James Phillips is a German

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 kickboxer of American

United States

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 descent, currently competing in K-1

K-1

K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

. He is former European muay thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

 champion and two time K-1 Croatia tournament champion. He is trained by Michael Damboer and fights out of Thai-Bombs Mannheim.

Biography and career

James Phillips was born in 1980 in Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

, of African American

African American

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 heritage. He started his martial arts

Martial arts

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 training at the age of 12. He studied karate

Karate

is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

 and kickboxing

Kickboxing

Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

 for 4 years before moving on to Muay Thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

 in 1997 with the Thai-Bombs Mannheim e.V. He also competed in amateur boxing

Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...

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He is married and father of two girls.

Titles

• 2010 IKBF European Kickboxing champion (91 Kg)
• 2010 K-1 Collizion Croatia Vize Champion
• 2009 K-1 ColliZion Croatia champion
• 2007 K-1 Fighting Network Croatia champion
• 2006 Fight Night Mannheim champion
• 2005 K-1 Final Battle champion
• 2005 The Fight Club Riccione tournament champion
• 2003 IKBF European Kickboxing champion (86 kg)
• 2002 IMTF European Amateur Muaythai champion
• 2000-2002 IMTF German Amateur Muaythai champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
Legend:

See also

• List of K-1 Events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations

External links

• http://www.james-phillips.de
• Official K-1 website
• Thai-Bombs Mannheim Official site
• (http://www.Team-Phillips.de