Stephane Cabrera

Stéphane Cabrera (born May 4, 1968 in Nimes, France) is a former French kickboxing champion, President of World Kickboxing Network, sports promoter and matchmaker.[1][2][3]

Stéphane Cabrera
Born
Stéphane Ramon Cabrera

(1968-05-04) May 4, 1968
Nimes, France
NationalityFrench
OrganizationWorld Kickboxing Network
TitleWKN World President
Websiteworldkickboxingnetwork.com

Career

In 90s Cabrera has held the position of ISKA French and European representative.[4] In 1994 together with Olivier Muller, who at that time was ISKA World President [5], he created World Kickboxing Network.[6]

Since 1999 Cabrera has held the position of International Vale Tudo Championship representative in Europe, and became one of the pioneers to promote MMA bouts on the continent.[7][8]

In 2000 Cabrera was cited in Black Belt as instrumental in convincing boxing promoter Don King to feature a Muay Thai title fight between Jerome Le Banner and Espedito da Silva on the undercard of Evander Holyfield vs. Vaughn Bean event held at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, USA.[9]

In 2005 Cabrera founded an online magazine Fightmag.[10]

Since 2014 Cabrera held the position of International Boxing Association representative in Europe.[11] Since 2017 he has been IBA Vice-President.[12]

WKN Top Team

In 2016 Cabrera launched WKN Top Team which has promoted such athletes as Samir Mohamed, Tomas Mozny, Mallaury Kalachnikoff, Laetitia Madjene, among others.[13] The athletes compete at such leagues as Glory, Superkombat, Kunlun Fight, and others.[14]

Television

From 2010 to 2013 together with Jean-Christophe Courrges, Jean-Philippe Lustyk and Emil Irimia, Cabrera produced three seasons of boxing series Bigger's Better live on Eurosport.[15][16]

Since 2014 Cabrera co-produces women's kickboxing series Girl Power.[17]

In 2014 Cabrera launched kickboxing series Simply the Best with the events produced in Europe and South America.[18][19]

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References
  1. Iskenderov, Parviz (2014-09-17). "Stephane Cabrera Develops Kickboxing - FIGHTMAG". FIGHTMAG. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  2. Austin, Daniel. "FBP 91: Stephane Cabrera". www.fightbox.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  3. "Stephane Cabrera King Match-Maker - Prokick News". archive.prokick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  4. "Stephane Cabrera - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  5. "Fédérations : Le temps des vérités à dire... par Olivier MULLER". Muaythaitv (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  6. "History of Kickboxing - Prokick Kickboxing". archive.prokick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  7. "IVC Returning to Europe - Prokick News". archive.prokick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  8. "Stéphane Cabrera : l'interview (2e partie)". Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  9. Inc, Active Interest Media. Black Belt. Active Interest Media, Inc.
  10. "About - FIGHTMAG". FIGHTMAG. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  11. "Stephane Cabrera IBA Boxing Boss in Europe - FIGHTMAG". FIGHTMAG. 2014-09-26. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  12. "International Boxing Association Relaunched by J.C. Courreges | Fight Network". Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  13. "Stephane Cabrera Presents WKN Top Team - FIGHTMAG". FIGHTMAG. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  14. "Kunlun Fight : Laetitia Madjène en lice pour la grande finale - Fight Infos". fightinfos.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  15. "Bigger's Better Boxing 3 - Prokick News". archive.prokick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  16. "Le BIGGER'S BETTER veut relancer le kickboxing ! | YAMABUSHI MARTIAL ARTS & COMBAT SPORTS". www.yamabushi.ch. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  17. "Girl Power 5 : une finale et les honneurs pour Kalachnikoff - Fight Infos". fightinfos.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  18. "Simply The Best : Deux ans de plus sur Kombat Sport - Fight Infos". fightinfos.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  19. "WKN Kickboxing Head: World Title Shot Must Be Deserved - FIGHTMAG". FIGHTMAG. 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
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