29/01/2026
With making reference to GP this week in one of our demos and to our southpaw students-
Georgio Petroysian retired in November as the best kick-boxer of all time.
Any southpaw kick-boxer or Muay Thai fighter really should have done their study on him.
Watching his control, distance, angles and choice of shots is beautiful.
Being taught to use the southpaw stance and positioning really can be a gift when used correctly. Even for orthodox fighters that can switch or switch within a combination it can give so much to your game.
With the very greatest of respect here (as Iv been on the other side of his shots!), he had times in his career I’d almost say got boring to the layman’s watching, he made it look that easy with a clinical (his ring nickname was ‘The Doctor’) approach and style to ‘dissect’ his opponents.
That comes from repeated training patterns and commitment.
Thousands of ‘same same’ training sessions. Not just the fun training bits and instagram posey vids and pics.
Any true combat athlete will know this almost boring approach but will reap the benefits.
Give him a watch if you haven’t previously!
Finishing with a record of 109-3-2 and winning every major World title (21 titles total) inc
K1 Wold Max x 2 , ISKA, ONE ,GLORY, KOMBAT LEAGUE, WAKO
Apply those stats to any sport and you have one of the greatest sports people ever, not just in kick-boxing.
In 2006 Petroysian won his 1st World Title.
It was against me in a 4:1 tournament for the Kombat League World title.
With no shame, I’m one of the 109 on his record!
GP had no easy fights (on paper, although as stated he made it look easy) and that’s what made him. Winning vs the very best to become the best of all time. It wasn’t fighting nobodies, for show titles.
Belts now in combat sports are everywhere.
It’s who you fight and where you’re ranked!
On the way to British title level I fought 4 top 10 ranked uk fighters, then several fights in Europe, a countries #1 for a European and an intercontinental champ and countries #1 for one of my worlds. Yet none of those were the fights I’m proudest of. There are some awesome uk fighters now fighting the very best, be like them, try to fight the best