Joakim Karlsson
Encyclopedia
Joakim "Yukay" Karlsson (born April 11, 1971) is a Swedish welterweight
Muay Thai
kickboxer fighting out of VBC Vallentuna Boxing Camp in Vallentuna
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, where he was stopped in Episode 10 by Sean Wright
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Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay 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...
kickboxer fighting out of VBC Vallentuna Boxing Camp in Vallentuna
Vallentuna
Vallentuna is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 26,500 inhabitants in 2005. It stretches over two municipalities in Stockholm County, in the Roslagen region. Vallentuna is also a suburb of Stockholm...
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Biography and career
In 2007 Joakim was featured on the reality show The Contender AsiaThe Contender Asia
The Contender Asia was a reality-based television series that follows 16 aspiring Muay Thai middleweight fighters from 12 countries as they compete in a series of outdoor challenges and sanctioned matches...
, where he was stopped in Episode 10 by Sean Wright
Sean Wright
Sean "Caestus" Wright is a Scottish Welterweight kickboxer, fighting out of Lanna Muay Thai Gym in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He is a current WMC Intercontinental Muay Thai champion and a semi finalist on the reality show The Contender Asia.-Biography and career:Sean Wright was born on February 12,...
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Titles
- 2006 IFMA Amateur Muay Thai World Championships 71 kg silver medal
- WMC Swedish champion
See also
- List of K-1 champions
- List of male kickboxers
- List of kickboxing organizations