Robert D. Parham

Robert Parham Robert Dennis Parham Jr born January 24 1966 is a former five time World Kickboxing Champion and former four time Sport Karate Champion His kickboxing record was 171 with 9 knockouts In his last match he was stopped by Patrick Barry While enlisted in the Air Force he won the Mississippis Silver Gloves championships and in 1988 he began earning karate titles including Armed Forces Champion Mississippi State Champion and preOlympic Taekwondo Champion From 1991 to 1993 he won the National Karate Championship and in 1991 he was the United States Karate Alliance World Karate Champion 1 He was Sport Karate Internationals regional winner in 1990 and 1993 and world champion in 1991 In 1993 he earned the National Black Belt Leagues Regional and World Titles and the United States Karate Alliance Lightweight Koshiki World Title Parham was also the captain of the Pepsi Karate Team Parhams karate accomplishments earned him the Air Forces Air Education and Training Commands Male Athlete of the Year for 1992 The awardwinning martial artist has claimed world kickboxing titles in five weight classes middleweight in 1994 super middleweight in 1996 light heavyweight in 1995 and 1997 cruiserweight in 1997 and heavyweight in 2001 In 1999 Robert was a feature participant in the inaugural show of the TV series The Toughman World Championship on FX He made it to the finals and lost a hotly disputed decision to the local favorite Robert has been inducted into the Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame the Masters Hall of Fame and several other Hall of Fames for his martial arts accomplishments After retiring from martial arts competition Robert turned to acting with minor roles in movies such as Bad Faith The Insider and Hand to Hand He had his breakthrough starring role in the mini feature Buster Jones Robert has since then starred in Predatory Lender and was coexecutive producer on Jackson Bolt He recently had a week designated in his honor in his hometown of Hillside New Jersey and a day in his honor in his present residence of Fairfield California