February 16th, 1997 - San Francisco, California, USA





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;

  1. 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.

  2. 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.
  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.
  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.




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