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Of late, W.A.K.O. have begun to get involved with the SportAccord World Combat Games, hosting male and female full-contact, semi-contact and low-contact kickboxing competitions at the 2010 event, [5] with the 2009 world championships (both events) being used as qualifiers.
The Toughman Contest, founded in 1979 in Bay City, Michigan, by late boxing promoter Art Dore (1936–2022), [1] is a chance for the novice amateur boxers (those with no more than five sanctioned wins in the past five years) to test themselves in the ring.
As with most other forms of amateur kickboxing all contestants must wear head and body protection. More information on the rules can be found at the official W.A.K.O. website. [ 4 ] At Paris the men had twelve weight divisions ranging from 51 kg /112.2 lbs to over 91 kg /+200.2 lbs , while the women had seven ranging from 48 kg /105.6 lbs to ...
Amateur Kickboxing record 152 Wins, 8 Losses: Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2023-11-22: Loss: Unal Alkayis: 2023 WAKO World Championship, Semifinals: Albufeira, Portugal: Decision (3:0) 3: 2:00 Wins the 2023 WAKO World Championhship Low Kick −75kg Bronze Medal. 2023-11-21: Win: Davlatbek Rayimjonov: 2023 WAKO World ...
It is one of four premier amateur boxing tournaments, the others being the National Golden Gloves Tournament, which crowns its own amateur welterweight champion, the Police Athletic League Tournament, and the United States Armed Forces Tournament, all sending champions to the US Olympic Trials. It was contested at 147lbs until 2002 when it was ...
Troy Glenn Dorsey (born November 19, 1962) is a former U.S. boxer and kickboxer who competed in the bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight divisions. Known predominantly for his physical endurance and power, Dorsey began his martial arts training in karate and taekwondo at the age of ten before later making the switch to full contact kickboxing.
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 ...
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.