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Luis Tavares
Luis Tavares (born 8 September 1991) is a Dutch-Cape Verdean kickboxer. He is the former Enfusion Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight champion. He was ranked as a top ten light heavyweight kickboxer by Combat Press as between May 2017 and April 2023, and by Beyond Kickboxing between October 2022 and November 2023. Early life Tavares was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands to Cape Verdean parents. He played youth football for Sparta Rotterdam, where played together with Georgino Wijnaldum, Lerin Duarte and Garry Rodrigues but later switched to kickboxing. Kickboxing career In December 2012, Tavares won his first professional title, the IRO 95 kg European title, with a fourth round knockout of Rodney Glunder. In March 2014, Tavares won his first professional world title, the IKA 95 kg title, with a decision win against Hicham Achalhi. In between these title wins, Tavares made his Glory debut, losing by knockout to Artem Vakhitov. In October 2015, Tavares participa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the New Meuse inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse at first and now to the Rhine. Rotterdam's history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by William IV, Count of Holland. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is the 10th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country. A major logistic and economic centre, Rotterdam is Europe's largest seaport. In 2022, Rotterdam had a population of 655,468 and is home to over 180 different nationalities. Rotterdam is known for its university, riverside setting, lively cultural life, maritime heritage and modern architecture. The near-complete destruction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Vakhitov
Artem Olegovich Vakhitov (; born April 4, 1991) is a Russian kickboxer who competes in the Light heavyweight division of Glory. Having begun practicing Muay Thai at eleven years old, Vakhitov first came to prominence due to a successful amateur career by winning three world championships as well as taking gold in 2013 at the World Combat Games. He turned professional in 2009, and signed with Glory in 2013, where he would twice be crowned the Glory Light Heavyweight Champion. As of 2 February Vakhitov is ranked the #1 light-heavyweight and #4 pound-for-pound kickboxer in the world by Combat Press. Early life Vakhitov was born in Prokopyevsk on April 4, 1991 and began basic martial arts training under his father's tutelage at the age of five years before going on to study karate at the age of six, which he practiced for five years. He was forced to give up karate aged eleven when he and his family moved to another part of the city, but he soon found the Kuzba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 In Glory
The year 2022 was the eleventh year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing promotion. Glory 80 and Glory 80 Studio were available exclusively through the Glory Fights Pay-per-view platform. Later events were broadcast on various streaming services and television channels around the world and also streamed on the Glory Fights Pay-per-view platform. List of events Glory 2022 Awards The following fighters won the GLORY Kickboxing year-end awards for 2022: *Glory Fighter of the Year 2022: Antonio Plazibat *Glory Fight of the Year 2022: Sergej Maslobojev vs. Tarik Khbabez *Glory Knockout of the Year 2022: Antonio Plazibat vs. Raul Cătinaș *Glory Newcomer of the Year 2022: Endy Semeleer Glory 80 ''Glory 80'' was a kickboxing event held by Glory on March 19, 2022, at the Trixxo Arena in Hasselt, Belgium. Background A Glory Light Heavyweight Championship bout between reigning champion Artem Vakhitov and title challenger Luis Tavares was booked as the event he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergej Maslobojev
Sergej Maslobojev (born 22 May 1987) is a Lithuanians, Lithuanian mixed martial artist, Boxer (boxing), boxer and kickboxer, currently signed with Glory (kickboxing), GLORY, where he is the current Glory (kickboxing)#Glory Light Heavyweight Championship, Glory Light Heavyweight champion. He is ranked as the third best light heavyweight in the world by Combat Press as of September 2022, and third best by Beyond Kickboxing as of October 2022. Maslobojev is the former two time King of Kings (kickboxing), King of Kings Heavyweight champion. Personal life Maslobojev saw kickboxing when he was a child, but only started training at the age of 18. He was impressed by Mirko Filipović, Wanderlei Silva and Remigijus Morkevičius. He is a professional Kickboxer and previously fought out of Sparta Fight gym in Lithuania, Vilnius city. In 2018 Sergej opened a brand new gym named Champion's House. He now has his own brand "Kuvalda Team". He regularly participates in various charity, being al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In Glory
The year 2019 was the eighth year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing promotion. The first event of the year, Glory 63: Houston, would also be the first to be broadcast on UFC Fight Pass as part of a new agreement with the UFC that saw their Fight Pass streaming service become the exclusive carrier of Glory events in the United States. Glory events were also broadcast through television agreements with Veronica TV, and other regional channels around the world. Glory 2019 Awards The following fighters won the GLORY Kickboxing year-end awards for 2019: *Glory Fighter of the Year 2019: Alex Pereira *Glory Fight of the Year 2019: Antonio Plazibat vs. Tomas Mozny *Glory Knockout of the Year 2019: Ross Levine against Thomas Diagne *Glory Newcomer of the Year 2019: Antonio Plazibat *Glory Highlight of the Year 2019: Rico Verhoeven vs. Badr Hari List of events Glory 63: Houston ''Glory 63: Houston'' was a kickboxing event held by Glory on February 1, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Susperregui
Stéphane Ippo Susperregui (born 31 August 1984) is a French kickboxer. He is the current WKN World Oriental Rules Heavyweight and former WKA K-1 World Heavyweight champion. He is ranked as the fifth best light heavyweight in the world by Combat Press as of September 2022, and sixth best by Beyond Kick as of October 2022. Biography and career Susperregui fought two of the best -95 kg Muaythai fighters, Australians 2010, Steve McKinnon for his ''WBC Muaythai'' Super Cruiserweight World title and 2012, Nathan Corbett for his ''W.K.N.'' Muay Thai World title, he lost both fights by decision but put up a good fight. In 2011 he became WKN kickboxing oriental heavyweight champion defeating Spains Damian Garcia, he was also double WKN kickboxing Grand Prix champion. In 2011 he defeated Tefik Bajrami and Nicolas Wamba and in 2012 at ''Le Banner Series'' he defeated Julius Mocka and ''Enfusion Quest for honor'' tournament runner up Frank Muñoz after tough fight and extra round. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the seventh-largest city in Germany, with a 2022 population of 629,047. The Düssel, from which the city and the borough of Düsseltal take their name, divides into four separate branches within the city, each with its own mouth into the Rhine (Lower Rhine). Most of Düsseldorf lies on the right bank of the Rhine, and the city has grown together with Neuss, Ratingen, Meerbusch, Erkrath and Monheim am Rhein. Düsseldorf is the central city of the metropolitan region Rhine-Ruhr, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, that stretches from Bonn via Cologne and Düsseldorf to the Ruhr (from Duisburg via Essen to Dortmund). The ''-dorf'' suffix means "village" in German (English cognate: ''thorp''); its use is unusual for a settlement as large as Düsseldorf. Linguistically, Düsseldorf is the larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
