In the field of stand-up fighting, who is the most capable person on the planet? Several organizations and institutions, including ESPN, have their own answers. The result is often heavy gunners who are tall, strong, and skilled—milko, Tyson, Peter Az, and so on.
However, in 2015, the BBC named a fighter who was less than 1 meter 7 tall and weighed less than 70kg "the smallest man in the world".
He was Mike Zambidis, who people preferred to call him the "Little Greek Bald Head."
Born in 1980, Mike is indeed very small - 167 in height, 69 kg of weight is not remarkable in Europe. But he has loved competitive sports since he was a child, and at the age of 9 he trained in boxing, taekwondo and long-distance running with his brother Pilos, and he has a strong physical fitness.
At the age of 16, Mike began to play the competitive sport of kickboxing. In 2000, he became an instant hit and won a series of competitions, and has since become famous in the world of boxing. In the first few matches against unknown opponents, his power was vividly displayed - he once broke the opponent's ribs with a combination of punches.
From the K1-MAX in 2001 to the ko, to the following year's three wins, to the defeat of Klaus in 2003. In the final, the heavy punch between the Greek bald head and the magic cloak was a textbook competition. Despite the defeat of the points, the Magic Cloak Dou spoke highly of him.
In 2006, the "Prince of Muay Thai" bogy and the little bald head met for the first time, which was a sword and light sword shadow. One is a Thai style that is good at knee and sweep kicks, and the other is a European style that is good at combining punches, and the match between the two has been replayed more than 100 times by TV.
In fact, the little bald head has won 16 world championships. And on the stage of K1, 12 wins and 11 losses, 7 KO or TKO opponents.
In an interview with him by the media, he once said: "My height and arm span have always been at a disadvantage, so I can only sweat more than others." During the night I also practiced my hooks and steps, and recorded some inspiration all the time. "As the world king of WOKA, he is perfectly qualified to speak like this.
"My idol is Bruce Lee of China," he said in 2014, "Bruce Lee represents a spirit and philosophy, a courage not to accept defeat, he is also an idol of many Europeans."
However, heroes and warriors will grow old.
In 2014, Mike Zambidis, as a veteran, played against China's Xu Yan in Jinan, and after three rounds, he was defeated by the Chinese players.
The little bald head after the game thought about it, perhaps, he was reminiscing about his own year.