King in the Ring

King in the Ring is a kickboxing tournament that is held in New Zealand.

Tournament Format^[1]

King in the Ring is a last man standing eight man tournament that is compete in one night. Seven boxing bouts will be contested in one night, each bout being scheduled for three rounds, each round being three mins with a minute break in between rounds. If after three rounds a fight is declared a draw, an extra round maybe required to determine the winner. Judges will not be encouraged to draw fights but will be accepted in the case of close contests. In the event of a draw after a fourth round, the winner will be decided in consultation with the Referee and fight Supervisor. If an injury occurs to a winning boxer that eliminates him from the competition, he is to be replaced by the most deserving or merit worthy losing boxer from the earlier competition or reserve fight winner as decided by the Supervisor. A random draw out of a hat will be conducted to determine which fighters contest each other in four quarter final matches. There is a maximum knockdown rule, where a boxer can not be knocked down more than 3 times in the night.

Permited

• All western style boxing techniques
• Spinning backfists
• All eastern and western kickboxing techniques with use of foot and knee
• Kicking inside outside leg kicks
• Grabbing neck with two hands and throwing only one knee to body or head is allowed. Fighter can continue to knee with one hand only
• When fighter attempts to throw body kick, opponent can counter by grabbing leg, and may strike only once while holding leg
• Flying knees to the head and body

Forbidden Fighting Techniques

• Hammer punch
• Hitting with inside of glove
• Punching or striking to opponents groin
• Punching to opponent’s kidneys and neck
• Elbows to head and body
• Kicking punching to opponents back
• Kicking and punching while on floor
• Speaking during fight. Biting/holding opponents arm
• Headbutting or throwing the opponent
• Strikes to joints or spine
• Kicking and punching after referee has instructed the contestant to stop round

King in the Ring 100 kgs I^[2]

The Tournament was competed on 20 May 2011 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured two WKBF World title bouts including, Roger Earp vs Joe Concha & Bronwyn Wylie vs Tegan Papasergi. The undercard also featured Muay Thai NZ title bout with James Gordon vs Rod McSwain. The opening bout of the night was ONeil Wiperi vs Ricky Hita.

King in the Ring 72 kgs I^[3]

The Tournament was competed on 28 October 2011 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured a WKBF World Title Bout with Antz Nansen vs Eric Nosa. The undercard also featured Joey Baylon vs Chris Wells and Travis Green vs Ricky Hita.

King in the Ring 62 kgs I^[4]

The Tournament was competed on 19 May 2012 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Jake Crane vs Colin Chu, Michelle Preston vs Nikki Bigwood and Aaron Goddard vs Daniel Harris.

King in the Ring 100+ kgs I^[5]

The Tournament was competed on 1 September 2012 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured William Robson De Oliveira vs Josh Marsters, Pane Haraki vs “Lightning” Mike Angove and Amateur Kickboxing WKBF NZ Title Fight James Eades vs Pati Afoa.

King in the Ring 86 kgs I^[6]

The Tournament was competed on 13 April 2013 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Yousef Almesfer vs Andrew Watson, Mikaera Povey vs Zak Fatamaka, WMC Lightweight Title Ra Redden vs Joey Baylon, Brendan Varty vs Edwin Samy, Richie Hardcore vs Hayden Todd and Andrew Peck and Tafa Misipati .

King in the Ring 100 kgs II

The Tournament was competed on 9 November 2013 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Sanchai Aung vs Joey “The Filipino Kid” Baylon, Gaella “The Slayer” Nixon Baybee “Pitbull” Nansen, Benson Eves vs Wayne Hehea, Nikolas “The Greek” Charalampous vs Scott Taliauli, Edwin “Electric” Samy vs Mikaera “Shotgun” Povey, Tony Angelov vs Andrew Bannam and Pati “The Arsenal” Afoa vs Kyle “The Knee Assassin” Gallacher.

King in the Ring 62 kgs II & 4 Women 55 kgs

These Tournaments was competed on 12 April 2014 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Mike Beavington vs David 'Sanchai' Aung, WKBF World Cruiserweight Title TY Williams vs Ben “Iron Fist” Johnson and Antz “Notorious” Nansen vs Nato Laauli.

