Dale Cook

Dale Cook
Dale Cook
Born	November 24, 1956 (age 67); Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Other names	Apollo
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Division	Middleweight ; Super Middleweight ; Light Heavyweight ; Cruiserweight
Style	Karate; Kickboxing; Taekwondo;
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Team	Apollo's Martial Arts
Rank	black belt in Karate ; 7th degree black belt in Taekwondo
Years active	1977-1996
Professional boxing record
Total	22
Wins	19
By knockout	10
Losses	2
Draws	1
Kickboxing record
Total	99
Wins	93
By knockout	54
Losses	5
Draws	1
Other information
Notable students	Randy Blake, Todd Hays, Maurice Smith, Kevin Morby

Dale Cook (born November 24, 1958; often billed as Dale "Apollo" Cook) is an American former kickboxer who competed in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions. With a background in karate and taekwondo, Cook debuted professionally in 1977 and spent the early part of his career as a full contact rules fighter. In the 1980s, he began fighting under Oriental^{[broken anchor]} and Muay Thai rules and took two world titles under the WKA banner. A short stint in shoot boxing towards the end of his career in the mid-1990s resulted in another world title in that discipline.

An occasional actor, Cook also starred in several action-oriented B-movies in the early 1990s.

Career

Nicknamed Apollo, Dale Cook began practicing martial arts with taekwondo at the age of fifteen and eventually earned the rank of seventh degree black belt.^[1] After taking up kickboxing, he turned professional in 1977 and rose to prominence when he won the PKA World Middleweight Championship. Having fought exclusively under the full contact rule set in the beginning of his career, he later ventured into Oriental rules^{[broken anchor]} in the 1980s.^[2]

He won his second world title and the first with low kicks on June 12, 1987, when he knocked out Donald Tucker in the first round to claim the WKA world middleweight (-72.5 kg/159.8 lb) title.^[3]^[4] Following this, he added the WKA super middleweight (-76 kg/167.6 lb) strap to his mantle.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Cook challenged six Muay Thai stylists from Thailand, defeating five of them and losing once, a second-round KO at the hands of Changpuek Kiatsongrit on June 30, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan. On July 30, 1992, he fought Toshiyuki Atokawa at the Kakutogi Olympics II in Tokyo in a kickboxing/full contact karate hybrid match. Rounds one and three were fought with boxing gloves, and rounds two and four bare-knuckle with punching to the face disallowed. Cook won on points, and the pair rematched under Seido karate rules on October 4, 1992, in the opening round of the '92 Karate World Cup in Osaka, Japan. The first round was ruled a draw and went to an extension round after which Atokawa won on all five judges' scorecards.

He continued to fight in Japan where he won the shoot boxing world title before retiring in 1996.

After his retirement, Cook opened Apollo's Martial Arts karate and kickboxing gym in his hometown of Tulsa. Among his students are K-1 heavyweights Randy Blake, Todd Hays and Ralph White, as well as the Oklahoma Destroyers World Combat League team. Another notable student was 6 year old Kevin Morby. He also runs the Xtreme Fighting League, an Oklahoma-based promotion which features both kickboxing and mixed martial arts matches.^[5]

Championships and awards

Kickboxing

Professional Karate Association
- PKA United States Welterweight Championship
World Shoot Boxing Association
- WSBA World Championship
World Kickboxing Association
- WKA World Middleweight (-72.5 kg/159.8 lb) Championship
- WKA World Super Middleweight (-76 kg/167.6 lb) Championship

Boxing record

Boxing record
19 wins (10 KOs), 2 losses, 1 draw
Date	Result	Opponent	Venue	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
1987-08-14	Win	Donald Tucker		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	KO	3	1:47	19-2-1
1986-09-09	Win	Marcellus Jackson		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Decision	6	3:00	18-2-1
1986-06-17	Win	Ed O'Ryan		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	TKO	3		17-2-1
1985-08-18	Win	Carmelo Garcia		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Decision	8	3:00	16-2-1
1984-11-07	Draw	Franklin Owens		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Draw	6	3:00	15-2-1
1984-06-18	Win	Leroy Barnes		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	KO	3		15-2
1984-03-29	Win	Henry Drummond	Showboat Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Decision	4	3:00	14-2
1984-02-03	Loss	Nathan Dryer		Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Decision	6	3:00	13-2
1983-10-08	Loss	Tony Harrison		Oklahoma, USA	Decision	10	3:00	13-1
1983-09-17	Win	Joseph Humphrey	Showboat Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	KO	2		13-0
1983-06-12	Win	Rocky Pidgeon		Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA	Decision	6	3:00	12-0
1983-03-12	Win	Clyde Spencer		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Decision	4	3:00	11-0
1983-01-27	Win	Mike Lair	Hilton Inn West	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Decision (unanimous)	6	3:00	10-0
1982-11-21	Win	Larry Smith	Rock Palace	Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	KO	3		9-0
1982-08-07	Win	Clyde Spencer	Little Dixie's Ballroom	McAlester, Oklahoma, USA	Decision	4	3:00	8-0
1982-06-15	Win	Clyde Spencer		Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA	Decision	4	3:00	7-0
1982-02-07	Win	Rocky Brown		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Decision	4	3:00	6-0
1981-11-11	Win	Bobby Knight		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	KO	4		5-0
1981-07-17	Win	Leslie Smith		Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA	KO	3		4-0
1981-04-10	Win	William Curtis		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	KO	1		3-0
1981-02-22	Win	William Curtis		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	KO	2		2-0
1981-01-15	Win	Larry Smith		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	KO	3		1-0
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes

