List of current kickboxing world champions

Last updated September 25, 2024

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	11	^[1]
Ukrainian	Roman Kryklia (120 kg)	ONE (Muay Thai)	Dec 8, 2023	0
N/A	Vacant	WBC Muaythai	N/A	N/A
American	Sam Alvey	Karate Combat	Dec 15, 2023	0
N/A	Vacant	Enfusion	N/A	N/A
Croatian	Mladen Brestovac	FFC	Dec 20, 2015	5
Polish	Michał Turyński	KOK	May 22, 2021	0

102 kg / 225 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Ukrainian	Roman Kryklia	ONE (Kickboxing)	Nov 16, 2019	2
Dutch	Roel Mannaart	K-1	2018	1

95 kg / 209.4 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Surinamese	Donegi Abena	Glory	Feb 11, 2023	1
N/A	Vacant	KOK	N/A	N/A

93 kg / 205 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Liberian	Mory Kromah	Enfusion	Feb 11, 2023	1
Ukrainian	Pavel Zhuravlev	FFC	Feb 19, 2016	0

90 kg / 198 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Iranian	Sina Karimian	K-1	2021	0
German	Gerardo Atti	WBC Muaythai	Sep 30, 2023
Dutch	Thian de Vries (88 kg)	Enfusion	Nov 25, 2023	0	^[2]
Iranian	Mahmoud Sattari	Krush	Jul 24, 2021	1

85 kg / 187.4 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Surinamese	Donovan Wisse	Glory	Sep 4, 2023	3
American	Ross Levine	Karate Combat	Jun 25, 2022	1
Belgian	Jente Nnamadim (84 kg)	Enfusion	Dec 16, 2023	0
Croatian	Andi Vrtacic (83.9 kg)	FFC	Mar 11, 2017	0
N/A	Vacant	KOK	N/A	N/A

79.4 kg / 175 lb

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

77 kg / 169.8 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Dutch	Endy Semeleer	Glory	Nov 19, 2022	3	^[3]
French	Alexis Nicolas	ONE (Kickboxing)	April 6, 2024	0	^[4]
Surinamese	Regian Eersel	ONE (Muay Thai)	Oct 22, 2022	2
Japanese	Shintaro Matsukura	K-1	2023	0
Scottish	George Mann (76.2 kg)	WBC Muaythai	Feb 25, 2023
Morroccan	Amin Choukoud	Enfusion	Nov 4, 2023	0
Albanian	Shkodran Veseli	FFC	Oct 12, 2018	0
Dutch	Chico Kwasi	KOK	Nov 20, 2021	0

75 kg / 165 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Azerbaijani	Rafael Aghayev	Karate Combat	Jun 24, 2023	0

72.5 kg / 159.8 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Dutch	Levi Minkenberg	Enfusion	Nov 18, 2023	0
N/A	Vacant	WBC Muaythai	N/A	N/A

70 kg / 154.3 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Moroccan	Tyjani Beztati	Glory	Sep 4, 2021	4
Belorussian	Chingiz Allazov	ONE (Kickboxing)	Jan 14, 2023	1	^[5]
Thai	Tawanchai P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym	ONE (Muay Thai)	Sep 29, 2022	2
Chinese	Ouyang Feng	K-1	2023	0
N/A	Vacant	WBC Muaythai	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	Enfusion	N/A	N/A
Slovenian	Samo Petje (70.3 kg)	FFC	Dec 17, 2016	3
Finnish	Niko Korventaus (71 kg)	KOK	Mar 18, 2023	0
Dutch	Jordann Pikeur	Krush	Apr 10, 2016	5
Chinese	Ouyang Feng	Wu Lin Feng	Jul 29, 2023	0

67.5 kg / 149 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Japanese	Masaaki Noiri	K-1	2021	0
Iranian	Sajad Sattarri	WBC Muaythai	Nov 11, 2023
Brazilian	Luiz Victor Rocha	Karate Combat	May 28, 2022	1
Morroccan	Ilias Zouggary (67 kg)	Enfusion	Apr 29, 2023	0
Japonese	Ayinta Ali	Krush	Feb 20, 2022	1
Chinese	Jia Aoqi	Wu Lin Feng	Jan 27, 2024	0

