Tosca Petridis

Tosca Petridis (born Tasis Petridis, 30 October 1966) is an Australian former kickboxer and boxer. He was born in Melbourne, however is of Greek ethnicity. He lives in Melbourne.

Kickboxing Tosca is a former 7 time World Kickboxing champion.

In 1992, Tosca won his first World Kickboxing Title, winning the WKA/ISKA World Light Heavyweight Championship against American Mike Cole in Melbourne.

In 1993, Petridis beat the legendary Jean-Yves Thériault, by points decision in a 12-round fight in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for Thériault's world Kickboxing title, under American Kickboxing rules. Tosca in 1993, also competed in the K-2 Grand Prix '93 tournament, which was a Light Heavyweight tournament hosted by K-1. In this tournament, he beat 1991 World Karate Cup champion Toshiyuki Atokawa in the quarter-finals by unanimous points decision, before losing on a very close points decision in the semi-final to Muay Thai legend, Changpuek Kiatsongrit.

In 1995, Tosca fought Dutch legend, Rob Kaman under Muay Thai rules, and after Tosca seemingly being in front on points against Kaman, the fight was stopped towards the end, after an accidental headbutt, which had the fight ruled a no contest.

Boxing

Tosca also fought a few times in boxing, later in his career, where he became the Australian Cruiserweight boxing champion. In his second boxing bout, he beat former 3 time world Boxing champion Iran Barkley. His overall boxing record was 9 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw.

Titles 2004 Australia Cruiserweight Title in Perth, Australia 1999 PABA Cruiserweight Title in Melbourne, Australia 1999 Australia Cruiserweight Title in Melbourne, Australia 1993 P.K.C. Full Contact Super Middleweight World title.

Professional boxing record 9 Wins (5 knockouts, 4 decisions), 5 Losses (3 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 Draw ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotesWin Brett SmithTKO57 March 2004 Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, New South WalesDraw Brett SmithTD213 November 2003 Albert Park Powerhouse, Albert Park, VictoriaLoss Lawrence TauasaMD1221 February 2003 Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, New South WalesWin Paul MurdochSD106 December 2002 State Netball and Hockey Centre, Parkville, VictoriaWin Kingsley EnedehgeTKO19 May 2002 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, MelbourneLoss Paul BriggsTKO16 October 2000 Seagulls Stadium, Tweed Heads, New South WalesLoss Adam WattTKO724 March 2000 Waitara Oval, SydneyWin John WybornTKO114 October 1999 Windsor Hotel, MelbourneLoss Wayne BraithwaiteTKO229 July 1999 Melbourne Town Hall, MelbourneWin Adrian BellinTKO1223 April 1999 Dallas Brooks Hall, MelbourneWin James GrimaUD817 July 1998 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, MelbourneLoss Chris OkohPTS126 November 1996 Hull, YorkshireWin Phil GregoryPTS109 March 1996 Melbourne Park, MelbourneWin Iran BarkleyUD1014 May 1995 The Glasshouse, MelbourneWin Colin WeetraKO219 June 1994 The Glasshouse, Melbourne

Kickboxing record (incomplete) Kickboxing record Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 1998-09-27 Loss Ernesto Hoost K-1 World Grand Prix '98 opening round Osaka, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 4 3:00 1995-06-24 No Contest Rob Kaman Paris, France No Contest 1995-01-07 Loss Rob Kaman K-2 France Grand Prix '95 Semi-finals Paris, France Decision 3 3:00 1993-09-04 Loss Ernesto Hoost K-1 Illusion Tokyo, Japan TKO (Ref stop/right punch, 3 knockdowns) 3 0:45 1993-12-19 Loss Changpuek Kiatsongrit K-2 Grand Prix '93 Semi-final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 1993-12-19 Won Toshiyuki Atokawa K-2 Grand Prix '93 Quarter-final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 1993-06-22 Won Jean-Yves Thériault Montreal, Québec, Canada Decision (Split) 12 Legend:

Mixed Martial Arts record 1 wins (1 knockout)ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateEventLocationNotesWin Peter JonesKO120 May 2013Shooto Australia: NHB 2004 CenterMelbourne, Melbourne