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By the turn-of-the-twentieth-century, the organization began introducing two different world championships every two years - one typically covering forms of kickboxing such as full-contact, semi-contact and musical forms, while the other types such as Thai-boxing, low-kick kickboxing and later K-1 rules.
She lost the fight by majority decision. [23] Phayahong faced Kira Matsutani at K-1 World GP 2023 on July 17, 2023. [24] She lost the fight by unanimous decision, after an extra fourth round was contested. [25] Phayahong won five gold medals in amateur kickboxing at WAKO-sanctioned competitions across multiple categories between 2023 and 2024 ...
The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United States Champion on Olympic boxers for winning the annual national Olympic boxing tournament organized by USA Boxing, which is the national governing body for Olympic boxing and is the United States' member organization of the World Boxing (since 2023; had been a member of the Association Internationale de Boxe (AIBA ...
Amateur boxing emerged as a sport during the mid-to-late 19th century, partly as a result of the moral controversies surrounding professional prize-fighting.Originally lampooned as an effort by upper and middle-class gentlemen to co-opt a traditionally working class sport, the safer, "scientific" style of boxing found favour in schools, universities and in the armed forces, although the ...
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts, are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ...
Amateur Kickboxing record Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2024-11-04: Loss: Yulia Sachkov: 2024 WAKO European Championships, First Round: Athens, Greece: Decision (3:0) 3: 2:00 2023-06-30: Loss: Emine Arslan: 2023 European Games, Quarterfinals: Myślenice, Poland: Decision (2:1) 3: 2:00 2023-03-18: Loss: Charlotte Berg ...
The International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) is a sanctioning body for kickboxing and Muay Thai based in the United States. [1] The IKF sanctions and regulates all aspects of these sports from Semi Contact (IKF Point Kickboxing (IKF/PKB)) to Full Contact in both Amateur and professional levels. The IKF World Headquarters located in Newcastle ...
The World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (W.A.K.O or WAKO) is an international kickboxing organization counting over 120 affiliated countries representing all five continents. [1] WAKO is a major governing body of amateur kickboxing and is responsible for the development of kickboxing worldwide.