Professional Kickboxing Organizations: The Industry’s Biggest Names

8 November 2021

Kickboxing is a pretty young sport with roots dating back as late as the 1970s. Since then, it has grown to be a viewer sport with a massive fan base across the globe. Professional kickboxing organizations have cropped up in numbers. So have aspiring pro fighters everywhere.

The history of kickboxing is a complex one. Karate players didn’t like its with “unrealistic” combat systems. And so, they branched out to play by their own rules. Full-contact karate came as a result, bringing together a mix of diverse fighting styles. The sanctioning body at the time unified these styles with a standard set of rules. This is how the Professional Karate Association brought the start of American Kickboxing.

Kickboxing is more than just the American style, though. There are many types of kickboxing. The most popular kickboxing styles are Muay Thai, American style and Dutch style. You can read about them in detail here.

There are many professional kickboxing organizations that sanction kickboxing events. And until recently, there had been no governing body that unified them.

Some of these organizations cover multiple kickboxing rulesets. Others are exclusive to specific styles. This adds another layer of confusion to the structure of kickboxing.

That’s also why no one can make a true ranking of the best kickboxing organizations. Instead, we can only make a general judgment of the top ones based on their image.

Want to go deep with your knowledge of kickboxing? You can start by reading this article to learn about the different kickboxing styles. It’ll help you better understand the context of this article.

Anyway, in this article, we go over the world’s most popular professional kickboxing organizations.

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