Glory
sport
Kickboxing
Founded
2012
Place of foundation
Singapore Singapore
president
Pierre Andurand
Chairman
Jon J Franklin
Association headquarters
Singapore Singapore
Homepage
http://www.glorykickboxing.com/
Glory is an international kickboxing organizer . The organization was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore . It also has branches in Malaysia , New York , London , Amsterdam and Tokyo .
There are six weight classes : heavyweight , light heavyweight , middleweight , welterweight , lightweight , featherweight .
The first heavyweight champion was Semmy Schilt from the Netherlands . Rico Verhoeven (also Dutch) currently holds the title .
Glory has acquired the majority of rights in the K-1 program and organized 57 kickboxing events in various countries up to December 1, 2017. Glory events were broadcast on Spike TV and ESPN .
Reigning world champions
Heavyweight world champion
Light heavyweight world champion
Middleweight world champion
No.
champion
From
To
1
Russia Artem Levin
June 21, 2014
February 26, 2015
2
Canada Simon Marcus
February 25, 2015
September 9, 2016
3
Netherlands Jason Wilnis
September 9, 2016
April 29, 2017
4th
Canada Simon Marcus (2)
April 29, 2017
October 14, 2017
5
Brazil Álex Pereira
October 14, 2017
current
Welterweight world champion
Lightweight world champion
Featherweight world champion
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ GLORY Sports International acquires rights to K-1 video library
↑ Glory Kickboxing Events. In: glorykickboxing.com. Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
↑ GLORY, Spike TV and the divide between sports and entertainment. Retrieved December 3, 2017
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