ramon dekkers ,what a fighter !!! on 18 march 2001 , he was fighting for the last time,after a great career.i will never forget him,his fighting skills,his lowkicks,his elbows,his knees,his fighting spirit !! this is my ode to the greatest dutch fighter on muay thai rules. RAMON,,THE DIAMOND,,DEKKERS

Awsome - notice how much his hips are turned into his kicks.

Great shots Dirk,he was a great fighter.Has he offically retired?and if so is he teaching ?

yes,he's retired. i don't know what he's doing now,but he's a member of the golden glory team and his trainer cor hemmers is the trainer now of the golden glory team,so maybe he's teaching now,i hope so.there are some rumours that he's gonna do a fight in mixed martial arts.

ttt for dirk ...nice work

If Dekkers fights MMA-No Rules he's going to get his face bashed up.
Although looking at him you wouldn't be able to tell the
difference

nice photos dirk.
ive only seen a handful of dekker's fights. what do you guys reckon were
his most memorable fights?

man, too many to mention
Saengtien-noi 1-3
Coban 1-4
Ballantine 1-3
Sakmongkol
Namphon 1-2
Cherry 1-2
Prestia 1-2
Den Muangsurin 1-3
Dida Diafat 1-2
Orono
Dany Bille
Hector Pena
Taro Minato
John Bingsedor
the list is huge. He was pretty damn exciting.

Althugh I don't get Ernesto Prousts comments. What is your point? Do you feel he would take more damage in MMA than in Muaythai?


Dirk,
awesome pics, BTW.

thank you !!!! bryan.

today is again ,,too hot to handle,, in rotterdam !!! one year without ramon dekkers !! here are some pictures of his last fight with marino deflorin on 18 march 2001.

thanks for the info, bryan. by the numbers do you mean how many times
they fought?

awesome pics Dirk...yeah, talk about turning the hip into those kicks! ..that Simpson vs Dekker double KO fight was wicked.

where is Ramon based now? does he train people?

David,
Yes, the number were how many times they fought.


Dirk,
Who is the unfortunate fighter being helped out by the referee, doctor, etc. in photo 16?

Thanks,
Bryan

Top Photo!s Dirk,

I had the honor & pleasure of watching Ramond Dekker fight in Holland when Rob Kaman fought as well the Dutch vs the Thais in 1990 from memory Rob Kaman KO his opponent and Ramon Dekker won his fight it was beamed over to Thailand.
I wish I had have gone down to Melbourne when the late Dana Goodson
promoted him in the mid nineties...
My favourite fight is when he fought Gilbert Balletine from Chakuriki gym
they were great battles those two when they fought each other..great thread........
Regards
Lucy Tui

I saw Dekker fight with Kaman and two other in Holland vs Thailand, but I don't think it's what Lucy Tui is talking about, as all the Dutch lost. Nonetheless he beat and was also beaten by some of the best Thais. He was incredible and the Thai's love him. Not just for his skill but for having the balls to fight for less than normal in humid and polluted Bangkok.

ttt

Great pictures Dirk thanks for posting them...

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I like the one of Ramon kicking Coban and Coban doesn't blink he's just looking right in Coban eyes cool shot did you take that one Dirk???

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Hi Dirk,
I didn't end up seeing Ramon in France, he said that he would try and go but guess he never got there. His email address doesn't work any more either. I guess he got sick of me writing to him.
If you have more please put them up, can never get enough of Dekker!
JWP

your welcome,jwp
here are some pictures of your idol.
we all can't not forget him.
greetings dirk.

Anyone have any goof facial pics of Ramon when he first started before he got his face totally bashed in from all his fights? I would like to see what he looked like before.

hi muay thai guy,
here are some very old pictures of ramon.
this one is after his fight for the dutch title with ramkisoen,he won that fight in the second round on k.o !!

