Russ Hogue (born December 26, 1974) is an American

kickboxer Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general ...

from

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. He started training in martial arts under three time world kickboxing champion Jim Boucher in

. He was also a member of a National Karate competition team with other notable athletes such as

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(World Boxing/Kickboxing Champion), Patrick Riley (mixed martial arts champion),

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(North American Kickboxing Champion). He won the St. Louis Golden Gloves title in 1993 and 1994 along with several other kickboxing titles: KICK MO State Champion, USA-KIA MO State Champion (2 weight classes), WKF and IKA United States Champion. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s he was a successful karate competitor, winning several national karate tournaments for a period of 4 years, he was the #1 ranked sparring competitor in the region. He was also an alternate member of the 1991 Pan Am Games Karate Team. In February 2007 he was inducted into the MMA Hall of Fam

with

and Patrick Riley. He was awarded his 5th degree blackbelt by Grand Master

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List of Certified Blackbelts

Post Fight Career

Russ retired in 2002. He graduated from Southern Illinois University with a bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems. With a focus on building a successful business and academic career he completed a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix (St. Louis, MO) in 2003. In 2015, he earned the doctor of philosophy (PhD) in Organizational Psychology from Walden University (Minneapolis, MN). His academic research has focused on leadership and building successful virtual team

In 2021, he graduated from

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with a Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies in Journalism. He has also had a successful career working for the largest I.T. organizations in the world (IBM, Microsoft and Dell) with a focus on enabling technologies that support the virtual workforce.

References

*Hostetler, Les: "The Tribune", page 1. Herald Publications, April 21, 1994 *MMASC
List of Certified Blackbelts
*Hall of Fame

*Doctoral Research Publication

1974 births Living people American male kickboxers Kickboxers from Illinois Heavyweight kickboxers American male karateka Walden University (Minnesota) alumni University of Phoenix alumni Southern Illinois University alumni Harvard Extension School alumni {{US-karate-bio-stub