World Kickboxing Federation

The next World Cup will be held after the summer break from September 15-21 in Minsk, Belarus.

Eastern Europe will be represented by major teams.

EU citizens do NOT require a visa if they stay in Belarus for less than 30 days !

The complete announcement will be made shortly.

Our representative and official confirmed chairman of the of the WKF BELARUS is Mr. Khmialkou Siarhei –  Хмельков Сергей Васильевич!.

Since the last European congress in Moldova in June 2025, he was new elected WKF EUROPE continental President

WKF BELARUS  E-mail contact

He is General Director of the Republican Olympic Center and “Stayki”.

Initial information about the next World Championships in November 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia, will also follow very soon. 

Our Amateur World President Mr. Carlos SUAREZ from Buenos Aires, Argentina, will be official WKF observer. He will attend the WKF Board meeting in Minsk, where high-ranking WKF representatives from Eastern Europe and Asia are expected. Many new, exciting events are in the works.

AND: the last WKF World Cup this Year will be from November 13-15 in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia!

For Kickboxing and Boxing !!!

again 500 + male / female fighters are expected

As is already known, the WKF Austrian Championships will now take place on 10./11. April held in Vienna.

More than 600 down loads (!) already show the great interest in the last qualification for the amazing World Championships in Colombia.

A large field of Austrian WKF clubs and members can be expected again. Everybody want to fight in the Caribbean World Championships, November 2026

In semi-contact or point fighting Austrians were able to place themselves TOP at the last World Championships in Alicante.

WKF AUSTRIA have currently special training centers in Innsbruck, Wels and Vienna.

Austrians new national MMA coach will also announce his national team 2026 for Colombia there!

This event is the last chance for all Austrian champions to qualify for the World  Championship! This applies accordingly to all tatami and ring sports, Boxing and of course forms / Kata and MMA.

Here is the invitation, of course in German language 

An officially sanctioned International Referee Seminar will take place on October 20th in Mielec, Poland.

This seminar will prepare our best international referees for the upcoming 2026 World Championships and renew their WKF licenses.

No WKF license, no WKF Referee!

To date, 14 nations from Latin and Central America alone have been confirmed for the 2026 World Championships in Cartagena, Colombia. Therefore, around 500 South Americans – men and women – are expected!

Our friends will be returning with numerous amateur boxers. Anyone who attended the last World Championships 2024 in Alicante saw the level of our sports friends for themselves. 

The next World Referee Seminar will take place in November 2026 in Cartagena.

WKF HEAD OFFICE work very hard in cooperation with our IRC- “International rules committee”  to train our international officials and referees, to answer protests and requests for the competition rules and to develop our various WKF rules.

 

Our last World referee seminar´s 2023 in Skofije, Slovenia, 2024 in Alicante, Spain and 2025 in Chisinau, Moldova, appointed several new TOP female WKF referees with international licenses.

 

Today we again have

14 female officials worldwide

only with an international WKF referee license.

 

As the world know – our next World referee seminar will be held in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday just before the WKF World Championships 2026

The next but one World referee seminar will be held in in November 2027, the weekend just before the following European Championships 

 

Without valid WKF license you are not an official in our World Kickboxing Federation!

Today WKF has more than 140 international licensed referees on 6 continents.

Of these, unfortunately, we only have just 

 

fourteen international licensed female officials

 

Like all knowledge, World wide more and more strong female champions and athletes are fighting, on tatami and Ring!

Our WKF executive board therefore emphatically requests all our

WKF country presidents

to send more female referees to Cartagen in Colombia to the next World referee seminar in November 2026, in our main Hotel.

 

 

To all our country presidents World wide:

It’s in your hands and we just need

more female

licensed officials

Austrian Open 2025

19. – 20. September in Korneuburg

registration deadline Wednesday September 17th

 per mail to: wkf-boxing@gmx.at 

On September 20, 2025, one of the largest international WKF tournaments will once again be held at the Guggenberger Sports Hall in Austria

The WKF disciplines for male and females will be K-1 and amateur BOXING. Official WKF age and weight classes will apply. You can find the announcement here , registration for your team is just per mail possible

Many downloads on the WKF EUROPE website demonstrate the great interest in the 2025 Austrian Open.

