Xu Yan (kickboxer)
Encyclopedia
Xu Yan is a Chinese
kickboxer
who competes in the welterweight
division.
promotion in March 2009 at K-1 Award & MAX Korea 2009 and was knocked out by Se Ki Kim in the second round. His second K-1 bout at the K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final in October that year saw him record arguably his most famous victory as he knocked out Yuichiro Nagashima
.
On December 5, 2010, he competed at the 2010 King's Birthday Muay Thai
tournament, the annual event to celebrate the King of Thailand's birthday. He lost in the first round to Alex Vogel of Germany.
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
kickboxer
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....
who competes in the welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
division.
Biography and career
Xu made his debut in the K-1K-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...
promotion in March 2009 at K-1 Award & MAX Korea 2009 and was knocked out by Se Ki Kim in the second round. His second K-1 bout at the K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final in October that year saw him record arguably his most famous victory as he knocked out Yuichiro Nagashima
Yuichiro Nagashima
is a Japanese welterweight kickboxer, and a Cosplayer, fighting out of Nishinomiya, Hyogo, currently competing at K-1. His rank is black belt of 2nd dan of Nippon Kempo.-Early life:...
.
On December 5, 2010, he competed at the 2010 King's Birthday 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...
tournament, the annual event to celebrate the King of Thailand's birthday. He lost in the first round to Alex Vogel of Germany.
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