- 2001 IKF Pro Fighters Of
The Year
- Pro MuayThai Rules
- Giuseppe DeNatale of
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. On July 20th, 2001, in a Prestige Bout DeNatale
defeated Jermaine Bennett. On September 27th, 2001 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
he defeated Kent Hensley of Atlanta, Georgia, USA by TKO in the second round.
- Jason
Johnson of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. On February 3rd, 2001,
Johnson fought in a non Title Prestige Bout and defeated Jeff Ford of Kansas
City, Missouri, USA by TKO. On September 27th, 2001 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
in another non Title Prestige Bout he defeated Raul Romero Gonzalez of Mexico
City Mexico at 1:33 of round 1 with a head kick.
- Matt Skelton,
of Bedford, England. although he only fought once for the IKF
in 2001, we need to remember that as a K-1 Super Heavyweight it's hard to get
him booked for a fight. On November 18th, 2001 in North Hampton England Skelton
retained his IKF MTR Super Heavyweight
World Title by defeating Peter Varga of Budapest, Hungary by TKO at 53 seconds
of round 3.
- HONORABLE MENTION
- Pedro Fernandez of Tijuana,
Mexico. On March 31st, 2001 in Tijuana, Mexico Fernandez defeated Raul Romero
Gonzalez for the vacant IKF Pro IR Super
Heavyweight Mexico National Title.
- Pro International Rules: TBA
- Pro Full Contact Rules
- Vladimir Avtamonov, of
Omsk, Siberia Russia. On February 3rd, 2001 in Omsk, Siberia Russia, Avtamonovof
defeated Perry Ben of England for the vacant IKF
FCR Super Welterweight World Title. On April 28th, 2001 in Coventry England he
successfully defended his IKF FCR Super
Welterweight World Title by defeating Eningoff Neilson of Newcastle, England.
- Dave Marinoble of
Roseville, CA, USA. On July 28th, 2001 in Kuala Limpur Malaysia,
IKF US Middleweight and
IKF North American Super Middleweight
Champion Marinoble defeated then World Champion Champion Tommy Kimber of Salem,
Massachusetts, USA by TKO in the 8th round for Kimber's IKF
Pro World Middleweight Title.
- Anthony Bartinelli of
Phoenix, Arizona, USA. On April 17th, 2001 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, former
IKF U.S. Amateur Champion Bartinelli
defeated then undefeated #1 ranked Mike Nagy of Lake In The Hills, Illinois, USA
by KO to win the IKF FCR Light
Middleweight World Title. He fought again on October 9th, 2001 in Phoenix,
Arizona, USA in a non title bout and defeated Bradenton, Florida, USA's Larry
Jarrett by unanimous decision.
- Honorable Mention: Leo "The Artist"
Verontchjk of Russia. IKF Pro FCR European Champion.
- Pro San Shou Rules
- Cung Le of San Jose, CA,
USA. On December 15th, 2001 in San Jose California, USA, Cung Le become the
first IKF San Shou World Champion when he
won the Light Heavyweight Title by unanimous decision over Shoni Carter of
Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 2001
IKF EUROPEAN Pro Fighter Of The Year
- Kevin Smiles, Newcastle,
England
- 2001
IKF Amateur Fighters Of The Year
- Amateur Men's International Rules
- Narayan Stitt, of Seaside,
California, USA. Having already won the 2000 IKF
USA National Amateur IR Middleweight Title, Stitt was back to defend it in 2001
where in his first round he defeated Jason Lovelace by TKO after the first round
when Lovelace couldn't answer the bell for round 2. Stitt advanced to the Final
where he defeated Todd Whitmoyer by majority decision, 30-27, 30-27 and 28-28.
- Jorge Hernandez, Aurora,
Colorado, USA. At the 2001
IKF USA National Amateur Tournament
Hernandez defeated David Foley of Ogden, Utah in round 1. In the final he
defeated 2000 National Champion Adam Rogers of Seaside, California by unanimous
decision, 29-27, 30-26 & 29-26 to win the
IKF USA National Light Middleweight Title.
- Danny Kelly of San Jose,
California, USA. Kelly was picked this year more for what we've seen him do over
the years and not so much for his 2001
IKF USA Nationals win over John Greaves
who he defeated by TKO at 45 seconds into the 3rd round to claim the Light
Heavyweight Title.
