World Kickboxing Network

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World Kickboxing Network
AbbreviationWKN
FormationOctober 1994
FoundersStephane Cabrera
Olivier Muller
Billy Murray
Founded atHong Kong
Region served
Worldwide
Official language
English
President
Stephane Cabrera
Websitewww.worldkickboxingnetwork.net

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The World Kickboxing Network (WKN) is an international Kickboxing governing body established in 1994.[1]

History

In 1994, the World Kickboxing Network was founded as a subsidiary of (ISKA) to capture new markets. The ISKA's operations were concentrated in the North American market, while WKN was focusing in Europe, Asia & South America. In the 1990s there was strong competition between kickboxing federations.[1] Both organizations split in late 1998 due to minor disagreements. The newly created team was chaired by 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. Jérôme Le Banner vs. Espedito Da Silva for the WKN World super heavyweight Muay Thai title was sanctioned on the undercard of Evander Holyfield vs. Vaughn Bean for the WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at Georgia Dome in Atlanta.[3] The event was organized in collaboration with promoter Don King whom raised the hand of Le Banner,[4] crowned new WKN Muay Thai world champion after knocking out Da Silva in the first-round.[5]

On October 22, 2004, WKN made history in kickboxing by promoting the first kickboxing world championship bout in Romania. Samir Mohamed vs. Alexander Kozachenko for the WKN World super lightweight title headlined the Eurosport and Pro TV televised event Local Kombat 10 in the city of Brăila.[citation needed] The local Kombat promotion later developed into the Superkombat Fighting Championship,[6][7] with its winners competing for the WKN titles.[8][9]

In January 2011, International Vale Tudo Championship (IVC) announced its return with a new ruleset based on the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.[10] On August 20, 2016, WKN brought IVC back to the international scene by co-promoting Micheletti Vs. Ortiz for the WKN World super cruiserweight World title[11] in the main event of IVC 15 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.[3] The event also included MMA bouts.[12][13] Micheletti defeated Ortiz and took the title by knockout in the first round. After IVC 15, there were no more events and the organization is currently on hiatus.[14] After IVC 15 there were no more events and the organization is currently on hiatus.[15]

In 2014, WKN launched a world series of international kickboxing events named Simply the Best which was broadcast on FOX Sports[16] and SFR Sport 5.[17]

WKN World Cup

WKN World Cup 2009 took place in St. Julian's, Malta on September 19, 2009 with up to 13 countries partaking, including Malta, Corsica, Belgium, Egypt, France, Poland, UK, among others.[18]

WKN World Cup 2019 was held from November 28 to November 30, 2019, as an amateur championship contested by international athletes in their respective weight classes. It took place at The Trusts Arena in Auckland, New Zealand with up to 60 countries participating. The event marked the first time kickboxing and mixed martial arts world championships were contested at the same event in New Zealand.[19] The WKN World Middleweight MMA title bout between Kelvin Joseph and Roan Carneiro[20][21] as well as the WKN World Super Heavyweight championship bout between the champion Gregory Tony and former UFC Heavyweight title challenger and former Cage Rage World Heavyweight champion Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva were expected to headline the last day of competition.[22]

The fight between Tony and Silva was cancelled, as Silva was not medically cleared after being knocked out in his previous bout.[23] Carneiro won the fight against Joseph and took the title by submission in the first round.[24]

WKN Champions

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Champions by weight class

WKN uses the following weight divisions.

Weight class name Upper limit Full Contact Champions Kickboxing Champions Oriental Rules Champions K-1 Rules Champions Muay Thai Champions Kun Khmer Chanpions
Flyweight 117 lb (53.070 kg) Vacant Vacant Template:Flagicon Samvel Babayan Vacant Template:Flagicon Stella Ortiz Vacant
Super Flyweight 121 lb (54.885 kg) Template:Flagicon Ignacio Capllonch Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant
Bantamweight 125 lb (56.699 kg) Template:Flagicon Emidio Molinari Vacant Template:Flagicon Ignacio Capllonch Vacant Template:Flagicon Carlos Coello Vacant
Super Bantamweight 129 lb (58.513 kg) Template:Flagicon Gerard Linder Template:Flagicon Sinisa Kovavic Template:Flagicon Marin Vrdoljak Template:Flagicon Brandon Vieira Template:Flagicon Federico Roma Vacant
Featherweight 133 lb (60.328 kg) Template:Flagicon Keith Azzopardi Template:Flagicon Gaylord Montier Template:Flagicon Jay Snoddon Jay Snoddon Template:Flagicon Yordniyom Yuttakangumtorn Vacant
Super Featherweight 137 lb (62.142 kg) Template:Flagicon Sultanishvili Tsotne Template:Flagicon Brandon Vieira Template:Flagicon Karim Bennoui Vacant Template:Flagicon Benphet Asontep Phromsorn Template:Flagicon Brian Bataglia [26]
Lightweight 142 lb (64.410 kg) Template:Flagicon Yannick Reine Template:Flagicon Bryan Lang Template:Flagicon Emile Hanna Template:Flagicon Khyzer Hayat
Super Lightweight 147 lb (66.678 kg) Template:Flagicon Kamel Jebir Template:Flagicon Mohamed Galaoui Template:Flagicon Emile Hanna Vacant Vacant Vacant
Welterweight 154 lb (69.853 kg) Template:Flagicon Bruce Codron Vacant Template:Flagicon Lee Sung-hyun Vacant Template:Flagicon Arbi Emiev Template:Flagicon Lorn Panha[27]
Super Welterweight 161 lb (73.028 kg) Template:Flagicon Ludovic Millet Template:Flagicon Christian Berthely Template:Flagicon Jordi Requejo Vacant Template:Flagicon Youssef Boughanem Vacant
Middleweight 168 lb (76.204 kg) Vacant Vacant Template:Flagicon Milan Kratochvila Vacant Template:Flagicon Toby Smith Vacant
Super Middleweight 175 lb (79.379 kg) Vacant Template:Flagicon Dylan Colin Template:Flagicon Yohan Lidon Vacant Vacant Vacant
Light Heavyweight 182 lb (82.554 kg) Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Template:Flagicon Steven Mendes Furtado Vacant
Super Light Heavyweight 189 lb (85.729 kg) Vacant Vacant Template:Flagicon Gregory Grossi Vacant Template:Flagicon Rahmani Madani Vacant
Cruiserweight 196 lb (88.904 kg) Template:Flagicon Mohammed Al-Azzawi Vacant Template:Flagicon Corentin Jallon Vacant Template:Flagicon Artem Levin Vacant
Super Cruiserweight 205 lb (92.986 kg) Template:Flagicon Riyadh Al-Azzawi Vacant Template:Flagicon Bob Dhcamad Armstrong Template:Flagicon Felipe Micheletti Template:Flagicon Gerardo Atti Vacant
Heavyweight 230 lb (104.326 kg) Vacant Template:Flagicon Vladimir Mineev Template:Flagicon Stephane Susperregui Vacant Vacant Vacant
Super Heavyweight Unlimited Vacant Vacant Template:Flagicon Tomasz Sarara Template:Flagicon Grégory Tony Template:Flagicon Yassine Boughanem Vacant

See also

Sources

Books and articles

References

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