendokan Cover.

Zendokan Cover.

Hi Dirk,Great nostelgic photos,it's refreshing to see that Fred obviously had a true warrior spirit and competed in so many different codes of fighting ,karate,savate,full contact and Thai,it shows a man who truely has an open mind and can adapt his style to suit.
Rob Kaman,Ramon Dekkers,Andre Brilleman,Ivan Hippolyte,Gilbert Ballentinie,Peter Smit,Tommy v/d Berg and Fred Royers,to me those fighters are the ones one really lead the world and paved the way to the new generation of fighters.
In that last photo who is the other fighter kicking?

Watching the above fighters compete on video is timeless.

Dirk,you should add a section on your website for Fred Royers.

Do you think the modern fighters are as good and who do you think really stands out in Holland today?

hi kareem,
the other fighter is ivan sprang from vos gym,he fought benny urquidez in benny his only fight in holland.well,i think that those days never coming back,the team of mejiro gym with kaman,royers,brilleman,yamali,el geubli and carbin was magnificent!!!now,at the moment,we have some good in the middleweight,albert kraus,joeri mes,ashwin balrak,perry ubeda,rayen simson,drago,najim all are great fighters and we have remy bonjaski as the brandnew k-1 champ.

hi dirk,

as far as i remember his first fight was against tuncay coban...fred was directly taken to the top of a-class due to his big performance in karate...(at that times it was so...) and he has beaten tuncay...(especialy with his sweeps...)

was his nickname "gladiator" since he has tested all disciplines (karate,kb,mt,fc, savate)?...

cheers.

hi ercan,
yes,fred his nickname was ,gladiator, he has tested all disciplines (karate,kickboxing,muay thai,full contact,savate and also boxing),that's right!!

I have met Fred Royers nice guy aswel as a great fighter!!

I have fought one of his fighters marjolein hulshoff.
I train with Keith Nathan who Fred has fought.
Small World isn't it!!

Keith nathan is my trainer but he is known as Pele aswel that is his nickname.
How many world titles did Fred Royers hold??

I've got the fight with Pele and Fred. Really weird to see Pele fighting in the long pants.