nationality birth_date kickbox_loss other_names team rank name kickbox_win years_active birth_place kickbox_kowin height stance weight kickbox_draw fighting_out_of weight_class kickbox_koloss article_title style
english 23 june 1962 5 black panther team andy hug black '' black belt in kyokushin '' michael thompson 6 1982-1999 london , england 3 1.81 1 orthodox 88.1 kg lb st on 0 lucerne , switzerland cruiserweight heavyweight 4 michael thompson -lrb- karateka -rrb-
 kickboxing , kyokushin karate , seidokakian karate
michael thompson -lrb- karateka -rrb-

michael thompson -lrb- born 23 june 1962 -rrb- is an english former karateka and kickboxer who competed in the cruiserweight and heavyweight division .
after a long and distinguished career in kyokushin , in which he won the british open four times , the commonwealth championships in 1988 and the european championships in 1991 as well as competing three times in the world open , thompson later switched to seido and reached the final of the 1994 seidokaikan karate world cup .
during his time as a seido competitor , he also fought as a professional kickboxer in k-1 , amassing a 6-5 record and becoming the wka european super cruiserweight champion .