- Amateur Men's Full Contact Rules
- Craig Richardson (No
picture available) of Newcastle, England. On April 29th, 2001 in Newcastle,
England, Richardson became the first IKF
Amateur FCR World Champion when he defeated Bruno Susano of Portugal by
unanimous decision.
- Paul Middlehurst (No
picture available) of Haydock, England. On July 15th, 2001 in Kirkby,
Liverpool, England, Middlehurst defeated Taigo Mendes of Portugal to become the
2nd IKF Amateur World Champion. He won the
IKF Junior Amateur World Lightweight
Title.
- Robert Elledge of
Roseville, California, USA. At the 2001
IKF USA National Amateur Tournament,
Elledge in round 1 defeated Al Ronnei of Mondovi, Wisconsin. Later the same day
in round 2 he fought and defeated by TKO, then undefeated (And 2000 Champion)
Matt Bentley of Omaha, Nebraska. In the final he took a unanimous decision win
over Curt Mickle of Atlanta, Georgia, USA to win the title.
- Kyle McElroy (No
picture available) of Lake Zurich, Illinois, USA. At the 2001
IKF USA National Amateur Tournament,
McElroy was out to defend his 2000 National Tournament title. In his opening
round, McElroy, defeated Jeffery Williams of Berlin, Georgia by TKO at break of
rounds 1 & 2 to advance to Round 2. In round 2 he defeated Tom Poey of
Virginia Beach, Virginia by split decision 30-27, 30-27 & 28-29 to advance
to the Final. In the finals he defeated Matt Mayer of Spooner, Wisconsin by
split decision, 29-28, 28-27 & 27-26 to win the title for the 2nd year in a
row.
- Danny Griffin (No
picture available) of Lake in the Hills, Illinois, USA. At the 2001
IKF USA National Amateur Tournament,
Griffin defeated Chris Terry of Phoenix, Arizona by unanimous decision, 30-16,
30-26 & 30-26 to advance to round 2.In round 2, Griffin defeated Shannon
Hudson of Lyman, South Carolina, 30-27, 29-28 & 30-27 to advance to the
Final. In the final Griffin defeated Zachary Day of Augusta, Georgia by
unanimous decision, 29-28, 30-27 & 29-27 to win the National Title.
- Trent Tompkins of Waterloo,
Iowa, USA. At the 2001
IKF USA National Amateur Tournament,
Tompkins in round 1 defeated David Hampton of Calmet City, Illinois by TKO at 28
seconds into the 2nd round to advance to the Final where he met and defeated the
2000 National Champion John Lenamon of Abilene, Texas by unanimous decision,
29-28, 29-27 & 29-27 to win the National Title.
- Anthony McGaughey of
Norman, Oklahoma, USA. Like last year, how could we forget the perfection of
McGaughey who continued his undefeated streak at this years Nationals when he
defeated Jeff Bederd of St Louis, Missouri who had a 24-2 record, by unanimous
decision, 30-27, 30-27 & 29-28. In the win, he defended his
IKF US National Light Middleweight title
and kept his perfect record in tact at 18-0 with 14 wins by TKO/KO.
- Amateur Men's FCR Honorable Mention: Tim
Ball of Pennsville, New Jersey, USA. When Ball finished fighting Mark
Snow of Lake Zurich, Illinois, USA at this years IKF
USA National Amateur Tournament, few waited for the MC to announce Tim's
situation. Nearly everyone at Ringside at ring 2 stood to their feet and gave
Tim a standing ovation for his efforts. When the applause quieted down, the MC
explained how Tim had went through months of waiting for us at the IKF to make a decision whether or not to allow him
to fight. We had several e-mails in support of him competing and finally, we
made the decision to allow him to compete. The MC said to everyone there,
"We decided, if Tim Ball wanted to walk the walk, we weren't going to
stop him!"
And the place erupted with yet another standing ovation. If you were there
you would have felt a lot of emotion in the room. Tim represented every fighter
at that moment. What was so special about Tim Ball? He was a fighter with a
paralyzed right arm that simply hung to his side. He proved that if a 1 arm man
could make the effort to "Walk The WALK" than NO ONE else could ever
have a valid excuse. Tim may have lost his bout, but he won the hearts of
EVERYONE there, and more important, he "Walked The Walk" in front of
all his peers. Nothing is more valuable than that.
