Dubai: Elite group of the world strongest boxers will compete in the BKK Kickboxing Championship, which is scheduled on Saturday 8th Oct. 2022 at Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall in Al-Nasr Club – Dubai.

The BKK Kick Boxing Championship will be organized by the BKK Sports Co. in collaboration with Dubai Sports Council, for the first time in the region.   

Boxers have intensified preparations for participating in this Championship; the biggest of its kind, which will be held with participation of 20 world boxers who are to contest 10 competitive bouts. The Swiss Ulrik Bukheim, 5th world ranked, will compete vs. the Turkish Serdar Eroglu to win the golden belt in 90 kg category / the Indian Mohammed Shuaib will challenge the Pakistani Shakil Abdulla Shandio in a bout awaited by millions around the world and will be telecasted by 64 TV channels in more than 190 States all over the world.

The Swiss Ulrik Bukheim is a legend in the kickboxing sport. He is the winner of Kick Boxing world Championship. He has also won the titles of the European Champion, Roman Champion & the Swiss Champion twice for each competition. On the other hand, Serdar Eroglu holds the record of winning the title of the national champion in Turkey (17 times). He also won the titles of the World Championship of Thai Boxing and the Waco Kickboxing Championship.      

Other boxing bouts are scheduled as follows: the Romanian Christian Adrian Mile vs.  Uzbekistan’s Mavlod Tobiev / Russian star Sivolakh Khambakhadov vs. the Turkish Ferkan Simi Karabakh.

The Moroccan Mahdi Kakrami Bernoussi to compete vs. the Turkish Farzan Jaishek / the Moroccan Mohammad Al-Bukhari vs. the Palestinian Mohammad Al-Mir / the Thai Rawit Madadam against the Russian Bakmursev Timerlan / the Belgian Bin Hinya Sabri vs. the Syrian Abdullah Al-Faluji, / the Moroccan Walid Ik Kehal vs. the Portuguese Fabio Reyes.

In women’s competitions, the Turkish legend Fonda Alcais will fight vs. the Chilean Francesca Bellin Vera Lizama.

The attentions of millions of fans will turn to the most eminent bout in the Championship between the Pakistani Shakil Abdulla, the winner in 15 successive bouts, vs. the Indian Mohammed Shuaib who enjoys rich career as he contested 60 bouts in professional stage, out of which he won 55 bouts & lost 5 only, while in amateur stage, he contested 16 bouts out of which he won 14 bouts & lost 2. He holds 6 titles in the Indian Boxing Thai Championship and he has also won the title of the South India Championship 2018 besides the title of the Thai Boxing Championship in Thailand 2019.    

Mr. Abdul Rahman Kalayel, Board Chairman of the BKK Sports Co., stated: “Dubai is an amazing city. It is one of the most beautiful cities all over the world, since it enjoys all factors of tourism, sports & natural scenes. We are keen to organize the BKK Championship in a distinctive level that conforms to the prestigious & leading status of Dubai. We promise that fans will enjoy watching an unforgettable world competition”. 

Mr. Maidahoon Jith, the CEO of BKK Sports Co., holder of two records in Guinness World Records in Karate and winner of the Kick Boxing World Championship’s title, remarked: “Every athlete from all continents of the world wishes to live in Dubai and to participate in world competitions taking place in this splendid city. Therefore we have not found any difficulty to attract the best world’s boxers to participate in this Championship, the biggest of its kind in terms of numbers & names of prominent participants. Dubai will host this event for the first time. The Emirate always encourages investors to organize sports events and motivates all classes in society from all over the world to exercise their favorite sports, particularly in martial sports”.

He added: “We thank DSC toward its great collaboration with us to organizing this Championship. We also thank all Emirati national entities which have provided considerable support & assistance to attain our ambition & organize this eminent Championship in the splendid city of Dubai; top of these entities are: the Department of Economy & Tourism in Dubai and the UAE Muay Thai & Kickboxing Federation besides the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations”.