''Shoot Boxing World Tournament 1995'' or ''S-Cup 1995'' was a
shoot boxing event promoted by
Caesar Takeshi
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Career
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. It was the inaugural (70
kg/154
lbs weight class) Shoot Boxing World Tournament, featuring an eight single elimination format, fought under Shoot Boxing Rules. In total there were eight fighters at the event, representing five countries. The tournament winner was
Hiromu Yoshitaka
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who defeated
Ron Belliveau in the final. The event was held at the
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
is an indoor sporting arena located in Namba, Osaka, Japan. It first opened in 1952 and the current building was constructed in 1987. It is the venue of a professional sumo tournament ( honbasho) held in March every year. The capacity of th ...
on Wednesday, 31 January 1995.
Shoot Boxing World Tournament 1995
Results
See also
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List of male kickboxers
This is a list of notable male professional kickboxers.
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* Donegi Abena
* Lukas Achterberg
* Thomas Adamandopoulos
* Serhiy Adamchuk
* Romie Adanza
* Armando González
* Benjamin Adegbuyi
* Israel Adesanya
* Peter Aerts
* Ryo Aitak ...
References
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Shoot boxing events
1995 in kickboxing
Kickboxing in Japan
Sport in Osaka