65 kg / 143.3 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Thai	Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9	Glory	Sep 29, 2018	6
English	Jonathan Haggerty	ONE (Kickboxing)	Nov 4, 2023	0	^[6]
English	Jonathan Haggerty	ONE (Muay Thai)	Apr 22, 2023	1
Japanese	Tetsuya Yamato	K-1	2022	2
Australian	Chadd Collins	RISE	Dec 16, 2023	0
Turkish	Deniz Demirkapu	Enfusion	Sep 24, 2022	0
N/A	Vacant	KOK	N/A	N/A
Japonese	Shu Inagaki	Krush	Apr 28, 2023	0
Chinese	Meng Gaofeng	Wu Lin Feng	Jan 1, 2022	1

62.5 kg, 138 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Japanese	Yuki Yoza	K-1	2023	0
Australian	Chad Collins (63.5 kg)	WBC Muaythai	Nov 26, 2022
Japonese	Kento Ito	Krush	Feb 24, 2024	1
N/A	Vacant	Wu Lin Feng	N/A	N/A

61.2 kg / 135 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Thai	Superlek Kiatmuu9	ONE (Kickboxing)	Jan 14, 2023	1	^[7]
Thai	Rodtang Jitmuangnon	ONE (Muay Thai)	Aug 2, 2019	5
Italian	Luca Falco	WBC Muaythai	Oct 29, 2023
Russian	Myrza-Bek Tebuev	Karate Combat	Sep 16, 2023	0
Dutch	Matthew Daalman	Enfusion	May 14, 2022	1

60 kg / 132 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Japanese	Leona Pettas	K-1	2022	0
Vietnamese	Minh Phat Truong (59 kg)	WBC Muaythai	Nov 19, 2023
N/A	Vacant	KOK	N/A	N/A
Japonese	Tomoya Yokoyama	Krush	Feb 24, 2024	1
Japanese	Hirotaka Asahisa	Wu Lin Feng	Mar 10, 2018	2

56.7 kg / 125 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Canadian	Jonathan Di Bella	ONE (Kickboxing)	Oct 21, 2022	1
Thai	Prajanchai P.K.Saenchaimuaythaigym	ONE (Muay Thai)	Dec 22, 2023	0
Japanese	Taito Gunji	K-1	2021	1
Spanish	Antonio Orden (57.2 kg)	WBC Muaythai	Feb 4, 2023
N/A	Vacant	RISE	N/A	N/A
Japonese	Tatsuki Shinotsuka (57.5 kg)	Krush	Oct 21, 2023	0

55 kg / 121 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Japanese	Akihiro Kaneko	K-1	2022	2
Australian	Corey Nicholson	WBC Muaythai	Mar 2, 2024
Japanese	Shiro	RISE	Mar 26, 2023	0
Japonese	Riamu Sera	Krush	Oct 31, 2021	1

53 kg / 115 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Japanese	Toma Kuroda	K-1	2022	0
N/A	Vacant	WBC Muaythai (53.5 kg)	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	WBC Muaythai (52.2 kg)	N/A	N/A
Japonese	Koji Ikeda	Krush	Mar 26, 2022	2

50.8 kg / 112 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
N/A	Vacant	WBC Muaythai	N/A	N/A
Japanese	Daina (51.5 kg)	Krush	Jan 28, 2024	0

49 kg / 108 lb

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

47.6 kg / 105 lb

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

Women

Unlimited

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

65 kg / 143.3 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Australian	Zoe Putorak (63.5 kg)	WBC Muaythai	Feb 17, 2024
Dutch	Jorina Baars	Enfusion	Jun 18, 2022	2

61 kg / 135 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
English	Niamh Kindham	WBC Muaythai
Hungarian	Melinda Fabian	Karate Combat	Dec 15, 2023	0
Dutch	Nina van Dalum	Enfusion	Nov 18, 2023	0
Estonian	Astrid Johanna Grents (60 kg)	KOK	Oct 15, 2022	1

59 kg / 130 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Australian	Shannon Gardiner	WBC Muaythai	Jun 24, 2023

