Douglas Ma'afu Hawke, better known as Doug "Vicious" Viney (born 20 November 1976) is a Tongan-New Zealander heavyweight

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and kickboxer. He is the K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas champion, who also represented

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as a super heavyweight boxer under the name of Ma'afu Hawke at 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Biography and career

Viney made his K-1 debut on 21 July 2001 at the '' K-1 New Zealand Grand Prix 2001''. He knocked out Dion Crouch and Auckland Aumitagi in the quarter and semi-finals, respectively, before going on to face Rony Sefo in the final, who he defeated via decision. He then went on to the ''

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'' in February 2002, where he was defeated in the semi-finals by Andrew Peck after beating Chris Chrisopoulides in the quarters. In November 2002, he again entered the New Zealand Grand Prix at '' K-1 New Zealand 2002'' where he reached the final only to be defeated by

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. He then went on to lose his next two fights after this also, and then switched to the sport of

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. In the summer of 2004, he represented

as a super heavyweight boxer under the name of Ma'afu Hawke at 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. After the Olympics, he made his professional boxing debut on 3 September 2005 by defeating Junior Pati by decision. He returned to kickboxing in 2006, winning his first three fights, including a decision win over Peter Graham. On 4 May 2007, he took part in the eight-man tournament at ''

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'' and was defeated in the quarter-finals by

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. Three months later, on 11 August, he was reserve fighter at the ''

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''. After defeating Mahmoud Fawzy in the reserve match, he was called in to the semi-finals to face Aleksandr Pitchkounov after

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pulled out of the tournament with an injury. He was able to defeat Aleksandr Pitchkounov, and then went on to beat

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in the final. After winning the Las Vegas Grand Prix, he was given a place in the last 16 of the 2007

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. He was knocked out in round 2 by

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at the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Seoul Final 16''. He then returned in 2008 at the ''

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in the semi-finals. Samedov was able to take his revenge, winning by decision and knocking Viney out of the tournament.

Kickboxing record

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Mixed martial arts record

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Boxing record

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Titles

*2007 K-1 World Grand Prix Las Vegas 8 man Champion *2006 Kings of Oceania Champion *2004 Athens Summer Olympian *2004 Oceania Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Champion *2001 K-1 New Zealand 8 man Champion

References

External links

*
Doug Viney's profile at Official K-1 Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Viney, Doug 1976 births Living people New Zealand male kickboxers Tongan male kickboxers Heavyweight kickboxers Tongan male boxers Cruiserweight boxers Heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Tonga New Zealand Muay Thai practitioners Sportspeople from Auckland New Zealand people of Tongan descent New Zealand male boxers Fighters trained by Lolo Heimuli Boxers from Auckland SUPERKOMBAT kickboxers New Zealand male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai