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	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
Japonese	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
Swedish	Smilla Sundell	ONE (Muay Thai)	Apr 22, 2022	1
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)
American	Janet Todd	ONE (Kickboxing)	Feb 28, 2020	0
Brazilian	Allycia Rodrigues	ONE (Muay Thai)	Aug 28, 2020	1
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

References

^ Fraser Coffeen (22 June 2014). "Glory results: Artem Levin, Rico Verhoeven and Joseph Valtellini take home Glory gold". Bloody Elbow.
^ van der Hooft, Barry. "Kickbokser Thian 'Tarzan' de Vries heeft eerste wereldtitel binnen: 'Dit is pas het begin'". ad.nl. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ "Endy Semeleer wint wereldtitelgevecht". omroepflevoland.nl. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ LIDF, Jerome (7 January 2024). "Alexis Nicolas champion of the One Championship! (replay)". Les Infos Du Fight. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ 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.
^ Kirven, J.L. "Jonathan Haggerty Becomes Two-Sport King at ONE Fight Night 16". Sherdog. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
^ 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.
^ "【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.
^ "Tessa de Kom maakt belofte waar en pakt wereldtitel". rodi.nl. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

[1] Fraser Coffeen (22 June 2014). "Glory results: Artem Levin, Rico Verhoeven and Joseph Valtellini take home Glory gold". Bloody Elbow.

[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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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

References