Sam Greco

Sam Greco, born Salvatore Greco on 3 May 1967 in Melbourne, is an Australian retired full contact karateka, heavyweight K-1 kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He grew up in the suburb of Brunswick, played junior football for the local Juventus club from the age of six, and in 1984 became its youngest player to sign for the senior squad before giving up the game at seventeen to concentrate on karate. He began Kyokushin karate at eleven, won the Australian heavyweight championship five times between 1988 and 1992, and was the 1994 Karate World Cup champion. In kickboxing he is known for wins over Branko Cikatic, Ernesto Hoost, Mike Bernardo, Stefan Leko and Ray Sefo. This entry is written from the English Wikipedia article on Sam Greco.