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Kickboxing fans who take the time to visit www.centralkickboxing.org
to look at the rankings often leave with the intent to visit the websites
of the sanctioning organizations to compare the rankings. This is highly
encouraged. It is in a fan’s best interest to know who all the players
are in the sport.
Sanctioning
organizations act as governing bodies in the sport and are responsible for
more than rankings. They make decisions that affect the sport such as
equipment standards and scoring procedures. Today they also act as
lobbyists and consultants.
Rankings however are one of the most visible responsibilities.
The
CKO Rankings are relatively easy to follow. Once a fan grasps the concept
that each rank is treated like a title, it is smooth sailing. Kickboxing
sanctioning organizations operate a little differently. They are
businesses and only if a sanctioning fee is paid will a belt change hands.
For instance, if RED is the champion and BLUE defeats him on an event
where the promoter didn’t pay the sanctioning fee, RED will remain
champion. One organization has the unfortunate reputation of having
accepted the fee after the event. In other words, BLUE defeated RED on an
unsanctioned event and his manager offered the organization the fee
afterward in exchange for the title.
Contenders
who pay sanctioning fees receive special treatment (ie. rankings) when compared to those
who do not pay. Those who fight closer to the organization’s base of
operations are also evaluated more favorably since they are more visible on the radar.
Lastly but most obviously, sanctioning bodies have two systems of
measurement.
1-
The title is given to the winner of the
title match.
2-
The other rankings are based on
evaluations.
Below
you will find the January 2006 rankings for the CKO, IKF, WKA, ISKA, WAKO
and WBC. Keep in mind that the CKO only tracks the 90+ weight category
while the others split the division into 2 or 3 weight divisions and a few
rules divisions.
They may also have a fighter ranked higher than #1.
"World Champions" are therefore given the rank of #0 on the lists below.
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CKO
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+90
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1-Akio
Mori, 2-Peter Aerts, 3-Sem Schilt, 4-Francois Botha, 5-Remy
Bonjasky, 6-Siala-Mou Siliga, 7-Ray Sefo, 8-Kaoklai Kaennorsing,
9-Ernesto Hoost, 10-Badr Hari.
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IKF
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-97.7
IR
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1.Mike
McDonald, 2.Giuseppe DeNatale, 3.Mark Russell, 4.Scott Lighty,
5.Dewey Cooper, 6.John James, 7.Mark Miller, 8.Duncan Airlie James,
9.Horace Craft, 10.Travis Johnson,
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+97.8
IR
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1.Ernesto
Hoost, 2.Jerome LeBanner, 3.Stefan Leko, 4.Peter Aerts, 5.Ricky
Nicholson 6.Mike Bernardo, 7.Ivan Tolkachev, 8.Ray Sefo, 9.Carter
Williams, 10.Kelly Leo
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-97.7
MTR
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1.Azem
Maksutaj, 2.Mike McDonald, 3.Giuseppe DeNatale, 4.Rick Roufus,
5.Sinisa Andrijasevic, 6.Dewey Cooper, 7.Marshall Berger, 8.Scott
Lighty, 9.Duncan Airlie James, 10.Damion Caldwell,
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+97.8
MTR
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0.
Matt Skelton 1.Remy Bonjasky, 2.Peter Aerts, 3.Ernesto Hoost,
4.Jerome LeBanner, 5.Stefan Leko, 6.Musashi Musashi, 7.Ray Sefo,
8.Alexei Ignashov, 9.Mike Bernardo, 10.Ivan Tolkachev,
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WKA
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-95
KB
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0.
Constantin Peev, 1. Stefan Leko, 2. Jurgen Kruth, 3. Sinisa
Andrijesavic, 4. Ray Sefo, 5. Rick Roufus, 6. Grant Barker, 7. Zijo
Polyo, 8. Attila Fusko, 9. Shaun Johnson, 10. Tyrone Herod
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+95
KB
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0.
Duncan Airlie James 1. Peter Aerts, 2. Ernesto Hoost, 3. Sam Greco,
4. Mike Bernardo, 5.Filho, 6. Jerome Labanner, 7. Maurice Smith, 8.
Stan Longinidis, 9. Masake Satake, 10. Jeff Roufus
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-95
TB
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0.
Yahya Gülay, 1. Sinisa Andrijesavic, 2. Ray Sefo, 3. Rick
Roufus, 4. Sefan Leko, 5. Mark Russell, 6. Attila Fusko, 7. Shaun
Johnson, 8. Ron Sefo, 9. Achile Roger, 10. Tyron Herod
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+95
TB
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0.
