List of current kickboxing world champions

This is a list of current world kickboxing champions.

Men

Unlimited

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Dutch	Rico Verhoeven	Glory	Jun 21, 2014	13	[1]
American	Sam Alvey	Karate Combat	Dec 15, 2023	2
N/A	Vacant	Enfusion	N/A	N/A
Polish	Michał Turyński	KOK	May 22, 2021	0
Romanian	Alin Nechita	Colosseum Tournament	Dec 8, 2023	0

102 kg / 225 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Ukrainian	Roman Kryklia	ONE	Nov 16, 2019	2
Dutch	Roel Mannaart	K-1	March 21, 2018	2
Russian	Nikita Kozlov (101.2 kg)	RCC Fair Fight	Aug 16, 2025	0

95 kg / 209.4 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
N/A	Vacant	Glory	N/A	N/A
Dutch	Thian de Vries (93 kg)	Enfusion	May 18, 2024	0
N/A	Vacant	KOK	N/A	N/A
Dutch	Thian de Vries	Colosseum Tournament	Jun 30, 2023	0
Moldovan	Alexandru Burduja	FEA Championship	Mar 18, 2025	0
Brazilian	Ariel Machado (94.1 kg)	WGP	Jun 17, 2023	0
Italian	Enrico Pellegrino (94.1 kg)	Fight Clubbing	May 20, 2023	0

90 kg / 198 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Dutch	Thian de Vries	K-1	May 31, 2025	0
Dutch	Thian de Vries (88 kg)	Enfusion	Nov 25, 2023	2	[2]
Japanese	Seiya Tanigawa	Krush	May 25, 2025	0
Croatian	Ivan Bertić (91 kg)	Golden Fight	Apr 4, 2025	0

85 kg / 187.4 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Surinamese	Donovan Wisse	Glory	Sep 4, 2023	3
N/A	Vacant	Karate Combat	N/A	N/A
Dutch	Thian de Vries (84 kg)	Enfusion	Mar 29, 2025	0	[3]
N/A	Vacant	KOK	N/A	N/A
Brazilian	Matheus Nogueira (85.1 kg)	WGP	Jun 15, 2024	0
Italian	Ramon Quirini (83 kg)	Fight Clubbing	Apr 5, 2025	0

80 kg / 176.4 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Surinamese	Rudsel Zinhagel	Enfusion	Jun 14, 2025	0
Croatian	Vito Stojcić (81 kg)	Golden Fight	Aug 3, 2024	0
Lithuanian	Mindaugas Narauskas (81 kg)	UTMA	Sep 28, 2024	0

77 kg / 169.8 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Dutch	Chico Kwasi	Glory	Apr 27, 2024	4	[4]
N/A	Vacant	ONE	N/A	N/A
Moroccan	Amin Choukoud	Enfusion	Nov 4, 2023	0
Latvian	Zaurs Džavadovs	KOK	Feb 9, 2025	0
Armenian	Harut Grigorian	Colosseum Tournament	Apr 4, 2025	0
Moldovan	Artiom Livadari	FEA Championship	Mar 30, 2024	0
Brazilian	Marcos Carvalho (78.1 kg)	WGP	Apr 26, 2025	0
Russian	Eduard Saik (77.1 kg)	RCC Fair Fight	Aug 17, 2025	0
N/A	Inaugural	New Legends Fighting Network	Oct 11, 2025	0

75 kg / 165 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
N/A	Vacant	K-1	N/A	N/A
Azerbaijani	Rafael Aghayev	Karate Combat	Jun 24, 2023	0
Dutch	Levi Minkenberg (73.5 kg)	Enfusion	Nov 18, 2023	2
Brazilian	Dengue Silva	Krush	Jul 26, 2025	0
Romanian	Cristian Milea	Fight Clubbing	Nov 18, 2023	0
Lithuanian	Raimondas Avlasevičius	UTMA	Apr 18, 2025	0

70 kg / 154.3 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
N/A	Vacant	Glory	N/A	N/A
Thai	Superbon Singha Mawynn	ONE	Jan 6, 2025	0
Chinese	Ouyang Feng	K-1	Dec 9, 2023	1
Morroccan	Khalid El Moukadam	Enfusion	Mar 2, 2024	0
Finnish	Niko Korventaus (71 kg)	KOK	Mar 18, 2023	0
Nepalese	Abiral Ghimire	Krush	May 18, 2025	0
Japanese	Kaito Ono	Knock Out	Feb 28, 2021	0
Chinese	Ouyang Feng	Wu Lin Feng	Jul 29, 2023	0
Romanian	Marian Lăpușneanu	Colosseum Tournament	May 5, 2023	0
Romanian	Valentin Mavrodin	Dynamite Fighting Show	Mar 29, 2024	1
Moldovan	Victor Apostol (71 kg)	FEA Championship	Mar 18, 2025	0
Brazilian	Petros Freitas (71.8 kg)	WGP	Mar 23, 2024	1
Italian	Angelo Volpe (71.8 kg)	Fight Clubbing	May 24, 2025	0

67.5 kg / 149 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
N/A	Vacant	K-1	N/A	N/A
Pakistani	Shahzaib Rindh	Karate Combat	Jul 19, 2025	0
N/A	Vacant	Enfusion	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	Krush	N/A	N/A
Japanese	Rei Nakajima	Knock Out	Dec 30, 2024	0
Chinese	Jia Aoqi	Wu Lin Feng	Jan 27, 2024	0
Italian	Anderson Cano Perez (69.1 kg)	Fight Clubbing	May 4, 2024	1
Albanian	Muhamet Deskaj	Golden Fight	Aug 3, 2024	0