- Amateur Men's MuayThai Rules
- Carter Williams,
of Modesto, California, USA. After a poor showing on the K-1 USA undercard,
Williams came to the IKF USA National
Amateur Championships. In round 1 he defeated John Grantham of Athens, Georgia,
USA by split decision 29-28, 29-28 & 28-29 to advance to the final. In the
final, he faced 2000 Champion Kurt Hasley and defeated him by unanimous
decision, 29-27, 29-27 & 28-27. In November of this year Williams went to
Canada and defeated Andre Beaulieu of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada at the 1:42 mark
of the second round. In the win Williams picked up an Amateur North American
Super Heavyweight Title.
- Amateur Men's San Shou Rules
- Lee King, (No picture
available) Houston, Texas, USA. On July 21st, 2001 in San Jose California,
USA, King defeated Allen Eggburt of Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA by TKO at 1:54 of
round 3, 2001 to win the IKF Amateur US
San Shou Light Heavyweight Title.
- Kimo Rigmadon, (No
picture available) Houston, Texas, USA. On July 21st, 2001 in San Jose
California, USA, Rigmadon defeated Previous Champion Chris Overbey of
Bellefontaine, Ohio, by unanimous decision to win the IKF
Amateur US San Shou Middleweight Title.
- Amateur Women's Full Contact Rules
- Rebecca Preacher of
Simpsonville, South Carolina, USA. It was billed as "The Ultimate Amateur
Women's Showdown!" Why "The Ultimate?" The bout was a defense of
Jennifer Thysen's
IKF Amateur FCR U.S. Welterweight Title.
Thysen of DePree Wisconsin, USA won the title at the 1999 USA National Amateur
Tournament however Preacher won the same title at the 2000 IKF USA National Amateur Tournament by split
decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27) in one of the closest bouts of the tournament
over Thyssen. After the bout, there was controversy as to who really was the
best Woman's FCR Welterweight in the Nation. So, on On June 23rd, 2001 in
Carlton Minnesota USA the two met and Preacher defeated Thyssen by TKO round 4.
As many of you know, to win an IKF U.S.
title today, it can only be won at the National Tournament. This bout on a
regular event was the last time a USA National Title was fought for outside the
National Amateur Tournament. At the 2001 IKF
USA Nationals though Thyssen showed up and defeated Terrie Hicks of Augusta,
Georgia by unanimous decision, 30-27, 29-28 & 29-28 to reclaim the title
back.
- Tara Opielouski, Norman,
Oklahoma, USA. At the 2001
IKF USA National Amateur Tournament, in
round 1, Opielouski, (0-0) defeated Kathy Hagler of Roswell, Georgia by TKO at
1:08 of round 2 to advance to round 2. In round 2, Opielouski defeated Katie
Ehrhardt (8-1) of Buffalo Grove, Illinois. At the final, Opielouski won the
Woman's USA National FCR Super Lightweight Title by forfeit when opponent
Jennifer Woodrome of Imperial, Missouri choose not to fight due to a neck/back
pain she got from her previous bout.
- Amateur Women's MuayThai Rules:
- Rebecca Natt, (No
picture available) New York, New York, USA. At the 2001
IKF USA National Amateur Tournament, in
round 1 Natt defeated Rachel Thomas of Milwaukee, Wisconsin by unanimous
decision, 29-28, 29-27 & 29-28 to advance to the Final. In the final she
defeated Jennifer Butler of Amboy, Illinois by unanimous decision, 30-26, 30-27
& 30-26 to win the. IKF USA National
Lightweight Title.
- Amateur Women's International Rules:
TBA
- Amateur Women's San Shou Rules:
- Jenna Castillo, San Jose,
CA, USA. On July 21st, 2001, San Jose, California, USA, Castillo defeated Katie
Meehan of Denver Colorado, USA by TKO at 1:56 of round 2 to win the vacant
IKF Amateur Woman's Bantamweight Title. In
her first defense on December 15th, 2001 in San Jose, California, USA she
defeated Christine Yandolli by Unanimous Decision 4 rounds to 0 on all 3 judges
cards. Castillo's only problem is finding good "Experienced San Shou"
competition in the woman's ranks.
- 2001
IKF EUROPEAN Amateur Fighter Of The Year
- Bruno Susano, Abrantes,
Portugal
2001
IKF Trainers Of The Year
This award
is decided by many factors. Most importantly, it is not decided by just 1 single
fighter that may have won a big title. This award is chosen by "Continued"
efforts in the sport within IKF sanctioned
events for the past year. But it is not just this 1 thing that makes one attain
this award, but many things such as;
- How many fighters of yours participate on IKF
Sanctioned Events.
