Billy Chow

Biography

Billy Chow is a world boxing champion and action film actor, nicknamed "The Tiger". Born in Calgary, Canada, he began learning karate at around age five and switched to Chinese martial arts at age eleven. He later rose to fame in North American kickboxing circuits, winning the Canadian lightweight kickboxing championship in 1982. His professional record stands at 43 wins and 8 losses, with 31 technical knockouts (KO) and was never KO'd himself. He won the WKA World Kickboxing Championship in 1985. From the mid-1980s, he participated in several Hong Kong kung fu films and worked as a martial arts choreographer, often portraying modern-styled Wah Ching gang villains. He returned to the boxing ring at age 45 in 2003, and on May 30, 2007, KO'd Thai boxer Nachalun at an international Muay Thai tournament in Macau to win the gold belt. Although his acting career did not reach the level of other martial arts stars, his own boxing gym is considered a landmark combat training facility in Hong Kong with international recognition.