King in the Ring 100+ kgs II

These Tournaments was competed on 20 June 2014 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Sam The Shank' Hill vs Sailmon Boonruam, WKBF & WMC Cruiserweight Title Pati Afoa vs Zane Hopman, Victor Mechkov vs Joe Hopkins and Sone Vannathy vs Cheyne Rees.

King in the Ring 86 kgs II

These Tournaments was competed on 30 August 2014 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Bronwyn 'Braveheart' Wylie vs Gaela 'The Slayer' Nixon, Edwin 'Electric' Samy vs Johnny 'Ruthless' Rickard, Ra 'Razor' Redden vs Jordan 'Sniper' Syme, Antz 'Notorious' Nansen vs Alofa Solitua and Hammad 'The General' Alloush vs Tafa 'Thumper' Misipati.

King in the Ring 72 kgs III

These Tournaments was competed on 8 November 2014 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Joey 'The Filipino Kid' Baylon vs Terry 'Turbo' Kounsavat, Mike 'Farmer' Fotheringhame vs Josh 'Method Man' Marsters, Sam 'tha Shank' Hill vs Nathan 'Nasty Boy' Robson, Pati 'Arsenal' Afoa vs Simon 'Mayhem' Maait and Dan 'The Pain' Roberts vs Paulo 'The Barbarian' Lakai.

King in the Ring 86 kgs III^[7]

These Tournaments was competed on 11 April 2015 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Chris 'Cobra' Eades vs Jordan 'Sniper' Syme, Nato 'Hard Knocks' Laauli vs Pane 'The Punisher' Haraki, Sone 'Arch Angel' Vannathy vs Pumipi 'Ceazer' Ngaronoa and Blood Diamond vs 'Dirty' Sanchez.

† Both semi finalist from Maait vs Hopman were injured in their bout, Due to this both were not able to continue into the final. Pati Afoa was the only kickboxer willing to go into the finals, despite losing in the first round of the tournament.

King in the Ring 62 kgs III^[8]

These Tournaments was competed on 19 June 2015 at Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua, New Zealand. The undercard featured Kieran Garcia vs Gerard Roach, Zane 'Hybrid' Hopman vs Pati 'The Arsenal' Afoa, Gentiane 'AAA' Lupi vs Natalia 'The Hun' Teller, Nick Taylor vs Sean 'Ruthless' Redgrave and Nato 'Hard Knocks' Laauli vs Thomas 'The Island Tank' Peato.

King in the Ring 100+ kgs III

These Tournaments was competed on 29 August 2015 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Tom Williams vs Socrates Fernandes, Cody Scott vs Roman Nia, Alexi Serepisos vs Albert Xavier and Brad Riddell vs Michael Badato.

King in the Ring 100 kgs II^[9]

These Tournaments was competed on 31 October 2015 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Victor Mechkov vs Carlos Hicks, Richard Simpson vs Pati Afoa, Michelle Preston vs Kristan Armstrong, Joey Baylon vs Dayne Williams and Slav Alexeichik vs Matt Saville .

King in the Ring 75 kgs I^[10]

These Tournaments was competed on 15 April 2016 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Jeremiah Fatialofa vs Fou Ah-Lam, Junior Coleman vs Tae Park, Mario Williams vs Doug Higgins and Slav Alexeichik vs Jamie Eades.

King in the Ring 62 kgs IV^[11]

These Tournaments was competed on 27 June 2016 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Paulo ‘Barbarian’ Lakai vs Ata ‘Smiling Assasin’ Fakalelu, Michelle ‘Pressure’ Preston vs Kim Townsend, WKBF Middleweight World Title Victor Mechkov vs Nick Ariel and Dayne Williams vs Nic ‘Ice Cream’ Aratema.

† Despite winning the first round, Alexi ‘Phet’ Serepisos could not continue to the Semi finals due to a concussion. Dayne Williams who fought early that night on the undercard, took Serepisos place in the semi finals.

King in the Ring 92 kgs I^[12]

These Tournaments was competed on 18 November 2016 at ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The undercard featured Sigi Pesaleli vs Taylor Matthews, Hayden 'Tat North' Todd vs Victor 'Slick Vic' Mechkov, Beau 'Ruthless' Rawiri vs Eugene 'Evil Genius' Bareman, Chris ' Cobra' Eades vs Blood Diamond and Lightweight World Title Super Fight WKBF Joey 'Filipino' Kid vs Ben Thompson.

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