- How many win.
- How many IKF Titles are won by them.
- What is your TEAMS attitude outside the ring.
- Your action as a cornerman or women.
- Their skill level.
- Their technique as a fighter.
- Their endurance.
- Their expressed improvement over time.
- That they participate on not just a couple, but several
IKF Sanctioned events a year.
So with this being known, here, in no particular order are the 2001 IKF Trainers of the Year:
- Jesse Finney, St Louis,
Missouri, USA. Team Finney Championship Kickboxing. Full Contact Rules, Amateurs
only. Trainer of 3, 2001 IKF USA National
Amateur Champions and a host of other winning Amateur Full Contact Rule Style
Fighters.
- Clement & Rhonda Vierra,
Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Hard Knocks Gym. Trainers of IKF
Pro FCR Light Middleweight World Champion Anthony Bartinelli and trainers of 4,
2001 IKF USA National Amateur Champions.
Full Contact and International Rule Styles.
- Rob & Jimmy Zbilski,
Chicago, Illinois, USA. Team Z. Trainer of 3, 2001 IKF
USA National Amateur Champions including 2001 Amateur FCR Fighters of the year,
Kyle McElroy and Danny Griffin. Pro and Amateur Full Contact Rules only.
- Duke Roufus, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, USA. Team Roufus ? Duke Roufus Gym. Trainer of 5, 2001
IKF USA National Amateur Champions and
many other Pro and Amateur Champions. Pro and Amateur MuayThai and International
Rule Styles.
- Ray Thompson, Simpsonville,
South Carolina, USA. Trainer of Rebecca Preacher and of the 4 fighters he took
to the 2001 IKF USA National Amateur
Tournament, 3 won their titles. Full Contact Rules only.
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DeNatale
Johnson
Skelton
Avtamonov
Marinoble
Bartinelli
Le
Stitt
Hernandez
Kelly
Elledge
Tompkins
McGaughey
Ball
Williams
Preacher
Opielouski
Castillo
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ROUFUS
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THOMPSON
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2001 IKF
Promoter Of The Year
This Inductee is selected not just by number
of events. They are selected by the style and manner of their promotions. This
includes their event organization and presentation which includes, event start
time, event activity schedule timing, event special effects, venue cleanliness,
ringside set up,
event programs and officials. Something to note here. Did the
IKF Event Representative need to do a lot
of work to help the event once there or just their
suggested duty?
Next they are judged on their hospitality they provided their guests, fighters,
trainers and officials from travel in, accommodations as well as food and or
daily per-diem expenses. Next they are selected by their willingness to follow
the
Rules and Regulations
of the
IKF from having qualified officials, good
matchmaking of undercard bouts as well as Title bout requirements, Pro Purse distribution,
IKF sanction logo appearance on all event
ads, (Posters, programs, radio, TV, banners etc. etc.) following the
sanctioning fee time guidelines.
One of the most important selection is their event reports. Did they send the
IKF Headquarters a pre-event as well as a
post event press release so we can pre-post the event before it happens and
after it happens on the NEWS
Page for others to see. In addition, the results sheet should always
include all the fighters info such as name, hometown, record, weight, height,
age and contact number. These are available right here on the
IKF Website for both
Amateur Bouts
and
Pro Bouts.
And finally, these promoters must do a minimum of 3 events a year (Or only 2
as long as they are directly associated with the organization of at least 2
others) 1 to qualify for this award.
After we look at all these things that to us, make a good event
promoter, the one with the highest point total per average of event was selected
as the 2001 IKF Promoter of the Year. And
the winner is... |
- Mike
& Elizabeth Carlson, (Right)
Augusta, Georgia, USA
HONORABLE MENTION
- Alby Bimpson, Merseyside, England
- Lane Collyer, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Russ O'Connell, Waterloo, Iowa, USA
- Duke Roufus & Scott Joffe, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Andre Thomas, Wings Promotions and TNT Kickboxing, Kuala Limpur,
Malaysia.
- Jesse Finney, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- 2001 IKF
Europe Promoters Of The Year
- Professional: Morris Young
- Amateur: Steve Donnelly &
Mike Fowles
2001
IKF EUROPEAN Special Acknowledgements
- Michael Kossivakis, Greece: For
Promoting IKF in Greece against all the
odds
- Marcel David, France: For his help
and co-operation.