I've been to the Maeng Ho gym in Breda Holland a few times and was fortunate enough to have trained along Ramon and Michael Liewafat many years ago. This photo was taken in the Sportshall Zuid in Rotterdam I think it is as Ramon came out for his fight against a Morrocan fighter whose name I can't remember. he won by 3rd round KO.

ramon dekkers his second b-class fight was in france against richard nam,at that time a famous fighter in europe,he lost on points,but on 27 februari 1988 he had his revanche and k.o richard nam in the 4th round.
here are some pictures of the battle !!!
ramon dekkers vs richard nam

ramon dekkers vs richard nam

ramon dekkers vs richard nam

ramon dekkers vs richard nam

ramon dekkers vs richard nam

the first time i saw ramon dekkers live was on 14 april in eindhoven.
my friend peter smit fought there his first a-class fight against leo de snoo and ramon dekkers fought the mainevent aginst kevin morris from england.
here are some pictures of ramon dekkers versus kevin morris.

ramon dekkers versus kevin morris.

ramon dekkers versus kevin morris.

ramon dekkers vs marino deflorin

ramon dekkers vs marino deflorin

ramon dekkers after his last fight

we want more !11

Had to bring this back to the top..........Awesome thread. Ramon was the guy that really got me into Muay Thai as a teen ager. I remember getting a tape of his fight with Coban in Lumpinee..the 2nd. I had no idea who either man was but I was captivated. Started collecting everything I could about the guy. Was lucky enough to get to know him and train in Breda and hang out here in the states too.

I like those pics of Ramon against the Deadly Kisser. What a war that was. Dekkers is the stuff. He was so exciting. Great thread.

dirk,

you've got mail.

Awesome job Dirk,Ramon is most definitely the man!

ramon in the lumpini after his fight with sangtiennoi together with damian meyer

Great photo's Dirk, Ramon Dekker was an absoulutely awesome fighter!!!

next month there come a video and dvd out with fights,interviews,training and ramon personal !!

wow I will be getting that asap!is it available through nikko sports vids?

Wow i forgot ( nearly ) anout one of the `2` Morris bros: From Manchester ( where im from U.K. ) Kev and Mike from Master Toddys gym in Manchester !
WHAT WAS THE RESULT ?
and this bout must have been about 57 to 59 kilos ! ( wow a slim Ramon Deckers !
what weight his last fight?
and last question ?
How long was his fight carear?
in teays ? TOTAL ?
he had a good innings !
cheers
sandy man holt

Wow i forgot ( nearly ) anout one of the `2` Morris bros: From Manchester ( where im from U.K. ) Kev and Mike from Master Toddys gym in Manchester !
WHAT WAS THE RESULT ?
and this bout must have been about 57 to 59 kilos ! ( wow a slim Ramon Deckers !
what weight his last fight?
and last question ?
How long was his fight carear?
in Yeays ? TOTAL ?
he had a good innings !
cheers
sandy man holt

Wow i forgot ( nearly ) anout one of the `2` Morris bros: From Manchester ( where im from U.K. ) Kev and Mike from Master Toddys gym in Manchester !
WHAT WAS THE RESULT ?
and this bout must have been about 57 to 59 kilos ! ( wow a slim Ramon Deckers !
what weight his last fight?
and last question ?
How long was his fight carear?
in Years ? TOTAL ?
he had a good innings !
cheers
sandy man holt

there was a rumour that he might be comming down to melbourn for k1 max can anyone confirm this

this would be awesome to see a legend down under

hi sandy,
he won both fights on points and it was about 59 kg,ramon haved fought about between 190 and 200 fights,he won 165 !! of them.his fight career started on 20 april in 1986 and it ended on 18 march 2001.

ramon in thailand

ramon dekkers vs namkabuan

ramon dekkers vs namkabuan in morocco

AND 1 big one to DIRK
"THANKYOU"

Hey thats a LONG spanning fight carear ! Fantastic! `15` years
Thanks for the info: and Answer ! YOu said he beat his much less experienced opponent, Kev Morris ! u said he it went to points? wicked !
And ref; NAMKABUAN

AND 1 big one to DIRK
"THANKYOU"

Hey thats a LONG spanning fight carear ! Fantastic! `15` years
Thanks for the info: and Answer ! YOu said he beat his much less experienced opponent, Kev Morris ! u said he it went to points? wicked !
And ref; NAMKABUAN

AND 1 big one to DIRK
"THANKYOU"

Hey thats a LONG spanning fight carear ! Fantastic! `15` years
Thanks for the info: and Answer ! YOu said he beat his much less experienced opponent, Kev Morris ! u said he it went to points? wicked !
And ref; NAMKABUAN

That picture of Ramon standing in fromt of the Shark posters-I was there that night in 1995. It was quite a thrill to see him fight live at Lumpini Stadium.

A trainer from FRANCE ?