The weight check, WKF license, and medical check will only be conducted on Friday, September 19th , in the sport hall from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Video weigh-ins are not permitted in the WKF.

NO WEIGH-INS ARE POSSIBLE on Saturday, September 20

This event is open for cadets, women and men

of all federations, countries and teams!

international WKF licensed referees are very welcome !

For further information contact: wkf-boxing@gmx.at

 

At the last World Championship in November 2024 in Spain, the new BOXING championship belts were presented by the World Boxing President Mr. Daniel Z. HIRLAU. He was also nominated Chief Referee by the amazing European Championships 2026 in Moldova, June 22nd to 29th.

Presidents and managers from over 70 nations from six continents were very interested in our serious BOXING / BKFC World division and delighted.

Pierre HERRERA from Chile is the first official world champion in boxing, sanctioned by the WKF, since November 22, 2024

Five current champion belts were presented for viewing by the main office of our World Boxing Federation / BKFC.

From now on we can also confirm worldwide title fights for our best BOXERS and Bare Knuckle Champions – men and women – who would like to compete for real serious title fights in

BOXING / bare knuckle

Blow by blow

and step by step

 

 

Next WKF sanctioned title fights in BOXING is already being scheduled for autumn 2025!

Things continue with two planned events in Poland and Austria and for the first time with a new WKF GEORGIAN team, probably in Tbilisi, as well as a planned event in  Bulgaria and perhaps in Yerevan, Armenia.

Anyone interested in serious boxing and bare-knuckle fighting with our real world federation should contact Daniel Z. HIRLAU by email

How do you get into the male / female world ranking?

Simply fill out fighter profiles, add a photo and send!

From the beginning in WKF we split very clearly amateur and pro business, in ring sport as well as in PPF and MMA.

Our BOXING / BKFC division successfully managed by World president Mr. Daniel Z. HIRLAU from Hungary

 

This is to follow many requests and wishes of our clients , managers and thousands of our male and female fighters from all over the World.

Today we are very successfully not only in pro sport but of course in amateur business too.

 

 

WKF AMATEUR DIVISION

With great pleasure we want your poster in our gallery of WKF sanctioned tournaments, with our WKF  TM logo on the poster. We would like to help with online advertising free of charge, of course. Short reports after would be great.

We just want to remind every WKF country president World wide to send fighter profiles of your amateurs or just non-professional male/female fighters in ring sport. We have same system like in other pro sport in WKF.

We offer the chance to fight in all our sport divisions for our great demand WKF Champion belts.

Here are our 6 WKF divisions, with valid World ranking lists, rules, title fight minimum requirements and much more

PRO – AM / PPF / PRO RING SPORT / MMA / SANDA / BOXING

From now on we can also confirm worldwide title fights for our best BOXERS and Bare Knuckle Champions – men and women – who would like to compete for a real serious title (!) in boxing or “bare knuckle fighting”!

Our WKF PRO-AM titles has a great value because of our World wide network with today more than 140 member countries you have the chance to fight not only at home. And no fighter will lose his/her amateur status , he/she can fight still on any tournament, any World Championship World wide. You can be sure just to face another amateur fighter with perhaps 15 to 20 fights and not real pro with more than 100 fights.

The rules and regulations for PRO-AM are easy to understand and waiting for your download.

All you have to do is just send your fighter profile and jpg photos like always and we post your champion online in the PRO-AM World ranking.

For male and female, of course !

Because: only male/female fight in our PRO-AM World ranking are qualified to fight for our WKF titles.

For further requests or interest on any possible PRO-AM title fights do not hesitate to send a mail, please.

The idea behind is to upgrade our thousands of semi contact – or point fighting – fighters World wide.

Many tournaments on all continents has many competitors and now World Kickboxing Federation offers the Chance to fight for a real pro title with a great value and Champion belt, sanctioned by our World wide federation.

Posted in the weekly updated World ranking and with high value.

Valid with same PPF rules everywhere, same reqirements like in professional Ring sport. Professional weigh-in a day before, 3 international judges, WKF supervisor, flags and anthem and an amazing belt.

Send fighter profiles of your best point fighters male and female for the PPF World ranking, to get a chance to fight!

If you are interested to promote a PPF – PRO POINT FIGHTING title visit our web site and send just a request to our new office by mail.

  many new updates in the PPF World ranking.