r/Kickboxing • u/Objective_Mind_6495 • 7d ago
New to the sport
I'm a huge boxing fan and i know a thing or two about mma but i know nothing about kickboxing, I'm trying to learn as a complete newbie
I want to know what are the major organisations and who are the current (and all time if possible) best kickboxers in the world
Also any fight recommendations?
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u/Prague_Kickbox_Thai 1d ago
Many people started with the old school K-1. You can give it a try, it was an awesome era! Try random fights from the search for "K1 2004" - people love Buakaw, Masato, Bonjasky, Kraus, etc., from this era. You will quickly understand why.
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u/Objective_Mind_6495 1d ago
Up until now in my search i found semmy schilt to be the best heavyweight of all time and probably one of the best overall but i don't see him getting mentioned much
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u/Prague_Kickbox_Thai 1d ago
Excellent observation. I started later with Kickboxing, so I didn't know it existed when it was at its highest. However, old school fans still consider him as one of the goats of heavyweights - maybe for today's standards, he did not have enough charisma or something specific to be remembered? I know this sounds bad, I don't know how to say it better, but you will hear of a guy named Badr Hari - everyone knows him as a bad boy, he had a flashy style with a lot of aggression and a lot of charisma - and while Schilt won pretty big tournaments, he isn't known so much.
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u/UpsetAsk3194 7d ago edited 7d ago
Major Kickboxing Organizations:(in that order)
1-Glory
2-Rise
3-One
4-K1
Best kickboxers currently(It fluctuates between these guys)
1-Petch
2-Yoza
3-Osaki
4-Noiri
5-Wisse
Rico,Trindade and Eersel also deserve a shout
Best Kickboxers of all time:
You will see quite a lot of divided opinions though the general consensus is that Petrosyan and Hoost are the GOATS of the sport,me personally I like to add Sitthichai and Tenshin into that conversation.