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Wayne Barrett began training in karate at ten years old before transitioning to Muay Thai and compiling a record of 19–1 with 15 knockouts as an amateur. He also successfully competed as an amateur boxer, winning a Golden Gloves title in his native Georgia and then relocating to New York City to train under Rob Rogan at Square Circe Muay Thai in Manhattan, Jason Strout for Striking at Church ...
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.
October 6–13: 2024 Asian Kickboxing Championships in Phnom Penh [147] October 30 – November 2: 2024 Pan American Kickboxing Championships in Santiago [148] November 1–10: 2024 WAKO European Championships in Athens [149] November 21–30: 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Bangkok
USMTA Amateur Southeastern Welterweight Championship; World Boxing Council Muaythai. WBC Muaythai International Super Welterweight (-69.853 kg/154 lb) Championship; World Kickboxing Association. WKA Amateur Eastern Welterweight (-67 kg/147.7 lb) Muay Thai Championship; WKA Amateur North American Welterweight (-67 kg/147.7 lb) Muay Thai Championship
All championship information from WonderBoyMMA.com [98] 1999 I.S.K.A Georgia State Middleweight Amateur Champion; 2000 I.S.K.A Southeast Middleweight Amateur Champion; 2000 I.K.F South East Light Middleweight Amateur Champion; 2000 I.K.F National Amateur Tournament Middleweight Champion [99] 2000 P.K.C National Light Middleweight Amateur Champion
After many years of training in various styles of martial arts, Nwamu was accepted to Georgia Military College in 1998 and began amateur boxing as a student athlete. Nwamu won the 1998 Georgia State Amateur Boxing Championship and the 1998 and 1999 Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championships sanctioned by USA Boxing, representing Georgia and New York, respectively. [1]
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.
Returning to kickboxing, he became a four time world champion when he won a unanimous twelve-round decision over Tom Montgomery in Brighton, England, to be crowned the ISKA World Super Welterweight (-69.5 kg/153.2 lb) Full Contact Champion, setting up a unification fight with Roberto Fatica at the Dundonald International Ice Bowl in Belfast ...