That picture of Ramon standing in fromt of the Shark posters-I was there that night in 1995. It was quite a thrill to see him fight live at Lumpini Stadium.

ramon with musti lakshem

najim ettouhlali,hassan kassrioui,mohammed quali,hassan ettaki,fikri tyarti and ramon dekkers.

ramon dekkers vs isara in the lumpini on 27 november 1990

marc de weerd,bert kops and ramon dekkers

ramon before fighting in thailand

"GALLERY"
Ramon Deckers
Diamond Gallery !
thanks 4 sharing !
sandy man holt

Where was you felix? :p
:)))
cheers
sandy man holt
www.thaiboxing.co.uk

Dirk

"FANTASTIC" cant say anymore hes the man !!!!!

Top man Dirk. I can now have different Ramon Dekker wallpaper for my PC everyday of the week !!!!

Ramon Dekkers vs Gilbert Ballentine

Ramon Dekkers vs Gilbert Ballentine

All these pictures Dirk, if you keep on... You will end up as # 1 next year!

LOL.

Met Superlek sornisaarn recently in Ubon who beat Dekker in an absolute war in Lumpini,Dekker puty Superlek down in 1st with high roundkick but ended up getting a count himself.Superlek told me he couldn't eat solid food properly for about 3 weeks after the fight!!!

was watching some dekker fights today . Thought of this thread. Nok Soo Kow !

The greatest fighter in the World when he was fit.I got to see Ramon in Melbourne when he fought New Zealand based thai Jombing Chaiwakool.He had an easy day at the office then,mind you Jombing is no bum.Ramons array of weapons that night was awesome,I was doing Jombings corner and in the second round he looked like his left rib had been attacked with a baseball bat.Jombing was over awed by him non the less he did his best.Deckers combos were awesome,he is pound for pound the best in the world......Thanks for the memories CHAMP.....

Hi Dangerous,
this is an old topic,but it always comeback !!Thanks for your nice words!!
Look on :http://www.fightingmaster.com/legends/dekkers/ramon.htm

dekkers vs ballentine part 3

dekkers vs ballentine part 3

dekkers vs ballentine part 3

dekkers vs ballentine part 3

fightnight in breda

flyer ramon dekkers fightnight

ramon dekkers and cor hemmers warming up with rob kaman

ramon dekkers and gilbert ballentine after their second fight

ramon anno 1990

ramon vs chanoy

ramon vs joel cesar

ramon vs joao vierra

Just thought i would put this back at the top......LEST WE FORGET,RAMON MY ORIGINAL INSPIRATION >>>>THANKYOU>

Just looked through this thread again, never gets boring. I am gonna watch my Ramon DVD's again tonight now!!!

Awesome guy, I was lucky enough to train with him last year at a seminar. Great bloke, what a legend!!

FB'Slim

And can't forget this!!

oops, bit big that!!

I was thinking the same thing Fatboy, got to watch my video tonight.

Dirk hope you got that many pictures of your family..ha ha

which is which

its not working

We can't have a Ramon Dekkers topic without having some video footage of the man in action. Stills just don't seem to capture just how vicious and powerful a fighter he was.

http://www.compfused.com/directlink/442/

Ramon Dekkers vs Takayuki Kohiruimaki (K-1 RISING 2000)(2000.1.25)

Ramon Dekkers vs Takayuki Kohiruimaki (K-1 RISING 2000)(2000.1.25)

Ramon Dekkers vs Akeomi Nitta (K-1 Jï½¥MAX)(2000.11.1)

Ramon Dekkers vs Akeomi Nitta (K-1 Jï½¥MAX)(2000.11.1)

Ramon Dekkers vs Akeomi Nitta (K-1 Jï½¥MAX)(2000.11.1)

Thanks to all of you !!! Awesome !! That this topic always comeback.

ramon vs den muangsarin

ramon vs deschawin

ramon vs hassan kassrioui

ramon vs hassan kassrioui

ramon vs mike morris

ramon vs mike morris

ramon vs joe prestia (first fight)

ramon vs joe prestia (first fight)

ramon vs joe prestia (first fight)

ramon vs joe prestia (second fight)

ramon vs joe prestia (second fight)

Dirk man you are the dekkers daddy!!(hope that translates.

