Mike Bernardo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mike Bernardo
Occupation	Kickboxer
Date Of Birth	Jul 28, 1969(1969-07-28)
Age	55
Date Of Death	February 14, 2012, Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa
Birthplace	Cape Town
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Leo

Mike Bernardo Biography

Mike Bernardo is one of the most popular and richest Kickboxer who was born on July 28, 1969 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

Michael Shawn “Mike” Bernardo (28 July 1969 – 14 February 2012) was a South African kickboxer and boxer from Cape Town. Bernardo was known as Beru-chan in Japan, where he has taken part in K-1 World GPs since 1994. He holds notable wins over Mirko Cro Cop, Andy Hug, Francisco Filho, Branko Cikatic, Stan Longinidis and three consecutive wins over K-1 legend Peter Aerts.

In addition to his K-1 career, Mike Bernardo made his professional boxing debut on 28 February 1993, against Delius Musemwa. Mike was able to knock out Delius in the third round. In the second bout he lost by TKO for the first round against little lighter opponent Anton Nel on 7 April 1993. After a string of victories he won the vacant WBF title against Dan Jerling by defeating the Czechoslovakian fighter in the sixth round by KO. The bout took place in May 2000. In 2001, on 8 June, Mike Bernardo defended his WBF title against Peter McNeeley in Cape Town and knocked McNeely out in just 41 seconds. In May 2002, due to being inactive for long, Bernardo was stripped of the belt. Most of bouts (8) were held in South Africa, twice he fight in USA, once in Hungary, Mexico and Japan.

Mike Bernardo Net Worth

Mike Bernardo is one of the richest Kickboxer from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Bernardo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mike Bernardo was of Italian and English heritage and was born in Fishhoek near Cape Town on 28 July 1969. His surname was actually Barnardo, but most people knew him as Bernardo. When he was younger, bullies often picked on him and beat him up. Bernardo started with Kyokushin to deal with his bullies: “I started Karate when I was, 12, 13 years old. The reason why I started was, because as a youngster I was quite tall but not strong. A lot of children at school were in gangs and they would always pick on me and beat me up because I was a big guy so they could prove their friends they were stronger. I took up martial arts lessons and went back to school and when they started to pick on me again and try to beat me up, I beat them all up.”

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Mike Bernardo height 6 ft 4 in Moatasem weight 110 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Mike Bernardo Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Moatasem Ranked on the list of most popular Kickboxer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Mike Bernardo celebrates birthday on July 28 of every year.