Grégory "Cheetah" Choplin (born 15 November 1980 in Saint-Denis) is a French- Ivorian

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. Choplin currently fights out of DEREK boxing in la Courneuve. He is from Saint-Denis, Paris, France. He is a two-time Muay Thai world champion who has had several title fights within the It's Showtime organization and is widely thought of as one of the top kickboxers in

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Career

After winning titles at youth and amateur level, Choplin would he would turn professional at the age of 20 and won his first professional title, the French Class A championship, a few years later in 2004. The same year he was selected to represent France at the amateur world Muaythai championships in

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, reaching the semi finals and claiming a bronze medal. Between 2001 and 2006 Choplin would be virtually unbeatable at home, having defeated top domestic talent such as Frank Nadje and

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. In order to seek greater challenges, Gregory started to compete outside France where his growing reputation got him a world title shot against Vincent Vielvoye in 2006. Despite having beating Vielvoye a few months early (albeit with some controversy) Choplin was seen as the underdog in the battle for the W.P.K.L. belt. After four rounds, however, Gregory was the new champion, defeating the home fighter in front of a partisan Dutch crowd via

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. In 2007, Choplin would sign a professional contract with the It's Showtime organization, becoming the first and (so far) only Frenchman to sign a contract with the Dutch kickboxing giants. Signing with the organization meant Gregory would face the best fighters in Europe on a regular basis. That year he also won a second world title, defeating Jan de Keyzer in

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to become the W.F.C.A. champion. In 2008 he would participate as a wildcard entry in the bi-annual It's Showtime 75MAX trophy, reaching the final where he lost to

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. He was also selected as a contestant for the It's Showtime Reality Show, reaching the semi final stage only to lose to Brazilian Muay Thai supremo

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via a devastating knee KO after an extra round in what was an exciting fight. Gregory bounced back from his recent setups by picking up a number of useful domestic wins against Cédric Muller and

as well as winning several fights within the It's Showtime organization throughout 2008 and the start of 2009. These results got Choplin a rematch against previous conqueror

for Dmitry's It's Showtime 77MAX title. Choplin was unable to gain revenge for his earlier loss in his failed bid for the title in

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, losing a hard five round contest. Throughout 2010 Gregory focused on the domestic scene picking up a good win against top local fighter Moussa Konate. In 2011 Choplin fought in America for the first time, being on the wrong end of an upset when he lost against Ky Hollenbeck - the winner getting a shot at Choplin's old foe

for the W.B.C. Muaythai world title. He faced Joe Valtellini at ''Lion Fight 7'' in Las Vegas on October 13, 2012 and won via decision. Choplin lost to

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by way of third-round KO at ''Lion Fight 8'' in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on January 25, 2013. He bounced back with a points win over Gil Silva at ''Le Choc des Légendes 2013'' in Paris, France, on March 9, 2013. He was scheduled to fight Duochonlek at the ''WBC World Muay Thai Millennium Championship'' in Saint-Pierre, Réunion on September 7, 2013 but the card fell through. He defeated

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via UD in the main event of ''Lion Fight 14'' in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on March 28, 2014. He faced Hichem Menaouine at ''Golden fight 3'' in La Courneuve on June 06, 2015 for the W.M.C (World Muaythai Council) title and won via decision. Choplin defeated Ramon Kübler by TKO(Cut) at 2R on April 14, 2016 at Espace Venise in Sarcelles, Val-d'Oise, France. He retained his WBC Muaythai World title

Titles

Professional *2016

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world champion Super Middleweight -168 lb *2015 WMC World Muaythai Council World champion -168 lbs *2013

World Super Middleweight (168 lbs) champion *2011 IKF Intercontinental Middleweight Champion *2008 It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy runner up *2007 W.F.C.A. Thai-boxing world champion -76.2 kg *2006 W.P.K.L. Muaythai world champion -76 kg *2004 French Muaythai Class A national champion Amateur *2004 I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -75 kg

Professional kickboxing record

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Chris Ngimbi Chris "The African Warrior" Ngimbi (born 18 April 1984 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese-Dutch Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of the Siam Gym in Valkenswaard, Netherlands for Black Label. He is the two times It's Showtime 70MAX world champion ...

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Ky Hollenbeck Ky Conrad Hollenbeck (born June 17, 1987) is an American Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division. He won national and North American titles as an amateur in his teens before turning professional in 2007 and beating Billy Eva ...

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Amateur kickboxing record

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Choplin, Gregory 1980 births Living people French male kickboxers Middleweight kickboxers French Muay Thai practitioners French sportspeople of Ivorian descent Sportspeople from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis