Darrell Henegan (born June 27, 1961) is an American-born

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

former

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner and

kickboxer Kickboxing ( ) is a full-contact hybrid martial art and boxing type based on punching and kicking. Kickboxing originated in the 1950s to 1970s. The fight takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouth guards, shorts, and ...

Taekwondo

Henegan's taekwondo career spanned the years 1979-2001. During that time he won numerous awards in four different decades. They included Canadian, Pan American, and North American Championships, as well as winning the 1981 World Taekwondo Games in Santa Clara, California. At that event he became the first North American to beat the Koreans in a World Championship Gold Medal match.

Kickboxing

Darrell competed as a professional kickboxer from 1984-1996. He finished with a record of 25 wins and 2 losses, with 20 wins by KO. He held numerous titles and was a two-time world champion. In 1988 he won the FFKA Heavyweight Title by decisioning Jerry Rhome and in 1993 he won the

ISKA The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches. It is based in the United States. It was est ...

Cruiserweight Championship with a win over Przemyslaw Saletta. One of Henegan's losses was in a 1990 unification bout with

KICK A kick is a physical strike using the leg, in unison usually with an area of the knee or lower using the foot, heel, tibia (shin), ball of the foot, blade of the foot, toes or knee (the latter is also known as a knee strike). This type of ...

Heavyweight Champion

Dennis Alexio Dennis Alexio (born Dennis Raymond Dick;

. He also had one bout as a professional boxer, a four-round unanimous decision over Daniel DesRoches in 1986.

Kickboxing record

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Przemysław Saleta Przemysław Saleta (born 7 March 1968) is a Polish professional boxer, as well as a former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Later he became an actor and sports commentator as well as a TV personality. Achievements Kickboxing: *1990 W.A.K.O. ...

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Dennis Alexio Dennis Alexio (born Dennis Raymond Dick;

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External links

Tae Kwon Do Greats of Canada
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henegan, Darrell 1961 births Living people Canadian male kickboxers Cruiserweight kickboxers Heavyweight kickboxers Canadian male taekwondo practitioners Canadian male boxers Pan American Games bronze medalists in taekwondo Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Canadian people of African-American descent American emigrants to Canada Black Canadian boxers Black Canadian sportsmen Sportspeople from Queens, New York Martial artists from New York City Martial artists from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people Taekwondo practitioners at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian sportsmen