Michael Bernado, 1. Ernesto Hoost, 2. Peter Aerts, 3. Mike Bernardo,
4. Sam Greco, 5. Filho, 6. Jerome Lebanner, 7. Maurice Smith, 8.
Satake Masaki, 9. Stan Longinidis, 10. Jeff Roufus
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ISKA
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-91.8
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0.
Stan Longinidis, 0. Alexei Ignashov, 1. Jason Robinson, 2. Igor
Sharapov, 3. Alex Desir, 4.
Jan Georgiv, 5. Brett Zanchetta, 6. Steve Jez, 7. Atkos Pavlovic, 8.
John Chaniotis, 9. Richard Bonjari, 10. Erik Kutibaer
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-96.4
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0.
Mark Russell, 0. Serguei Ivonovich, 0.Stefan Leko, 1. Michael
McDonald, 2. Giuseppe Denatale, 3. Grant Barker, 4. Razman Megidov,
5. Kelly Leo, 6. Takeru Osaka, 7. Roman Kratsek, 8. Samir Vsenagie,
9. Cyrille Diabate, 10. Sinisa Andrijasevic.
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+96.5
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0.
Xhvat Bajrami, 0. Jerome Lebanner, 1. Peter Aertz, 2. Maurice Smith,
3. Ernesto Hoost, 4. Sam Greco, 5. Ray Sefo, 6. Dimitri Stepanov, 7.
Mike Bernardo, 8. Vitaly Klitchko, 9.
Dennis Alexio, 10. Franciso Filo.
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WAKO
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-94.1
LK
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1.
Dejan Milosavljevic, 2. Dmitry Antonenko, 3. Tawfik
Ali, 4. Nuno Silva, 5. Vorobjov Dmitri, 6. Cirovic Sasa, 7.
Georgi Siderov, 8. Anaatolij Borozna, 9.
Varnica Ante, 10. Azizov Ruslan
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+94.2
LK
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0.
Daniele Petroni, 1. Lukasz Jarosz, 2. Dragnan Jovanovic, 3. Anatoly
Borozna, 4. Hawbeer Salan, 5. Ruslan Abasov, 6. Ante Varnica, 7.
Voznovich Eduard, 8. Ruslan Bisaev, 9. Nikolic Jovan, 10, Sejdinovic
Jasmin
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-94.1
MT
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Duncan Campbell, 1. Attila Fusko, 2. Jmakin Alexander, 3.
Krasnobrizii Mikail, 4. Skujis Irenjius, 5. Kutibaev Erbinkai, 6.
Kirkwood
Walker
, 7. Grigoriev Denis, 8. Hramtcov Vladislav.
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+94.2
MT
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1.
Peter Aerts, 2. Ernesto Hoost, 3. Mike Bernardo, 4. Maurice Smith,
5. Carl Bernardo, 6. Jerome Lebanner, 7. M. Tigar, 8. Arhipov Sergei,
9. Gadgiev Shamhal.
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-94.1
TB
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0.
Sergei Ivanovic, 1. Igor Jurkovic, 2. Aleksei Shevzov, 3. Malchanau
Andrej, 4. Darko Milasinovic, 5. Pantuknov Alexander, 6. Leguta
Gennady, 7. Baculoy Nisa, 8. Sergiy Arkhipov, 9.Johanovic Dragan,
10.Kasunov Djanal.
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+94.2
TB
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0.
Mark Russell, 1. Dazamal Kasunov, 2. Hur Siarhei, 3. Adnan Redzovic,
4. Kiril Pendivrov, 5.
Arhipov Sergej, 6. Alexander
Ustinov, 7. Shamkhl Gadzhiev, 8. Vlanovic Mirko, 9. Rabrenovic
Milan, 10. Gadgiev Shamhal.
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WBC
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-95.454
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1.
Hiromi Amada, 2. Martin Holm, 3. Dimitar Iliev, 4. Stefan Leko, 5.
Scott Lighty, 6. Musashi, 7. Michael McDonald, 8. Ramazan Ramazanov,
9. Rick Roufus, 10. Mindaugas Sakalauskas.
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-104.50
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1.
Ruslan Abasov, 2. Jasmin Becirovic, 3. Marshall Berger, 4. Zurab
Besiashvili, 5. Marek Boguscewicz, 6. Remy Bonjaski, 7. Zhang Qing
Jun, 8. Ruslan Karaev, 9. Jim Mullen, 10. James Phillips.
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+104.50
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1.
Peter Aerts, 2. Drimitri Alexudis, 3. Alben Belinski, 4. Nathan
Briggs, 5. Hong Man Choi, 6. Lane Collyer, 7. Peter Graham, 8. Nobu
Hayashi, 9. Ernesto Hoost, 10. Dalas Jone.
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