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This is a list of notable female kickboxers. This list shows kickboxers and professional competitors of other martial arts such as bama-lethwei ( burmese boxing ), kickboxing , pradal serey (khmer boxing), sanshou (sanda), savate boxing and shoot boxing .
Kathy Long (born April 21, 1964) is an American kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actress. [1] [2] She has held various kickboxing championships, including two KICK World Kickboxing titles and the WKA and ISKA world titles.
In the 1970s women in the United States took up kickboxing as they were prevented from taking part in women's boxing. [8] In the UK kickboxing has a growing following according to the WMC. [9] In May 2016 the kickboxing organisation Glory announced the creation of a women's division built around Tiffany van Soest. [10]
She competed from 1991 to 1997, amassing a record of 16 wins, 0 losses, and 15 KOs, and three world titles. She also competed as a top contender in women's professional boxing from 1997 to 2005 with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw. [3] Gibbs was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2022. [4]
A professional competitor since 2015, she is the 2019 K-1 Women's Flyweight Grand Prix winner and two-time Krush Women's Flyweight champion. She is the #9 ranked female kickboxer in the world by Combat Press, as of November 2020, [ 4 ] and has been ranked in the top ten since June 2018.
Sundell made her kickboxing debut against Milana Bjelogrlić at ONE Friday Fights 18 on 26 May 2023. [22] She won the fight by unanimous decision. [23] Sundell made her first Women's Muay Thai Strawweight World title defense against ONE Women's Atomweight Muay Thai World Champion Allycia Rodrigues at ONE Fight Night 14 on 29 September 2023. [24]
In 1996, the year which many consider the beginning of the "golden era" of women's boxing, Riley made her comeback to boxing. On June 16, she beat Del Pettis in Long Beach . Riley suffered her first career loss on May 17, 1997, against Theresa Arnold , due to a cut sustained over her left eye in the sixth round.
Miyazaki made her professional kickboxing debut against Tomoko Hida at RISE WEST ZERO on October 6, 2019. [2] [3] She won the fight by unanimous decision.Miyazaki next faced AKARI at the inaugural RISE GIRLS POWER event on November 8, 2019, [4] who handed her first loss in the pro ranks, as she won the fight by unanimous decision.