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Prepare for a first amateur kickboxing bout with about eight weeks of structured training: sharpen a small set of reliable techniq...

To get a KBN kickboxing world ranking you apply online with proof of identity and evidence for each official bout; KBN verifies ev...

Muay Thai fighters are ranked by KBN in their own tables, separate from kickboxing, using points from verified official bouts only...

Boxers get a KBN ranking by submitting verified official bouts; amateur and professional boxing are ranked in separate tables by g...

To become a kickboxing referee you typically need solid knowledge of the sport, a referee course and exam run by a federation, sup...

Fouls are illegal techniques or actions, such as strikes to the back of the head, groin strikes, headbutts or holding, and they ar...

The biggest difference between kickboxing and Muay Thai is what you can strike with and how long you can clinch: Muay Thai allows...

MMA allows striking and grappling, including takedowns, ground strikes and submissions, while kickboxing is a stand-up striking sp...

Boxing allows only punches above the belt, while kickboxing adds kicks and, depending on the ruleset, knees. That single differenc...

To sanction an event with KBN, work through your national branch: submit the event as a draft with venue, officials, medical cover...

"The Tashkent Wolf" holds 635 active points and a verified 6-2-0. Bout by bout, this is how the total was built.

"Iron Monk" holds 132.5 active points and a verified 3-1-0. Bout by bout, this is how the total was built.

"Thunder" holds 125 active points and a verified 4-1-0. Bout by bout, this is how the total was built.

You climb the KBN rankings by adding verified results at higher-level events, staying active so new results replace ageing ones, a...

Aleksei Karimov leads with 635 points. Who is chasing, where the points came from and what would change the order.

Rustam Nazarov leads with 357.5 points. Who is chasing, where the points came from and what would change the order.

Elif Demir leads with 260 points. Who is chasing, where the points came from and what would change the order.

A kickboxing glossary covering strikes (jab, cross, hook, uppercut), kicks (round, front, side, spinning), defence (check, parry,...