Billy Zhou

Billy Chow (English: Billy Chow, August 24, 1958 -), a world boxing champion and action film actor, nicknamed "Tiger", was born in Calgary, Canada. He started learning karate when he was about 5 years old, and martial arts when he was 11 years old. He later became famous in the American and Canadian kickboxing competitions, and won the Canadian lightweight kickboxing championship in 1982. He has a professional record of 43 wins and 8 losses, 31 technical knockouts (KOs), and has never been KOed. He won the WKA Kickboxing World Championship in 1985. Since the mid-1980s, he has participated in several Hong Kong kung fu films and acted as a martial arts instructor. He often played the role of a fashionable and modern villain thug from the Hua Qing Gang. He returned to boxing in 2003 at the age of 45. On May 30, 2007, he won the gold belt by KOing Thailand's southern boxing champion Na Chai in the "International Muay Thai Gold Belt Macau Charity Competition" held in Macau. Although his acting performance is not as good as that of other martial arts superstars, the Zhou Billy Boxing Gym he opened is an iconic fighting training venue in Hong Kong and has an international reputation.