56.7 kg, 125 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
N/A	Vacant	ONE (Muay Thai)	N/A	N/A
England	Hannah Brady (57.2 kg)	WBC Muaythai	Feb 24, 2024
Dutch	Nina van Dalum (57 kg)	Enfusion	Sep 17, 2022	0

55 kg / 121.3 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
N/A	Vacant	Glory	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	WBC Muaythai	N/A	N/A
Turkish	Feride Kirat	Enfusion	Nov 4, 2023	0

53.5 kg / 118 lb

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

52 kg / 115 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Thai	Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom	ONE (Kickboxing)	March 9, 2024	0
Brazilian	Allycia Rodrigues	ONE (Muay Thai)	Aug 28, 2020	2
Greek	Antonia Prifti	K-1	December 9, 2023	0	^[8]
N/A	Vacant	WBC Muaythai	N/A	N/A
Brazilian	Sthefanie Oliveira	Karate Combat	Nov 3, 2023	0
Dutch	Tessa de Kom (53 kg)	Enfusion	Sep 17, 2022	0	^[9]
Japonese	Noriko Ikeuchi	Krush	Jan 28, 2024	0

50.8 kg / 112 lb

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

49 kg / 108 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses	Source(s)
Australian	Kim Townsend	WBC Muaythai	Apr 9, 2023	0

48 kg / 105.8 lb

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

45 kg / 99 lb

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Japanese	Miyuu Sugawara	K-1	March 12, 2023	0
N/A	Vacant	WBC Muaythai	N/A	N/A
Japonese	Kira Matsutani	Krush	Nov 25, 2023	0

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[1] Fraser Coffeen (22 June 2014). "Glory results: Artem Levin, Rico Verhoeven and Joseph Valtellini take home Glory gold". Bloody Elbow. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

[2] van der Hooft, Barry. "Kickbokser Thian 'Tarzan' de Vries heeft eerste wereldtitel binnen: 'Dit is pas het begin'". ad.nl. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[3] "Endy Semeleer wint wereldtitelgevecht". omroepflevoland.nl. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

[4] LIDF, Jerome (7 January 2024). "Alexis Nicolas champion of the One Championship! (replay)". Les Infos Du Fight. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[5] Tyler Treese (2023-01-13). "Chingiz Allazov claims kickboxing gold at One on Prime Video 6 with nasty KO". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2023-01-13.

[6] Kirven, J.L. "Jonathan Haggerty Becomes Two-Sport King at ONE Fight Night 16". Sherdog. Retrieved 4 November 2023.

[7] Val Dewar (2023-01-13). "ONE Fight Night 6: Superlek Kiatmoo9 wins vacant belt in new sport over Daniel Puertas". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2023-01-14.

[8] "【Ｋ１】「絶対王者」ＫＡＮＡがプリフティにまさかの判定負け女子フライ級王座が海外流出 - 格闘技 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 December 2023.

[9] "Tessa de Kom maakt belofte waar en pakt wereldtitel". rodi.nl. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

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List of current kickboxing world champions

Contents

Men

Unlimited

102 kg / 225 lb

95 kg / 209.4 lb

93 kg / 205 lb

90 kg / 198 lb

85 kg / 187.4 lb

79.4 kg / 175 lb

77 kg / 169.8 lb

75 kg / 165 lb

72.5 kg / 159.8 lb

70 kg / 154.3 lb

67.5 kg / 149 lb

65 kg / 143.3 lb

62.5 kg, 138 lb

61.2 kg / 135 lb

60 kg / 132 lb

56.7 kg / 125 lb

55 kg / 121 lb

53 kg / 115 lb

50.8 kg / 112 lb

49 kg / 108 lb

47.6 kg / 105 lb

Women

Unlimited

65 kg / 143.3 lb

61 kg / 135 lb

59 kg / 130 lb

56.7 kg, 125 lb

55 kg / 121.3 lb

53.5 kg / 118 lb

52 kg / 115 lb

50.8 kg / 112 lb

49 kg / 108 lb

48 kg / 105.8 lb

45 kg / 99 lb

See also

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