WKN: A Legacy of Innovation

🏆WKN: A Legacy of Innovation and Leadership in Kickboxing Since 1994 !
Since its founding in 1994, the World Kickboxing Network – WKN has been a trailblazer in the global combat sports industry, pioneering numerous advancements that have shaped modern kickboxing. As the first and only kickboxing federation in the world to achieve key milestones, WKN has continually set new standards for the sport:
Pioneering Achievements in Kickboxing
✅First & only kickboxing federation to collaborate with the legendary American promoter Don King, marking a historic moment in combat sports.
✅First to introduce three-minute rounds for kickboxing championship bouts, aligning the sport with professional boxing standards.
✅First to establish PRO/AM titles, maintaining the high technical level of top amateur competition, internationally recognized as Class B.
✅First to organize regular world championship events broadcast on Eurosport, bringing kickboxing to a global audience.
✅ First to organize official championships with a globally recognized football team, such as SFL Benfica Lisbon.
✅First to host major kickboxing championships alongside professional boxing championship events, proving the sport’s mainstream appeal.
✅First to organize a world kickboxing championship in all Emirates, an event signed by Samy Lebchy in partnership with Canal+ & Al Jazeera Sport.
✅First to sanction the world’s most exclusive VIP show, Fight Night Saint-Tropez, for seven editions.
✅First & only kickboxing federation officially registered on BoxRec, securing a recognized place within the broader combat sports community.
✅First to align its regulations with professional boxing, ensuring consistency and credibility at the highest levels of competition.
✅First to introduce the Oriental Rules title format, a unique kickboxing style incorporating knee strikes, expanding the sport’s diversity and technical depth.
✅The onlykickboxing federation in the world to have had the legendary Steve Smoger, widely recognized as one of the greatest boxing referees of all time, as part of its officiating team—a close friend with whom we shared a deep passion for both boxing and kickboxing.
✅The only federation to have organized the unique “BBFS – Bike, Bull & Fight Show” in the late 90s, a groundbreaking event that combined motorcycling and bikers, bullfighting, and kickboxing.
✅The only kickboxing/Muay Thai federation to have awarded 24K gold-plated championship rings to select champions. Three editions of these rings were created for *Fight Night Saint-Tropez, *Acero Cali para la Victoria, and the *WKN 30th Anniversary.
✅The first federation to organize a world championship on a cruise ship during the famous “Corsica Cup,” an event promoted by the well-known Corsican figure Mr. Toussaint Andarelli. It was also the first world championship in Europe to feature a Chinese fighter.
✅The first to co-organize the famous heavyweight Tournament Biggers Better series, a professional boxing event broadcast live on Eurosport for four years, consistently breaking audience records. Each event featured a WKN world champion, further solidifying the federation’s influence in combat sports.
✅The first kickboxing federation to create the WKN World Tour, the only federation in the world with an aid program for countries where international sports development is difficult.
✅The first kickboxing federation to organize a world championship at the legendary Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, marking a historic milestone in the sport’s global expansion.
✅The first federation to sanction the biggest kickboxing event audience in all of Europe, during the SUPERKOMBAT event in Romania, which gathered over 30,000 spectators.
For over three decades, the WKN has remained at the forefront of kickboxing’s evolution, continuously shaping the future of the sport with professionalism, innovation, and integrity.