Excellent pictures Dirk Thanks for sharing them

Don't know if this link has been posted before, sorry if it has. Worth taking a look if not!

http://www.compfused.com/directlink/442

too bad a guy like Dekker when and got tapped out in minutes. What was he thinking making a come back in MMA. Sudo is no joke!!

He was thinking........Ok so I get a big fat check and I can just tap out if I get in trouble? Hell yeah! Ramon has been helping train fighters for MMA with Golden Glory, he did not just wander blind into an MMA bout. Of course getting Sudo for your first bout is a stiff challenge. But Ramon had to sell his soul for that kind of money in his day and now he walks out of the ring without a scratch. He would be silly not to get paid and his legacy is hat gets him that payday.

Right on Eric, very smart move on his part. Lucky for him he didn't go by opinions of the folks that couldn't look further then that!

If you fight for $$$ only I can see your point. I'd fight dekker for a buck to.
I guess when you're a Dekker nut hugger you can't see past the scare tissue.

Go over into the MMa forums and find out how much of an ass Dekker made him self to be.

Very weak carrer move.

I am for sure a Dekker Nut Hugger! I can see past the scar tissue and I see a man who already had his career, a grown man that already accomplished more than any other foreign fighter in Muay Thai. His legacy is sealed. Now after some time off he decided he missed the rush of being in front of a crowd. His scar tissue was never a factor with Sudo. I think he knew that. The purses today in Japan are som much more than what he got for fighting the best Thais in Thailand over and over. So hell, I think if he wants to do it, he deserves to be able to use his name and get a big check.

Duval.
Im pretty sure if Sudo was to fight Dekkers at Dekkers game,(full thai rules)then the muay thai message boards would be talking about what an ass Sudo made of himself.
Each to their own. Dekkers did it for the money simple as.

Sudo would get is ass handed over fast if he fought Dekker full MT.
But i guess it s impossible to have a general discussion over mt and mma without it getting out of hand.
Im a fan of dekker to, altought I traine mma i do enjoy MT and have spent some time in thailand. so its not like I dont shit about the sport.

No one ever questioned what you do or do not know about the sport. But knowing the sport and having spent time in Thailand you surely know the career of Ramon Dekkers has been over for real for several years and his best days were in the 1990s. So winning or losing to Sudo makes no impact on anythung other than his bank account.

Ramon Dekkers is the best farlung in MT.
No one comes even close.
No one can question that.

Can someone please clairfy; is it Dekkers, or Dekker?

Its Dekkers but the Thais used to call him Dekker so you will see that on his shorts sometimes.

Thanks Richard.

im a dekker nut hugger he he,i even had a whole dekkers dekker thread once............ah im proud of it he inspired me to throw my first kick cheers ramon,dont recon ramon would come back to loose for monet though would have thought he had too much pride.

Is it just me, or does that poster at the very top of this thread look awfully gay?

I mean with all those guys stood there in their jeans with no shirts on and that. If they were all wearing Thai Boxing shorts it wouldn't seem so bad.

Duval writes:"Go over into the MMa forums and find out how much of an ass Dekker made him self to be"

Yeah,like MMA forums mean anything to us Thaiboxers, maybe if we were MMA nut huggers...

Thanks Dirk, awesome and interesting post.

Just wanted to bring this to the top!!

Ramon vs Genki Sudo

Ramon vs Duane Ludwig

Ramon vs Duane Ludwig

Ramon vs Duane Ludwig

Ramon vs Duane Ludwig

Ramon vs Duane Ludwig

Ramon vs Joeri Mes

Ramon vs Joeri Mes

Ramon vs Joeri Mes

Some great photo's of The Living Legend - Ramon Dekkers from the Netherlands,made by Leo van Kuilenburg,look on http://www.mataleo.nl/

Ramon in Japan,before his fight with Duane Ludwig

Ramon in Japan,before his fight with Duane Ludwig with his trainer Cor Hemmers

Ramon in Japan,before his fight with Duane Ludwig with his trainer Cor Hemmers

Sem Schilt,Cor Hemmers,Ramon,Nicky Hemmers and Bas Boon

Cor Hemmers,Nicky Hemmers,Ramon,Sem Scilt and Bas Boon

Ramon vs Francois Pennachio

Ramon in sidyodthong

Ramon with Tyrone Spong

Ramon with Marc Gefferie

Ramon Dekkers Vs. Issara Sakkeerin

did u cum yet andyC?

I Have .

