Introduction
Quentin "Dragon" Chong is a retired South African professional Muaythai (Muay Thai) martial artist, a trainer/coach and actor who has appeared in a number of American movies, local TV series, advertisements and magazines.
Background
Quentin Chong, nicknamed “the Dragon”, was born in 1972, in Gaborone, Botswana. He is the youngest of three siblings. He grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, where he still resides. As a child, aged 5, he trained in Chinese Kung Fu in Hong Kong. On a later visit to Thailand in the early 1990s he started training in Muaythai (also known as Muay Thai), a well-known combat sport of Thailand, under Manop Maswichean, who is a World Champion in the heavy weight category of this sport.
Professional career
In 2001 he was challenged to a World Muaythai title fight in the super middle weight category, in Chumphon, Thailand, against Saroonsak. He won the World Champion Title and successfully defended it in 2002 in Cape Town, South Africa, against Nokweit Davies (Nokweed Devy), also a world champion in the super-middle weight category. He has won 18 of 19 professional fights. His fight in 2002, against Davies, was his last professional fight.
His current involvement in the sport is in capacity of president, coach and manager of the South African Amateur Muaythai Foundation. He currently serves on the Executive Board of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur [1]