Karate record

Karate record

Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
1992-10-04	Loss	Toshiyuki Atokawa	'92 Karate World Cup, First Round	Osaka, Japan	Decision (unanimous)	2	2:00
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
94 wins (54 KOs), 4 losses, 1 draw
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
1996-00-00	Win	Mark King		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00
1992-07-30	Win	Toshiyuki Atokawa	Kakutogi Olympics II	Tokyo, Japan	Decision	4	3:00
1990-06-30	Loss	Changpuek Kiatsongrit	AJKF: Inspiring Wars Heat 630	Tokyo, Japan	KO (punches)	2	1:28
1990-00-00	Win	Superman Osotsapa		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Decision	5	3:00
1989-00-00	Win	M Penchandei		Manchester, England	Decision	5	3:00
1989-00-00	Win	Harnsu Premchai		Tokyo, Japan	Decision	5	3:00
1989-00-00	Win	Ismael Changani		Tokyo, Japan	KO	2
0000-00-00	Win	Prasert Sitsoi		Tokyo, Japan	KO	3
0000-00-00	Win	Sikki Taira
0000-00-00	Win	Moon Do-Sang
0000-00-00	Win	Song Ki-Padula
0000-00-00	Loss	John Moncayo		United States
0000-00-00	Win	David Humphries			Decision (unanimous)	10	2:00
Retains the WKA World Middleweight (-72.5 kg/159.8 lb) Championship.
1987-06-12	Win	Donald Tucker			KO	1
Wins the WKA World Middleweight (-72.5 kg/159.8 lb) Championship.
1987-00-00	Win	Pascal Leplat
0000-00-00	Win	Dwyne Wyatt		Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Decision (unanimous)	7	2:00
1984-11-00	Win	Brad Rischer		Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	KO (left hook)
1984-04-00	Win	Babe Gallegos		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	KO (punches)	2	2:00
Retains the PKA United States Welterweight Championship.
0000-00-00	Win	Dan Magnus		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Decision (unanimous)	9	2:00
Retains the PKA United States Welterweight Championship.
1981-00-00	Win	Babe Gallegos			Decision
0000-00-00	Win	Gene McComb
0000-00-00	Win	Ernie Hart, Jr.
0000-00-00	loss	Billy Jackson
1980-00-00	Win	Arthur O'Laughlin		Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Decision (unanimous)	9	2:00
1979-03-07	Loss	Steve Shepherd		West Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Decision	9	2:00
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Fist of Glory	Jake Reynolds
1991	Blood Ring	Max Rivers
1992	Eternal Fist	Amp
	Deadend Besiegers	Gaijin who beats Wuwech
	Triple Impact	Dave Masters	Direct-to-video
1993	American Kickboxer 2	Mike Clark
1994	Double Blast	Greg	Direct-to-video
1995	Raw Target	Johnny Rider
1995	Blood Ring 2	Max Rivers

References

^ "Dale Cook". ikfkickboxing.com.
^ "Hall of Fame Dale Cook". Archived from the original on March 24, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
^ Maslak, Paul (November 1987). "The STAR System World Kickboxing Ratings as of August 1987", American Karate magazine, Condor Books, Inc., New York City, NY, USA, pp. 54,66-67.
^ Maslak, Paul (November 1987). "AK's Kickboxing Report", American Karate magazine, Condor Books, Inc., New York City, NY, pp. 52-54.
^ "John Klein: For 'Apollo' Cook, local Boys & Girls Club helped build storied fight career | Tulsa World". www.tulsaworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

External links

Official site
Boxing record for Dale Cook from BoxRec (registration required)
Dale Cook at IMDb

[1] "Dale Cook". ikfkickboxing.com.

[2] "Hall of Fame Dale Cook". Archived from the original on March 24, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.

[3] Maslak, Paul (November 1987). "The STAR System World Kickboxing Ratings as of August 1987", American Karate magazine, Condor Books, Inc., New York City, NY, USA, pp. 54,66-67.

[4] Maslak, Paul (November 1987). "AK's Kickboxing Report", American Karate magazine, Condor Books, Inc., New York City, NY, pp. 52-54.

[5] "John Klein: For 'Apollo' Cook, local Boys & Girls Club helped build storied fight career | Tulsa World". www.tulsaworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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