Fighting Weight         72.5-75 kg (Middleweight/Super middleweight)

Ranking       Formerly WMC World ranked no 4. UK No 2.

Professional Record 43 Fights 26 Wins 14 Losses 3 Draws Titles

ITBF British Champion - Middleweight 72.5kg
ITBF British Champion - Supermiddleweight 76kg
WKA British Champion-Junior Supermiddleweight 74kg
WKA Commonwealth Champion - Middleweight 72.5kg
WAKO pro European Champion - Middleweight 75kg
Leeds Sports Federation and Leeds City Council Sports Coach of the Year 2004/2005
Leeds Sports Federation and Leeds City Council Sports Coach of the Year (Runner Up 2007/2008

Notable Athletes He Has Fought

Moussa Sissoko (France) 77kg
Abel El Hakimi (France) WKF World Title 72.5kg
Chad Sawyer (Canada) 72.5kg
Winston Walker (England) WAKO pro World Title 75kg
Renato Haseth (Holland) 73kg
David Dallalio (Italy) WAKO pro European Title 75kg
Steve Reilly (U.K) x 2 ITBF British Title 72.5 and 75kg
Malik Borbashev (Russia) 75kg
Donald Campbell (U.K) WKA British Title 74kg
Takashi Ohno (Japan) ISKA World Title x2 75kg
Phil Barton(U.K)WKA CommonwealthTitle72.5 kg
Sor Korat (Thailand) 72.5kg
Igor Ivosevic (Croatia) WKA World Title 80kg
Nordine Hammoumi (Fra) WAKO pro European 75kg
Wahid Wennekes (Holland) 78kg
Sakasen - Thailand 73.5kg

3 time British, Commonwealth and European Thai Boxing Champion, Richard was ranked No 4 in The World by the World Muay Thai Council prior to his retirement in 2003 and has been training since 1986. He started in Chesterfield with Mike Zamiteas and Manchester with the World Famous Master Toddy and his brother Master A. Richard established Bad Company in 1992 and has trained many champions at the gym since this. His coaching experience is second to none and the results speak for themselves. He has traveled abroad with fighters to some of the biggest events in the world from Zenith Stadium in Paris and the Hilton in Prague to The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City Richard has trained extensively in Thailand, mainly under Jitti Damriram at his gym in Bangkok.

Richard retired from fighting in 2003 after a 16 year career to concentrate on coaching at Bad Company Gym. Since this time the gym has gone from strength to strength with the addition of 6 World, 4 European, 2 Britrish and 2Intercontinental Titles at the gym and 4 of our fighters holding No 1 place in their weight divisions in the UK Rankings. Fighters from the gym have fought and won in Thailand, Cambodia, Japan and Italy and beaten Belgian, Dutch,. Thai, Japanese, French, Italian, Cambodian and Irish opponents. The achievements at the gym were recognised in 2005 when Richard won Leeds Sports Federation Sports coach of the year and again in 2008 when he was runner up.

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