New Zealand boxer and kickboxer
Douglas Ma'afu Hawke , better known as Doug "Vicious" Viney (born 20 November 1976) is a Tongan-New Zealander heavyweight boxer and kickboxer . He is the K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas champion, who also represented Tonga as a super heavyweight boxer under the name of Ma'afu Hawke at 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece .[ 1]
Biography and career
Viney made his K-1 debut on 21 July 2001 at the K-1 New Zealand Grand Prix 2001 . He knocked out Dion Crouch and Auckland Aumitagi in the quarter and semi-finals, respectively, before going on to face Rony Sefo in the final, who he defeated via decision. He then went on to the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne in February 2002, where he was defeated in the semi-finals by Andrew Peck after beating Chris Chrisopoulides in the quarters. In November 2002, he again entered the New Zealand Grand Prix at K-1 New Zealand 2002 where he reached the final only to be defeated by Jason Suttie .
He then went on to lose his next two fights after this also, and then switched to the sport of boxing . In the summer of 2004, he represented Tonga as a super heavyweight boxer under the name of Ma'afu Hawke at 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece . After the Olympics, he made his professional boxing debut on 3 September 2005 by defeating Junior Pati by decision.
He returned to kickboxing in 2006, winning his first three fights, including a decision win over Peter Graham . On 4 May 2007, he took part in the eight-man tournament at K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007 and was defeated in the quarter-finals by Brecht Wallis . Three months later, on 11 August, he was reserve fighter at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Las Vegas . After defeating Mahmoud Fawzy in the reserve match, he was called in to the semi-finals to face Aleksandr Pitchkounov after Rick Cheek pulled out of the tournament with an injury. He was able to defeat Aleksandr Pitchkounov , and then went on to beat Zabit Samedov in the final.[ 2]
After winning the Las Vegas Grand Prix, he was given a place in the last 16 of the 2007 K-1 World Grand Prix . He was knocked out in round 2 by Badr Hari at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Seoul Final 16 . He then returned in 2008 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam where he rematched Zabit Samedov in the semi-finals. Samedov was able to take his revenge, winning by decision and knocking Viney out of the tournament.
Kickboxing record
Kickboxing Record
19 Wins (9 (T)KO's, 10 decisions), 10 Losses, 0 Draw
Date
Result
Opponent
Event
Location
Method
Round
Time
2012-08-25
Loss
Paul Slowinski
Capital Punishment 6
Canberra , Australia
Decision
3
3:00
2012-03-17
Win
Eric Nosa
Kings of Kombat 6
Keysborough, Australia
Decision
3
3:00
2010-08-29
Loss
Peter Graham
Kings of Kombat
Keysborough , Australia
TKO
5
2009-04-12
Loss
Sebastian Ciobanu
Local Kombat 33
Romania
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
2008-09-12
Win
Erhan Deniz
K-1 Slovakia 2008
Bratislava, Slovakia
Decision
3
3:00
2008-04-26
Loss
Zabit Samedov
K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam Quarter Finals
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Fails to K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam.
2007-09-11
Loss
Badr Hari
K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Seoul Final 16
Seoul, Korea
KO (Straight right punch)
2
1:23
Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Finals.
2007-08-11
Win
Zabit Samedov
K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Las Vegas Final
Las Vegas, NV , United States
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Wins K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Las Vegas and qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final Elimination.
2007-08-11
Win
Aleksandr Pitchkounov
K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Las Vegas Semi Finals
Las Vegas, NV , United States
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
2007-08-11
Win
Mahmoud Fawzy
K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Las Vegas Reserve Fight
Las Vegas, NV , United States
TKO (2 knockdowns/Right uppercut)
1
2:08
2007-05-04
Loss
Brecht Wallis
K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007 Quarter Finals
Bucharest, Romania
KO (Left roundhouse kick)
3
0:50
Fails to K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007.
2006-11-18
Win
Peter Graham
K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 3
Auckland, New Zealand
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
2006-09-24
Win
Matt Samoa
K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 2
Auckland, New Zealand
Decision
3
3:00
2006-06-24
Win
Andrew Peck
K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 1
Auckland, New Zealand
Decision
3
3:00
2003-09-12
Loss
Gordan Jukic
K-1 Final Fight
Split, Croatia
KO (High Kick)
1
2:40
2003-04-11
Loss
Gordan Jukic
K-1 Lord of the Rings
Auckland, New Zealand
TKO
2
2002-11-08
Loss
Jason Suttie
K-1 New Zealand 2002 Final
Auckland, New Zealand
KO
3
1:32
Runner Up of K-1 New Zealand 2002.
2002-11-08
Win
Andrew Peck
K-1 New Zealand 2002 Semi Finals
Auckland, New Zealand
Decision
3
3:00
2002-11-08
Win
Oliva Tuisafia
K-1 New Zealand 2002 Quarter Finals
Auckland, New Zealand
KO
1
2:55
2002-02-18
Loss
Andrew Peck
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne Semi Finals
Melbourne, Australia
KO
1
1:38
Fails to K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne.
2002-02-18
Win
Chris Chrisopoulides
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne Quarter Finals
Melbourne, Australia
TKO
2
2:59
2001-07-21
Win
Rony Sefo
K-1 New Zealand Grand Prix 2001 Final
Auckland, New Zealand
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Wins K-1 New Zealand Grand Prix 2001 championship.
2001-07-21
Win
Auckland Aumitagi
K-1 New Zealand Grand Prix 2001 Semi Finals
Auckland, New Zealand
TKO
2001-07-21
Win
Dion Crouch
K-1 New Zealand Grand Prix 2001 Quarter Finals
Auckland, New Zealand
KO
2
Legend : Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes
Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown
21 matches
11 wins
10 losses
By knockout
7
5
By submission
4
4
By decision
0
1
Res.
Record
Opponent
Method
Event
Date
Round
Time
Location
Notes
Loss
0-1
James McSweeney
Submission (rear naked choke)
Shamrock Events Kings of Kombat 5
10 December 2011
1
2:30
Keysborough, Victoria , Australia
Boxing record
1 Wins , 0 Losses , 0 Draws [ 3]
Result
Record
Opponent
Type
Round, Time
Date
Location
Notes
Win
1-0
Junior Pati
PTS
4 (4)
2005-09-03
Auckland, New Zealand
Pro debut.
Titles
2007 K-1 World Grand Prix Las Vegas 8 man Champion
2006 Kings of Oceania Champion
2004 Athens Summer Olympian
2004 Oceania Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Champion
2001 K-1 New Zealand 8 man Champion
See also
References
External links