As any other sport kickboxing also have some famous players. To start with first we have
Toshio Fujiwara: A Japanese kickboxing sensation, who has won 123 of 141 matches. He is also the first non Thai to win National Muay Thai title in Bangkok.
Nai Khanom Tom: A Thai kickboxing legend who became a champion after defeating a Burmese opponent and continued to win 9 more titles in series without taking a break in front of the Burmese King.
Benny Urquidez: He was also known as the “jet” and has a remarkable record of 49 knockouts from 1974-1993. Benny helped US full contact fighting in its early years.
Musashi: Musashi is one of the most celebrated and successful Japanese player. His career start was so bad that no one would have ever imagined Musashi becoming a celebrity. His career lasted from 1995-2008.
Semmy Schilt: Semmy is a proficient Dutch kickboxing champ, who also trained in mixed martial arts and Ashihara karate is a type of full contact martial arts. Most recently in April 2010 he successfully defended for the title the fourth time.
Women kick boxers are also not far behind, names like Aya Mitsui and Sugar Miyuki are trained not only in kickboxing but also highly injurious Thai boxing style.
Naoka Kumagai: She is the most feared in the women kickboxing ring. She is known for her aggression and supremacy in this sport which has annoyed many of Korea’s women kick boxers like world champion Kim Messer.
Kim Messer: Kim is known as the “fireball” in the ring and has cooled off many of her opponents with great skills. Her destructive style of fighting has earned a lot of reputation and is an inspiration to other women kick boxers.
The youngest kickboxing champ is just 6 years old and has won accolades for Malaysia. Byan Leong has made a world record by winning a World Kick boxing Championship after beating competitors from US, Germany and Ireland in the year 2009.
So gender, age and nationality is not an issue for kickboxing what only matters are the pains to be taken for learning its skills.
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