Adam Watt
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Adam Watt is an Australia
n former boxer
and kickboxer. He has studied kickboxing
, Seido-kaikan karate
, and boxing
. He has been called the "Aussie Sniper" and later "Lights Out" because of his high level karate and boxing skills, and one punch knock out power. He has won many world kickboxing titles, and reached as high as 19th in the highly respected World Boxing Council
's (W.B.C) Cruiserweight ratings.
He won the Australian Cruiserweight title in March 2000 in the ANBF "Fight of the Year" against Victorian Tosca Petridis, and was the first Australian to win the Commonwealth Cruiserweight Boxing title. Adam also achieved success in Japan's K-1
Kickboxing tournaments, beating highly regarded South African Mike Bernardo in 2001 amongst other great victories.
to import chemical precursors
to the drug methamphetamine
. While Watt was on remand awaiting trial, he was hit from behind with a sandwich toaster
inside a pillow case. When ambulance officers reached Watt he was clinically dead
, but they managed to revive him at the scene. The extent of his injuries has not been made public.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n former boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and kickboxer. He has studied 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....
, Seido-kaikan 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 boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
. He has been called the "Aussie Sniper" and later "Lights Out" because of his high level karate and boxing skills, and one punch knock out power. He has won many world kickboxing titles, and reached as high as 19th in the highly respected World Boxing Council
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
's (W.B.C) Cruiserweight ratings.
He won the Australian Cruiserweight title in March 2000 in the ANBF "Fight of the Year" against Victorian Tosca Petridis, and was the first Australian to win the Commonwealth Cruiserweight Boxing title. Adam also achieved success in Japan's 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...
Kickboxing tournaments, beating highly regarded South African Mike Bernardo in 2001 amongst other great victories.
Arrest and assault
In September 2008, Watt was arrested for conspiringConspiracy (crime)
In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement...
to import chemical precursors
Precursor (chemistry)
In chemistry, a precursor is a compound that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound. In biochemistry, the term "precursor" is used more specifically to refer to a chemical compound preceding another in a metabolic pathway....
to the drug methamphetamine
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs...
. While Watt was on remand awaiting trial, he was hit from behind with a sandwich toaster
Sandwich toaster
A sandwich toaster is used to make toasted sandwiches. It can be either a cooking utensil designed to be used over hot coals, or an electrical appliance....
inside a pillow case. When ambulance officers reached Watt he was clinically dead
Clinical death
Clinical death is the medical term for cessation of blood circulation and breathing, the two necessary criteria to sustain life. It occurs when the heart stops beating in a regular rhythm, a condition called cardiac arrest. The term is also sometimes used in resuscitation research.Stopped blood...
, but they managed to revive him at the scene. The extent of his injuries has not been made public.
Career
- Kickboxing
- 2002 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary Melbourne champion
- 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Fukuoka Repechage B runner up
- 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Osaka runner up
- 1993 U.K.F. World Cruiserweight champion
- W.K.A.World Kickboxing AssociationThe World Kickboxing Association is one of the oldest and the largest amateur and professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing in the world for the sport. Its official name is "World Kickboxing and Karate Association"....
World Cruiserweight champion - I.S.K.A.International Sport Karate AssociationThe International Sport Karate Association is one of the major international bodies regulating karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United States...
World Full Contact Light Cruiserweight champion - I.S.K.A.International Sport Karate AssociationThe International Sport Karate Association is one of the major international bodies regulating karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United States...
World Muay ThaiMuay ThaiMuay 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...
Light Cruiserweight champion
- Boxing
- 2000-01 British Commonwealth Cruiserweight champion
- 2000 Australian Cruiserweight champion
- 1999-00 O.P.B.F.Oriental and Pacific Boxing FederationThe Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation is a professional boxing organization that sanctions title fights in the Asian and Pacific region.-History:The OPBF was formed in 1954 by the Japanese, Korean, and Filipino boxing commissions...
Cruiserweight champion (1 title defense) - 1999 O.B.A. Cruiserweight champion (1 title defense)
- 1997-98 P.A.B.A.Pan Asian Boxing AssociationThe Pan Asian Boxing Association also known as PABA is an organisation for professional and amateur boxing in the Central Asia, Oceania, Pan Pacific, Eurasia and Southeast and Far East nations. They have 31 regular member nations and 11 associate member nations...
Cruiserweight champion
| Previous champion: Bruce Scott |
British Commonwealth 10th Cruiserweight champion 24 June 2000 - 2001 |
Next champion: Bruce Scott |
| Previous champion: Tosca Petridis |
Australian Cruiserweight 13th champion 24 March 2000 - 2000 |
Next champion: Daniel Rowsell |
| Previous champion: Mosese Sorovi |
OPBF Cruiserweight 8th champion 17 September 1999 - July,2000 |
Next champion: Roman Kovalchuk |
| Previous champion: Phil Gregory |
OBA Cruiserweight champion 16 January 1999 - 5 April 1999 |
Next champion: unknown |
| Previous champion: Valery Vikhor |
PABA Cruiserweight 3rd champion 6 December 1997 - 5 April 1998 |
Next champion: Valery Vikhor |
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External links
- Fighter's profile: Adam Watt, at K-1 site.