Ramon had the special "something" that in oppinion has never been matched by a Euopean boxer,maby it was the era he fought in or maby he realy is "The best european to ever lace up the gloves."

are u drunk / stoned or both

I think ramon dekkers was the best European ever(sober)

Ramon Dekkers and Errol Zımmerman ın Tsjechie.

Didnt realise that Ramon and Mes had fought - where was that (looks big!) when,what rules and the outcome? - cheers!

kleenex pls

http://www.muaythaionline.org/fightinfo/k1itsshowtimeamsterdam2006.html

all clear now

Ramon Dekkers (R) successfully blocks a vicious elbow attack from Theerapong Sith Koloyuth.

Ramon Dekkers grapples with Cherry S.Wanich

Ramon Dekkers grapples with Cherry S.Wanich

Ramon vs Genki Sudo

Ramon Dekkers vs Kenichi Ogata

Ramon Dekkers vs Kenichi Ogata

Ramon Dekkers vs Kenichi Ogata

Ramon Dekkers vs Boonchai in Japan

Ramon Dekkers in the dojo of Maeng ho,way back at the end of 1990

Ramon Dekkers in the dojo of Maeng ho,way back at the end of 1990

Ramon dekkers vs Boonchai in Japan

I've been lucky enough to train with Ramon Dekkers on three of his visits to England and he is my favourite all time fighter and a true legend!

Simply The Best!!!

Photo's are not uploading for some reason

Any one know how many Uk fighters Boxed Ramon D? and their names?.

I know there was Thomas McCarthy & Kevin Morris I've got their fights on video and I also read an article in 'COMBAT' magazine that Paul Hamilton also fought Ramon Dekkers twice although I've never seen it elswhere that would have been good to watch as Paul was an excellent Thai fighter and Dekker was in his prime then.I used to collect a lot of rare fights back then and some of them include his battles with Dida,Cobal [Held in Paris] and a great demonstration of Ramon Dekker at his most devastating was the fight with Hector Pena who was knocking everyone out and was brilliant himself but in this fight held in Japan Dekker just smashed Pena's legs to bits and was awsome!

Thanks Phil,I seen Ramons fight with Thomas Mcarthy(who i boxed twice) but no other english fighters.

ramon at my gym siam warriors cork city ireland this sat 25th oct all the lads cant wait to meet him

Yesterday, I visit the gym of Golden Glory, here's a picture of me and the legendary Ramon Dekkers.

My son Bryan with Ramon Dekkers

What a picture !! Me and the family of Ramon, together with Luc'The butcher'Verheije, one of the big legends in Dutch history of Thai & Kickboxing.
From Left to Right: Cor Hemmers, Ramon Dekkers, Dirk Stal, Luc Verheije, Nicky Hemmers & Carlo Dekkers

Dirk Stal and Bryan Stal with 'The Diamond' Ramon Dekkers

Recently bumped in to Ramon Dekkers in Pattaya.....

class rich he has some fists on him

Too right Martin.
Scary to think he used to fight at my weight!

He was sat outside a bar in Walking Street with some locals, when all of a sudden he was accosted by 12 UK and American thaiboxers.
Great moment! :) lol

LEGEND ... and Rich what took you down walking street , not many shops down there lol ;-)

We got lost.... it was my first time to Pattaya!!! ;)

All of a sudden the shops stopped and it was just bars, so thought it would be rude not to partake ina few sociables. :)

WOW! top man Richard!!!

Ramon vs Genki Sudo

Ramon vs Genki Sudo

Ramon Dekkers vs Akeomi Nitta

Ramon'Diamond'Dekkers sponsored by Nikko sports

Those are the days !! The Dutch in France : Van left to right : Tommy v/d Berg, Rob Kaman, André Mannaart, Luc Verheije, Ramon Dekkers, Brian Pieters and Cor Hemmers.(Parijs 29-06-1991) I will thank Luc Verheije for this great picture !!

Ramon Dekkers - Team Golden glory

Ramon Dekkers, The Legend

Awesome!! And a absolute legend.

TTT

R.I.P. Ramon Dekkers

Such a shame gone too soon,absolute legend. RIP Ramon Dekkers.

Ramon Dekkers R.I.P

Ramon Dekkers R.I.P

Ramon Dekkers R.I.P

Ramon Dekkers R.I.P

Ramon Dekkers R.I.P

Sorry but couldn't help noticing how old this thread is.