- Istvan Rozman & Team, Hungary:
For their contributions to shows in Europe.
- Nuno Ferreira, Portugal: Personality
of the Year.
- Oleg Vadatursky & Team, Russia:
For his friendship and sincerity
- ALL The IKF
officials.
- Jacqui Thompson: Our IKF European Directors "GO TO"
person who handles the IKF European
Headquarters and organizes the efforts of all the IKF Europe Team
above and is a diplomat who controls the brain.
IKF
PRESTIGE AWARD
The IKF
PRESTIGE AWARD is Awarded to the Individuals who have done the most for the
IKF during the year. Who have contributed
the most to the IKF such as bringing in
new IKF Event Promoters, Registering new
IKF Fighters, helping with new ideas for
the IKF as well as helping make them a
reality. Their work "Behind" the scenes to make the IKF grow stronger for everyone on the IKF World Team. This does not include PAID Positions
of the IKF, Paid help or individuals
efforts who knew their work would be financially rewarded. This award is
about WHO has gone the extra mile for the TEAM at their own expense
without expecting or awaiting any return on their investment, for THE TEAM! Some
of them you may know their names while others, you may wonder who they are. Let
it be known that their work and efforts for "THE TEAM", meaning ALL of
you, are Greatly Noticed and Appreciated here at the IKF World Headquarters. Not
that your efforts are not appreciated as well, truly, they are. It's just that
these are the ones who have stood out in 2002 in going the extra mile. This is
the ultimate TEAM AWARD! Now, In no particular order...This years 2001 IKF Prestige awards go to,
- Mike Carlson, (Pictured
Above) Augusta, Georgia, USA. For his countless hours spent assisting in
both IKF Event organization as well as
many of the legal issues related to the IKF
and kickboxing in the USA. Also for his never ending desire to bring out
perfection in other IKF Event Promoters to
help them succeed as he has done with his own events.
- Alex MacDonald, (No
Picture Available) IKF Japan. For his
continuous "Neutral" commentary in the sport of kickboxing from
IKF issues and events to his dynamic
reports on the K-1 events. Many of you have seen changes that Mr. MacDonald has
been a part of, but you never knew it. Keep up the Great work Alex.
- Johnny
Davis, (Click name for picture) San Jose, California,
USA. For his non stop work to try and bring the IKF
to the next needed level for all of us on the IKF
World Team. The attaining of major worldwide sponsorship and the reality of the
long awaited IKF TV Deal. It will happen,
it's just a matter of time. And not to mention the fact that Mr. Davis just
finished the official IKF
Training Manual which is due out in January of 2002.
- Fred
Fitzgerald, (Click name for picture) Neptune New Jersey,
USA. Always there when we need him to be the chief head of officials for
IKF MuayThai. His donated time and efforts
from helping with the IKF USA National
Amateur Tournament (All 3 years) to being the 3rd man in the ring at
IKF MuayThai World Title bouts, he is
Truly PRICELESS! If your a promoter doing MuayThai bouts, you need to have Mr.
Fitzgerald as your head of officials and chief MuayThai Referee.
 Toni
Foster, (Right) Auburn, California, USA. For her work and
time for IKF Graphics, event pictures and
IKF artwork for all IKF
Literature. She has spent countless hours creating designs, logos, brochures and
programs for IKF Events around the world.
If your a promoter and you want a HIGH QUALITY Program, you need to have Toni
and her staff at Foster
Graphics help you.
- Doug Dickey, (No
Picture Available) IKF Mexico. Always
the IKF face very few see, but every
IKF event that has made it's way into
Mexico has had Doug Dickey helping somewhere along the way. From organizing
title bouts to offering transportation, Mr. Dickey has been "Making It
Happen" with very little fanfare.
- Sean Wohl, (No Picture
Available) Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. Mr. Wohl has been with the
IKF longer than any of this years
inductees. From being an IKF Event
Promoter, official, to an IKF Event
Representative Mr. Wohl has saved many promoters from disaster because of their
disorganization and he's received very little if not nothing in return. He is
truly a cornerpost in the IKF World Team.
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(IKF,
European Director Alby
Bimpson and
of course, IKF
President Steve Fossum are not eligible for this award. )
Congratulations To Our
2001
IKF Hall of Fame Inductees!
2000
IKF Hall OF Fame!
See the 2000 IKF
Hall Of Fame Inductees by clicking HERE!
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IKF Hall of Fame Inductees
Click HERE!
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