65 kg / 143.3 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Thai	Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9	Glory	Sep 29, 2018	9
English	Jonathan Haggerty	ONE	Nov 4, 2023	1
N/A	Vacant	K-1	N/A	N/A
Australian	Chadd Collins	RISE	Dec 16, 2023	1
Morroccan	Hamza Essalih	Enfusion	Dec 14, 2024	0
N/A	Vacant	KOK	N/A	N/A
Japanese	Shu Inagaki	Krush	Apr 28, 2023	1
Japanese	Chihiro Suzuki	Knock Out	Jul 18, 2021	0
Chinese	Meng Gaofeng	Wu Lin Feng	Jan 1, 2022	1
Romanian	Bogdan Floriștean	Colosseum Tournament	Oct 20, 2023	0
Moldovan	Dmitrii Sîrbu	FEA Championship	Apr 8, 2023	1
Argentinian	Tomás Aguirre (64.5 kg)	WGP	Nov 12, 2022	3
Dutch	Rhydel Vogelenzang	International Fight Promotion	May 18, 2024	0

62.5 kg, 138 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
N/A	Vacant	K-1	N/A	N/A
Japanese	Tatsuya Oiwa	Krush	Jul 27, 2024	0
Japanese	Fumiya Osawa	Knock Out	May 18, 2025	0
N/A	Vacant	Wu Lin Feng	N/A	N/A

60 kg / 132 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Thai	Superlek Kiatmuu9 (135 lb)	ONE	Jan 14, 2023	1	[5]
French	Rémi Parra	K-1	May 31, 2025	0	[6]
Chilean	Arturo Vergara (135 lb)	Karate Combat	Dec 19, 2024	0
Morroccan	Rida Bellahcen (61 kg)	Enfusion	June 15, 2024	0
Japanese	Tomoya Yokoyama	Krush	Feb 24, 2024	1
Japanese	Hirotaka Asahisa	Wu Lin Feng	Mar 10, 2018	2
Romanian	Daniel Dragomir (61 kg)	Colosseum Tournament	Oct 20, 2023	1
Brazilian	Guilherme Monteiro	WGP	May 19, 2024	2

57.5 kg / 126.8 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Thai	Prajanchai P.K.Saenchai (125 lb)	ONE	Jun 28, 2024	0
Japanese	Takumi Terada	K-1	September 29, 2024	1
N/A	Vacant	RISE	N/A	N/A
Japanese	Ryota Ishida	Krush	Sep 28, 2024	1

55 kg / 121 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Japanese	Akihiro Kaneko	K-1	Feb 27, 2022	4
Japanese	Shiro	RISE	Mar 26, 2023	3
Japanese	Riamu Sera	Krush	Oct 31, 2021	3

53 kg / 117 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
N/A	Vacant	K-1	N/A	N/A
Japanese	Kazuki Osaki	RISE	May 11, 2025	0
Japanese	Eito Kurokawa	Krush	Oct 25, 2024	1

51 kg / 112.4 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
N/A	Vacant	Krush	N/A	N/A

Women

70 kg / 154.3 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Dutch	Marieke Calis	Enfusion	Sep 21, 2024	0

65 kg / 143.3 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
N/A	Vacant	Enfusion	N/A	N/A

60 kg / 132 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Hungarian	Melinda Fabian (135 lbs)	Karate Combat	Dec 15, 2023	0
French	Clara Pennequin (61 kg)	Enfusion	Sep 21, 2024	0
Estonian	Astrid Johanna Grents	KOK	Oct 15, 2022	1
Croatian	Karmela Makelja	Golden Fight	April 4, 2025	1

57.5 kg / 126.8 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
American	Jackie Buntan (125 lb)	ONE	Nov 9, 2024	0
Brazilian	Aline Pereira (127 lb)	Karate Combat	Jul 19, 2025	0
Dutch	Nina van Dalum	Enfusion	Sep 17, 2022	3

55 kg / 121.3 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
N/A	Vacant	Glory	N/A	N/A
Dutch	Kyara van der Klooster (54 kg)	Enfusion	Nov 2, 2024	0

52 kg / 115 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Thai	Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom	ONE	March 9, 2024	1
Japanese	Saho Yoshino	K-1	March 20, 2024	1	[7]
Brazilian	Sthefanie Oliveira	Karate Combat	Nov 3, 2023	0
Dutch	Tessa de Kom	Enfusion	Sep 17, 2022	1	[8]
Greek	Sofia Tsolakidou	Krush	Aug 23, 2025	0
Argentinian	Giuliana Cosnard	WGP	Dec 21, 2024	0
Italian	Alessia Muroni	Fight Clubbing	May 24, 2025	0
Dutch	Tessa de Kom	International Fight Promotion	May 18, 2024	0

48 kg / 105.8 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
N/A	Vacant	Krush	N/A	N/A

45 kg / 99 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Japanese	Kira Matsutani	K-1	February 9, 2025	1	[9]
Japanese	Kira Matsutani	Krush	Nov 25, 2023	0	[10]

See also

• Martial arts portal

• List of kickboxing organizations
• List of current world boxing champions
• List of current female boxing champions
• List of current mixed martial arts champions

References

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6. "【K－１】レミー・パラがトーナメント制しSフェザー級王座戴冠「ジェロムの言葉が力になった」". スポーツブル (スポブル) (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 June 2025.
7. "【K1】女子フライ級新王者SAHO「試合を見て、何かしらの感情を与えられたのはうれしい」 - 格闘技 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 March 2024.
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