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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.
In 1976, the WKA was founded by Howard Hanson in the United States and originally named World Karate Association.The organization was the first non-profit governing body to use an independently controlled rating list and the first to establish a world championship division for women and the first to include countries from Asia. [4]
List of kickboxing organizations. ... Rizin Fighting Federation; TatNeft Cup; Wu Lin Feng ... List of current kickboxing world champions; List of boxing organisations ...
Both organizations split in late 1998 due to minor disagreements. The newly created team was chaired by Frenchman Stephane Cabrerra, Billy Murray and Olivier Muller. [2] On September 19, 1998, WKN became the first organization to promote a world championship in Muay Thai on the same event as a boxing world championship.
World Boxing Union [61] 28 2012 USA: WBL World Boxing League [62] 29 N/A N/A UBF Universal Boxing Federation [63] 30 N/A KOR: WBS World Boxing Society [64] 31 2017 USA: PBC Professional Boxing Council 32 2017 LUX: RBO Royal Boxing Organization [65] 33 N/A N/A LBF Legends Boxing Federation [66] 34 2018 Brazil: IBFed [67] Intercontinental Boxing ...
World Boxing is an international sports organization regulating amateur boxing. It was formed in response to the breakdown in relations between the International Olympic Committee and the Russian-led International Boxing Association over governance and integrity problems in the latter.
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 ...
This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non-governmental governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often crafting rules, promoting the sport to prospective spectators and fans, developing prospective players, and organizing world or continental championships.