February 16th, 1997 - San Francisco, California, USA
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K. O. Kickboxing Presents
"IKF
KICKBOXING"
February 16th, 1997 - San Francisco,
California, USA
IKF &
KO KICKBOXING
TEAM UP ON A SELLOUT EVENT!
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA
Caesar's Latin Palace, San Francisco,
California, USA
Promoters and past World Kickboxing Champions
Johnny Davis and Sam Montgomery promoted another sell out K. O. Kickboxing event at the Cesar's Latin
Palace in San Francisco, California, USA, USA on February 16th, 1997. The
IKF sanctioned the event that featured 10
bouts with 6 ending by knockout. Here are the event results;
- IKF
AMATEUR FULL CONTACT RULES
Raul Hernandez, from San Jose,
California, USA, 146 defeated Anthony Reyes, of Santa Rosa, California,
USA, 152, by TKO at :45 seconds of round 1.
- IKF
AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL RULES
Matthew Robinson, of San
Francisco, California, USA, 154 won by TKO at :35 seconds of round 1 over
Lou Cozzo from South San Francisco, California, USA, 149. Cozzo
appeared to fight like a karate fighter and not a trained kickboxer for the
first time by the way he held his hands. He paid for it taking a barefoot to the
side of his face which was one of the most *devastating
knockouts we have EVER seen! Good thing Cozzo had a headgear on.
- (*) Special Added Note, Can you
believe that Cozzo actually SUED the Promoters on this event blaming
THEM for his injury?!
Beginners like Cozzo are who put bad marks on
our great sport! We can add that the attorney who handled this case was nothing
but an ambulance chaser and money hungry! How DARE he and Cozzo
team up against the Promoters of all people. This lawsuit eventually marked the
end of the KO Kickboxing Promotions.
Thanks a million Mr. Cozzo! We hope the money you received for
YOUR MISTAKES IN THE RING was worth this
great sport losing 2 GREAT PROMOTERS!
- IKF
AMATEUR FULL CONTACT RULES
IKF
fighter of the year
Dave Marinoble featured his student and brother, as he made an
impressive debut winning by TKO.
Mike Marinoble, of Roseville,
California, USA, 189, defeated Juan Caballero, from Livingston,
California, USA, 188, in a FC bout by TKO at 1:22 of the second round.
IKF President
Steve Fossum gave Mike the ring name "Machine Gun"
after the bout and stated they will have a great time promoting and featuring
him in future IKF events like they have
his brother Dave Marinoble. Dave holds 3 different IKF United States Amateur Titles and plans to turn
pro very soon.
- IKF
AMATEUR WOMEN'S FULL CONTACT RULES
Gail Webb, of San
Jose, California, USA, 124, defeated Andrea Long, of Santa Rosa,
California, USA, 128, by unanimous decision, 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27.
- IKF
AMATEUR FULL CONTACT RULES
Christopher Anderson of San
Francisco, California, USA, 174, defeated Daniel Ghousi from East
Paloalto, California, USA, 173, by TKO at 1:51 Of Round 3.
- Ghousi was deducted 1 point in the final round for hanging on the
ropes. Referee Dan Stell stopped the bout because
Ghousi was so tired, he kept hanging on the ropes which was the right
call. If your tired, you can't defend yourself, and if you can't defend
yourself, your done. Good Call Mr. Stell!
- IKF
AMATEUR FULL CONTACT RULES
Dave Holeman, of Vacaville,
California, USA, 160, defeated Matt Tregoning, of Roseville,
California, USA, 158, by unanimous decision, 30-26, 30-26 and 30-26.
- IKF
AMATEUR FULL CONTACT RULES
Juan Escubar, 144 lbs. of
Gilroy, California, USA, won by unanimous decision over Edward Sterling,
139 lbs. of Hayward, California, USA scoring 30-27, 29-27 and 29 27.
- IKF
AMATEUR FULL CONTACT RULES
Seibo Shen, of San Mateo,
California, USA, 131, defeated Scott Harrison, of Vacaville, California,
USA, 127, by split decision, 30-27, 30-27 and 28-29.
- IKF
AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL RULES
Mike Simons, of Modesto,
California, USA, 175, defeated Ehren Macdonald, from San Bruno,
California, USA, 178, by TKO at 1:45 of round 2.
- IKF
AMATEUR FULL CONTACT RULES
The final bout of the evening featured
Willie Campbell, 166 lbs of San Francisco, California, USA who won by
TKO at 1:25 of round 2 against Jim Jones, 173 lbs of San Francisco,
California, USA. Jones was hurt badly and went to his trainer and asked
him to stop it but his trainer refused to. A few moments later the bout was
stopped when Jones took a low blow, but this DID NOT effect the
fight. This fight was over before the low blow ever came and Jones had
admitted he didn't want to continue before the low blow. Campbell was
not penalized by the referee, the California State Athletic Commission or the
IKF who all saw that Jones was
done before the blow was ever landed.
The event judges were Steve Wenger, Susan Thomas with the
two referees Dan Stell & Tony Thompson alternated as judges.
The kick judges were Ron Daniel and Erica Stell. Event
Physicians were Dr. Paul Wallace & Dr. John Stahler. The
California State Athletic Commission representatives were Rob Lynch &
Bobby Ponzio. the IKF
Representative & scorekeeper was Steve Fossum. Timekeeper was Marleen
Swallow and
Anthony Marks was the Ring Announcer.
JANUARY 8th, 1997
WORLD KICKBOXING CHAMPIONS
DAVIS & MONTGOMERY
CHOOSE IKF FOR PROMOTIONS
When Kickboxing World Champions Johnny "Superfoot" Davis
and Sam Montgomery were winning world titles, neither had plans of
becoming a promoter of the sport. However, with the assistance of Steve
Fossum and the IKF, Davis and
Montgomery formed the promotional organization known today as K. O. Kick Boxing.
After researching all the different sanctioning organizations available to
promoters and fighters today, Davis and Montgomery went with the
IKF,. Although there are larger
organizations out there, no organization has the organization, personal hands on
assistance and potential that the IKF,
does. For example, the IKF, is the only
organization that has a monthly newsletter (more like a small magazine with
about 26 pages ) that officially ranks BOTH AMATEUR and PRO fighters that
have fought on an IKF, event. Also listed
are the trainers and contact numbers giving trainers recognition as well and
making fighters a lot easier to find for event matchmakers. Each fighter is
listed with their record, height, age and weight.
The IKF, is also the only organization
that lists legitimate Amateur title holders instead of how some organizations
have several amateurs holding the same title. Pro titles of course are listed as
well and include such title holders as Juan Torres, Rick Rufus, Francis
Farley, George Tsutsui, Ramona Gatto and Saeksan Saengchan just to
name a few. In addition, the newsletter has feature articles on events, fighter
profiles and yearly awards for best fighters, trainers, promoters etc. The
newsletter also lists IKF, promoters,
schools and officials giving them the recognition they deserve as well.
Another strong point of the IKF, is
their custom title belts. The large multi color brass medallion makes a dynamic
center piece to all IKF, title belts. K. O. Kick Boxing and the IKF,
have worked together on 4 different events now and K.
O. Kick Boxing is looking for other promoters to use their name as
well.