we are the real global player
would like to remind all our presidents to fix and to to update on time WKF fighters license (sport book) for all participants for the next tournaments.
60 YEARS OF WKF – FOUNDED 1964
European Championships 13. – 18. 09.2027 in Austria
World Championships 2028 Bucharest, Romania
We expect our best European countries, male and female fighters in Colombia !
Open European Cup in Austria
in amateur Boxing and Kickboxing
registration deadline September 30th
WKF COLOMBIA president Mr. Luis MEDIOMUNDO is the host of the next WKF World referee seminar on October 17./18. 2026.
Venue is the amazing 5 star Hotel Almirante in Cartagena, Colombia.
This is the perfect weekend, just before the World Championships 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia.
For the second time our World referee seminar takes place in Latin America.
We got already many requests from our male / female referees and officials from 6 continents and we hope everybody who would need Visa start in time at least 8 weeks before with Visa procedure.
Invitation is here !
Registration deadline October 9th 2026
For details about Visa invitations, any requests about airport transfer and more contact our organizing team Mrs. Bianca Daniela BOHORQUEZ , Vice president WKF ONAM COLOMBIA
Our update WKF licensed referee list is here !
Many photos of our international WKF referees here !
All rule books in 4 languages and more free to down load here !
All International WKF referees who not has attended the seminars in Triest 2023 or Alicante 2024 or Moldova 2025 must extend their license in Cartagena. The extended license is valid for three Years again. Many photos from all WKF seminars since 2011 are here in the gallery!
Next World referee seminar on September 12th 2027 in Austria, in the main Hotel before the upcoming European Championships 2027 !
Please note:
without valid WKF license you are
not qualified official for WKF events !
promoter WKF ROMANIA sanctioned by WKF EUROPE
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.
History has shown nothing is set in stone
Our last World referee seminar´s 2023 in Skofije, Slovenia, Alicante in Spain 2024 and Chisinau, Moldova 2025 appointed several new female WKF referees with international licenses. Valid also for BOXING and BARE KNUCKLE division and for MMA!
Today we again have just
19
female officials worldwide
with an international WKF referee license.
The past has shown that:
we need more officially WKF licensed ladies in WKF Europe and World wide
To get the WKF license or to extend existing one, the next option is 2026 World referee Seminar in Cartagena, Colombia, before the next World Championships.
For the World Championships 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia, we need more European Referees, male and female!
The next but one World referee seminar will be held now on October 18th 2026, the weekend just before the World Championships 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia.
As the world knows, our WKF was celebrating 60 years of existence last World Championships in Spain in 2024. We expect in Cartagena 2026 again more than 1.500 Champions, man and women.
Many TOP countries returned
to our WKF !
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Without valid WKF license – without exception – you are not an official in our World Kickboxing Federation!!
Today WKF has more than 150 international licensed referees on 6 continents. Like all knowledge, more and more strong female champions and athletes are fighting. Of these today unfortunately, we only have
19 WORLD CLASS female officials
Our executive board therefore emphatically requests all WKF country presidents to send more female referees to the World Referee SeminarTo all our country presidents World wide:
send more female referees to the next World referee seminar on October 2026 in Cartgena!
It is in your hands and
your own responsibility …
we just need
more female officials
in our WKF EUROPE
promoter / szervező: WKF Hungary Daniel HIRLAU
Dunaújváros, sanctioned by WKF EUROPE
information / minden információ itt:
Open European Cup in Austria
in amateur Boxing and Kickboxing
is the oldest and today perhaps the largest World wide sanctioning body since 1964 for Kickboxing, Thai boxing, MMA and SANDA.
For amateur events as well as for professionals.
Since March 1st 2024 is our BOXING / BKFC World division, for amateur and professionals !
World president is WKF HUNGARY president and TOP manager Mr. Daniel Z. HIRLAU, contact by e-mail
Today we have continental office on 6 continents and more than 160 active member countries World wide.
Now we want to invite YOUR BOXING champions for international events and we are looking for new WKF country presidents, promoters and managers in Europe.
If you´re interested to be part of the huge WKF family send just a mail to our WKF Europe office.
You will find our WKF World head office main web site on www.wkfworld.com
For full information’s about PPF – Pro Point Fighting click here, for Sanda here
On the top right hand you will find the translater for other languages
Here are our 6 pro divisions, with valid World ranking lists, rules, title fight minimum requirements and much more
PRO – AM / PPF / SANDA / PRO RING SPORT / MMA / BOXING
Do you know all of our 6 continental websites?
WKF ASIA, WKF AFRICA, WKF EUROPE ,
WKF LATIN AMERICA and CARIBBEAN ,
WKF AUSTRALIA and WKF NORTH AMERICA
After 16 years, a WKF referee training course was held again in Budapest, Hungary.
Congratulations to all the participants!
The participants from team Góman and the BÖSE Szeri Fighters successfully passed their exams.
Zoltan DOBI submitted the fastest and error-free test.
We look forward to welcoming all the new referees at the Hungary Open on September 11th and 12th in Dunaújváros.
International referees
with a valid WKF license
are welcome in Dunajvaros
Vice-president for the amateur division is Mr. Danil KARPENKO from WKF RUSSIA.This is to follow many requests and wishes of our clients , managers and thousands of our fighters from all over the World.
On the next World Championships in Cartagena 18th to 24th October 2026 we have all fighting divisions, for male and females.
After the great success in Alicante 2024 in WKF again with AMATEUR BOXING, for male and females!
Today we are very successfully not only in pro sport but of course in amateur business too.
With great pleasure we want your poster of WKF sanctioned tournaments, with our logo on the poster. We would like to help with on-line 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 6 ring 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 / SANDA / PRO RING SPORT / MMA / BOXING
Our WKF PRO-AM titles has a great value because of our World wide network with more than 150 member countries you have the chance to fight not only at home. 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 team online in the PRO AM World ranking. Because: only male/female fighters 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.
