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  2. List of kickboxing organizations - Wikipedia

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    List of current kickboxing world champions; List of boxing organisations; References This page was last edited on 5 January 2025, at 15:22 (UTC). Text is ...

  3. Kickboxing - Wikipedia

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    Kickboxing boomed and became popular in Japan as it began to be broadcast on TV. [36] By 1970, kickboxing was telecast in Japan on three different channels three times weekly. The fight cards regularly included bouts between Japanese (kickboxers) and Thai (Muay Thai) boxers. Tadashi Sawamura was an especially popular early kickboxer.

  4. Martial arts - Wikipedia

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    The term kickboxing (キックボクシング) was created by the Japanese boxing promoter Osamu Noguchi for a variant of muay Thai and karate that he created in the 1950s. American kickboxing was developed in the 1970s, as a combination of boxing and karate. Taekwondo was developed in the context of the Korean War in the 1950s. [citation needed]

  5. United States Kickboxing Association - Wikipedia

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    The first American sanctioning body to regulate kickboxing matches, the United States Kickboxing Association (USKA) was established in early 1970 by former Green Beret Lee Faulkner following his promotion of North America’s debut kickboxing bout featuring Joe Lewis’ knockout victory over Greg Baines. [1]

  6. International Kickboxing Federation - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Kickboxing weight classes - Wikipedia

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    Kickboxing weight classes are weight classes that pertain to the sport of kickboxing. Organizations will often adopt their own rules for weight limits, causing ambiguity in the sport regarding how a weight class should be defined. For a variety of reasons (largely historical), weight classes of the same name can be of vastly different weights.

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