Javier "El Tigre de Villarubia" Hernandez (born 2 November, 1989 in Spain

Spain

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) is a Spanish

Spanish people

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 lightweight

Lightweight

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 kickboxer currently fighting out of RR Team Córdoba in Córdoba, Spain

Córdoba, Spain

-History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy...

. He is a former I.S.K.A.

International Sport Karate Association

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 inter-continental champion and is the current It's Showtime 61MAX champion.

Career/Biography

Growing up fighting on the Spanish scene Javier had a decent amateur

Amateur

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 record winning the national title in 2008 and winning a bronze and silver medal in Full-Contact

Kickboxing

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 and 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...

 rules at the W.P.K.A. world championships, held at the end of the year. He also had a number of professional

Professional

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 fights that year, culminating by winning the Iberian

Iberia

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 pro belt. In 2009 Javier won his first professional international title by becoming the I.S.K.A.

International Sport Karate Association

The International Sport Karate Association is one of the major international bodies regulating karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United States...

 inter-continental champion.

These victories still left Javier virtually unheard of outside of Spain and this was echoed when he was announced as the challenger to 61MAX world champion Karim Bennoui

Karim Bennoui

Karim Bennoui , also known as "Le Chirurgien", is a French Muay Thai kickboxer, famous for his technical and precise fighting style. He is a former It's Showtime World Champion -61 kg.- Biography :...

  for the first ever It's Showtime

It's Showtime

It's Showtime is a kickboxing and mixed martial arts promotion based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded by Simon Rutz in 1998 and held its first show in 1999. They are known to cross promote their events with K-1 and other European promotions from Italy, Belgium and England...

 event to be held in Spain in June, 2011. Bennoui had looked great in beating the previous champion Sergio Wielzen

Sergio Wielzen

Sergio 'Kleintje' Wielzen is a Dutch based Surinamese super lightweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Amsterdam, Netherlands for Black Label and FF Carbin. His nickname in Dutch is 'Kleintje' - which translates as 'Little One' in English...

 a few months' previously and many fancied him against the underdog Hernandez. Javier proved everyone wrong in what was arguably the most exciting world title fight ever held by It's Showtime, surviving a second round knockdown to come back with a knockdown of his own to take a unanimous decision

Unanimous decision

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 victory after five rounds and become the new champion.

Titles

Professional

• 2011-present It's Showtime 61MAX world champion -61 kg
• 2009 I.S.K.A.
  International Sport Karate Association
  The International Sport Karate Association is one of the major international bodies regulating karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United States...
  
   inter-continental champion -64.5 kg (K-1 Rules)
• 2009 F.E.K. Spanish champion (K-1 Rules)
• 2008 F.E.K. Iberian champion (K-1 Rules)

Amateur

• 2008 W.P.K.A. World Championships in Limassol, Cyprus (K-1 Rules)
• 2008 W.P.K.A. World Championships in Limassol, Cyprus (Full-Contact)
• 2008 F.E.K. Spanish national champion (K-1 Rules)

Kickboxing record

Pro Kickboxing Record
Legend:

See also

• List of It's Showtime events
• List of It's Showtime champions
• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations