In July the Albufeira bullring hosted the best
international fight-night ever organised in Portugal,
putting the final pieces in place for Florin's plans to
bring bigger and bigger events to the Algarve.
Born in Romania, Florin went to Germany aged 16 then
came to the Algarve a couple of years later in the mid
90's. His career as a fighter soon took shape and he
rapidly climbed to national champion, and stayed there.
He then fought his way through Europe to become European
Champion in several divisions, one title he has held for
4 years. Now he's the most successful profes sional
fighter in Portugal. Not only is Florin a pro fighter,
he trains and manages other fighters, as well as setting
up top class fight nights. Florin set up Dynamite, a
fight promotion company and is now working on his 7th
event – Dynamite 7. Still only aged 29, successful
fighter, trainer, manager and promoter, and soon to be
father for the first time, Florin's future looks very
bright on all levels.
Florin's fight statistics boast an impressive 60
professional fights in Boxing, Muay Thai, Kickboxing &
MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), but his main focus has been on
Thai boxing, with 43 wins, 17 by KO – his last fight was
against a very hard German fighter which he won by KO in
the first round.
He's also a 2 time European Champion in Muay Thai,
International Vale Tudo (MMA) champion of Portugal and
2006 GP Tournament Champion.
Success has brought more success as he has fought his
way to the top. Each year only the top European
Thaiboxers get invited to compete in the TV series "It's
Showtime Trophy", an elimination competition and reality
TV fight show with the winner taking away $100,000. In
June, Florin won all his fights in the first round in
Holland, making it to the finals in Thailand in
September, but contractual obligations means he can't
tell us the results.
Florin smiled and said, "Watch it on EuroSport in
December! The training regime was amazing and the fights
spectacular."
October was another busy month for Florin as he
prepared for his next big fight on the international
fight scene - Klash III in Romania. Florin explains, "Klash
is the biggest Thaiboxing division in Europe. Their last
event was part of my fight-card on the big fight-night
in the Albufeira bullring, Dynamite 6. Klash
fight-nights are shown all over Europe on EuroSport,
Prima TV and other national channels, so my sponsors get
a lot of TV coverage."
Coming off yet another impressive international
success, Florin told us what's next on his busy agenda –
this time not as a pro fighter, but now as Fight
Promoter. "Dynamite 7 is my next big fight-night, held
in the Hotel Paraiso in Albufeira on Sunday 9th Dec.
I've almost finalised the fight-card but can tell you we
have some great international fighters already signed
up.
There'll be K1 fights, Muay Thai kickboxing and an
MMA fight.
With the massive growth of MMA all over the world,
I'm now building a cage and will be organising some big
MMA fightnights for 2008. One thing is for sure – the
Algarve will be hosting many big televised fight-nights
in 2008!. You might even see me fight in the UFC!"
For more information, the official Dynamite web site
– www.DynamitePortugal.com – has all the news and
updates.