28.10.10

Baxter Humby is the only man in the world to win world titles with only one hand

Baxter Humby world titles boxing one hand
Baxter Humby

Baxter Humby was born in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1974 & is known as "The One Armed Bandit" because he has no right hand [It was amputated at birth, just below his elbow, after becoming entangled with the umbilical cord.]

Baxter is the current IMTC (International Muay Thai Council) World Super Welterweight Champion. He holds a number of different title belts including IKKC USA Kickboxing Champion, IMTC World Middleweight Champion and IKBA International Kickboxing Champion. He won the Canadian Super Welterweight Kickboxing Championship in 1996, and afterwards, in 1997, moved to California to pursue a professional kickboxing career. He currently trains with Muay Thai World Champion Maurice Travis and has a fight record of 53-10-1.

In the movie Spider Man 3 Baxter Humby took Tobey Maguire's place in filming a fight scene between Spider-Man and Sandman. Humby helped deliver the intended effect of punching through Sandman's chest.

Baxter Humby world titles boxing one hand
Baxter Humby, as Spider-Man,
throws a computer-generated punch through the chest of Sandman
in Spider Man 3 movie

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