LIST OF TOP ONTARIO FIGHTERS

[WARRIOR]

Having been involved with Muay Thai in Ontario since 1993, I have had the honor of watching, planning, judging, refereeing, participating in and having students participate in many competitions. Over the years, Muay Thai in Ontario has grown into a vast community with many superb gyms producing high caliber athletes and coaches.

This page is intended to serve as an unofficial database of Ontario’s top Muay Thai Athletes. Hopefully this information will be useful to promoters looking for athletes to compete on their cards.

The lose criteria by which these names where selected are as follows:

• Minimum of 5+ fights (approximately)
  
• Active within the last year or expressed intentions of competing in the near future
  
• Most important: Is worthy of being the main event of a card
  

Disclaimer:

• I am sure that there are obvious athletes I am missing and I apologize for that – there are a lot of them! Please remind me if I am missing any names, but keep it only to top athletes for now!
  
• I have classified them into approximate, broad weight categories, only because most of them fight in multiple weight classes. Each athlete only appears on this list once.
  
• I have ordered them into APPROXIMATE RANKINGS BASES ON MY OWN OPINION, this is not official and in cases where I could not decide I just listed them in random order
  
• Most of these athletes where active participants of CAMTAO. I may be missing athletes who competed exclusively in CASK or internationally
  
• For the most part, I have not included athletes who are primarily MMA fighters that only occasionally compete in Muay Thai
  

125-135
Matt Embree - Siam No.1 - Toronto
Joe Tipping - MAS Thai Boxing - Cambridge
Mikey Perez - Southside - Scarborough
Adam Kastner - Fight Factory - Stratford
Tony Manoharan - M-1 Thai Boxing - Woodbridge
Xavier DeGuzman - Southside - Scarborough
Bobby Whittaker - Fight Factory - Stratford

135-145
Josh Palmer - OAMA - Ottawa
Dave Hale - Iron Tiger - Stoney Creek
Syd Bernier - Fight Factory - Stratford
Allan Wilson - Hamilton Muay Thai - Hamilton
Chris Greig - TKO Fighting Arts - Kitchener
Mohamad Awad - ?gym? - Scarborough
Jason Hynes - Pound4Pound - Pickering
Cole Spitzig - Phady's - Cambridge
Benson Virtucio - Krudar - Toronto
Steve Lee - Redemption - Bowmanville
Derrick Henriquez - Caged Dragon - Brantford

145-155
Shane Campbell - Iron Tiger - Stoney Creek
Adam Higson - Phoenix Fight Club - Stoney Creek
Mark Holst - OAMA - Ottawa
Jeff Sharp - Caged Dragon - Brantford
Sacha Hijazi - Bob Carver's - Ottawa
Devon Henry - MAS Thai Boxing - Cambridge
Dave Ribiero - Phady's Muay Thai - Cambridge
Christopher Williams - Warrior Muay Thai - North York
Josh Fitzsimmons - Samir's Combat Reaction - Stoney Creek
Nick Du Preez - York Muay Thai - North York
Peter Arcalas - Southside - Scarborough
Talal Sirajildeen - Scorpion Muay Thai - Scarborough
Troy Sheridan - Ultimate Martial Arts - Scarborough
Ruel Copeland - Siam - Toronto

155-165
Mukai Moramo - Iron Tiger - Stoney Creek
Jeff Harrison - Fight Factory - Stratford
Darryl Marin - Caged Dragon - Brantford
Drago Sindic - Phady's Muay Thai - Cambridge
Jay Bathija - Titan Combat & Fitness - Guelph
Preston Baptiste - M-1 Thai Boxing - Woodbridge
Duen Mitchell - M-1 Thai Boxing - Woodbridge
Avtandil Khozr. - Tiger Gym - Toronto
Wes Arcalas - Southside - Scarborough
Dave Masour - Phady's Muay Thai - Cambridge
Justin Page - Phady's Muay Thai - Cambridge

165-175
Alex Ricci - M-1 Thai Boxing - Woodbridge
Zubair Khan - Warrior Muay Thai - North York
Joseph Valtellini - Ultimate Martial Arts - Scarborough
Robert Thomas - MAS Thai Boxing - Cambridge

175-185
Clifton Brown - Siam No.1 - Toronto
Simon Marcus - Siam No.1 - Toronto
Chris Kew - MAS Thai Boxing - Cambridge
Paul Saccoccia - Lanna Muay Thai - Woodbridge
Peter Montrait - KruDar - Toronto
Chris Cristini - Scorpion Muay Thai - Scarborough
Rory Kennedy - Phady's Muay Thai - Cambridge
Chad Hunt - Fight Factory - Stratford
Preston Pierce - Southside - Scraborough

185-195
Bilal Chawich - Warrior Muay Thai - North York
Shawn Marchand - Phady's Muay Thai - Cambridge

195+
Samir Seif - Samir's Combat Reaction - Stoney Creek

Notable Femal Athletes
Melissa Misiuda - Siam No. 1 - Toronto
Jennypher Lanthier - York University Muay Thai - Toronto
Theodora Pistolis - Tiger Gym - Toronto
Ashley Nichols - MAS Thai Boxing - Cambridge

[thiga]

Joseph Valtellini, won Super middleweight CAMTAO belt just before it went away

[WARRIOR]

Jul 17, 2009 18:51:52 GMT -5 thiga said:

Joseph Valtellini, won Super middleweight CAMTAO belt just before it went away

Joe is definitely deserving of being on this list. I had thought of him but he slipped my mind! Good eye.

[realmuaytiger]

Hey hey,

We are missing Chris Greig and Mohammed 'Hoost' Awad.
I don't know if Hoost is still active in MT but Chris is and is fighting Jeff Sharp this weekend in Kitchener.

Should be a good one.

Thanks for the mention!

[WARRIOR]

That will be a great fight. I am also interested in seeing how Josh Fitzsimmons and Troy Sheridan will go down. Both very tall 155 fighters, Josh is a good counter fighter, Troy very aggressive.

[muaytiger]

Catia Vitoria should be on here. Her pro record is 2-0 and she is fighting Felice "The Bulldog" Herrig early next year.

Josh lost by KO in rnd 1 against Troy. Josh is a great fighter but just had an unlucky day. Hope to see him fight again soon.

[WARRIOR]

Josh is a GREAT fighter, I like his style. I haven't seen Troy fight, but heard that he is very aggressive and has lots of power. He won the IKF worlds in the Summer defeating John Ham in the final, who has nearly 20 fights. Respect to both of them for getting in the ring and giving it their best.

[jetperez]

I think a few good fighters have emerged in the last little bit and rightfully deserve a spot on this list. Ruel Copeland from Siam # 1 (147 lbs) just won a spot on Team Canada and Benson Virtucio (132 lbs) from Krudar is a good figther who is getting better each time he steps in the ring. Also Aaron Castalvi from Siam # 1 (not sure of his weight).Thanks for your consideration.