James Phillips (kickboxer)

James Phillips (also known as "Mr Highkick") is a German heavyweight kickboxer of African American descent,^[1] currently competing in K-1. He was born on June 11, 1980. He is a former European Muay Thai champion and two-time K-1 Croatia tournament champion. He was trained by Michael Damboer and fights out of Thai-Bombs Mannheim.^[2]

James Phillips
Born	James Phillips (1980-06-11) June 11, 1980 (age 45) Mannheim, West Germany
Other names	Mr.Highkick
Nationality	German American
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	86.0 kg (189.6 lb; 13.54 st)
Division	Cruiserweight
Style	Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Boxing
Stance	Orthodox
Team	Team Phillips - Fight & Fitness / Wachenburgstr.125 / 68219 Mannheim Flößerstraße 12 / Edingen-Neckarhausen
Trainer	James Phillips
Years active	1997–present
Kickboxing record
Total	107
Wins	82
By knockout	34
Losses	25
By knockout	3
Last updated on: November 19, 2011

Biography and career

James Phillips was born in 1980 in Mannheim, Germany, to a German mother and African American father.^[3] He started his martial arts training at the age of 13, studying karate and kickboxing for 4 years before moving on to Muay Thai in 1997 with the Thai-Bombs Mannheim e.V, becoming the European Muay Thai champion in 2002. He has also competed in amateur boxing.

He is married and the father of two girls.

Team Phillips

He is the owner and one of the coaches of "Team Phillips Fight & Fitness", along with Elias Handke, Mahir Tan, Sylvia Krüger, Markus R, Markus Knoop, Endre Piller, Isabel Knoop, and Francesco Palermo.^[4]

Championship Titles

• Professional
  • 2014 IKBO World K-1 champion (86kg)
  • 2011 Fight Night Mannheim Champion
  • 2010 IKBF European Kickboxing champion (91 Kg) Archived 2010-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  • 2010 K-1 Collizion Croatia Vize Champion Archived 2010-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  • 2009 K-1 ColliZion Croatia champion
  • 2009 K-1 Collizion World Grand Prix (Final Elimination)
  • 2007 K-1 Network World Grand Prix
  • 2007 K-1 Fighting Network Croatia champion
  • 2006 Fight Night Mannheim champion
  • 2005 K-1 Final Battle champion
  • 2005 The Fight Club Riccione tournament champion
  • 2004 WMC / S1 Heavyweight Tournament Champion
  • 2003 IKBF European Kickboxing champion (86 kg)
• Amateur
  • 2003 IMTF Teilnahme an der Amateur Muay Thai World championship in Bangkok
  • 2002 IMTF European Amateur Muaythai champion – (Europameister Muay Thai)
  • 2001 IMTF Teilnahme an der Amateur Muay Thai World championship in Bangkok
  • 2000 IMTF German Amateur Muay Thai Champion – (deutscher Meister Muay Thai)
  • 2000 IMTF Swiss Amateur Muay Thai Champion – (Schweizer Meister Muay Thai)
  • 2000 IMTF 3. Place European Amateur Muay Thai Champion
  • 2000 Baden-Württembergischer Amateur Muay Thai Champion
  • 1999 IMTF Teilnahme an der Amateur Muay Thai World championship in Bangkok
  • 1999 IMTF German Amateur Muay Thai Champion – (deutscher Meister Muay Thai)
  • 1999 Bayerischer Amateur Champion
  • 1998 IMTF German Amateur Muay Thai Vize Champion
  • 1998 Baden-Württembergischer Amateur Muay Thai Champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

82 Wins (34(T) KO's, 48 decisions), 25 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2016-05-07	Loss	Bogdan Stoica	Showdown Fight Night	Mannheim, Germany	KO	2	—
2015-09-12	Win	Errol Konning	It's Fight Time 2	Darmstadt, Germany	Decision	3	3:00
2014-04-26	Win	Almedin Hasanagic	Rhein Neckar Fight Night	Ludwigshafen, Germany	KO	2
Wins IKBO World K-1 title (86 kg).
2011-11-19	Loss	Andrei Stoica	SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final 2011	Darmstadt, Germany	KO (Right High Kick)	1	2:19
2011-10-15	Win	Michail Tutierev	Fight Night Mannheim	Mannheim, Germany	Decision	3	3:00
2011-10-15	Win	Ladin Etic	Fight Night Mannheim	Mannheim, Germany	Decision	3	3:00
2010-03-27	Win	Hicham Tourar	K1 Alpes	Bolzano, Italy	Decision	3	3:00
2010-09-25	Win	Jaroslaw Zawodni	Fight Night Mannheim	Mannheim, Germany	TKO (Referee stoppage)	5	3:00
2010-06-24	Loss	Ondrej Hutnik	WFCA Prague	Prague, Czech Republic	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2010-03-27	Loss	Agron Preteni	K-1 ColliZion 2010 Croatia	Split, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
For K-1 ColliZion 2010 Croatia 4-men Heavyweight tournament title.
2010-03-27	Win	Andrei Stoica	K-1 ColliZion 2010 Croatia	Split, Croatia	Decision	3	3:00
2009-10-24	Loss	Shamil Abasov	K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Elimination	Arad, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2009-08-29	Win	Werner Kreiskott	The Night in Löwen	Wuppertal, Germany	KO (High Kick)	3	N/A
2009-07-03	Loss	Coco Rus	K-1 ColliZion 2009 Sarajevo	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
2009-06-06	Win	Tarik Kuzucu	Fightclub Nürnberg	Nuremberg, Germany	KO (High kick)	1
2009-05-09	Win	Yahya Gülay	Mix Fight Gala VIII	Darmstadt, Germany	TKO (Corner stoppage/Gülay gave up)	1	3:00
2009-03-21	Win	Patrick Berger	K-1 ColliZion 2009 Croatia	Split, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Wins K-1 ColliZion 2009 Croatia 4-men Heavyweight tournament title.
2009-03-21	Win	David Dancrade	K-1 ColliZion 2009 Croatia	Split, Croatia	TKO (Referee stoppage)	3
2008-12-13	Win	Serdar Karaca	The Champions Club	Bamberg, Germany	KO (Left high kick)	2	2:37
2008-10-25	Win	Jimmy Sidony	Mix Fight Gala VII	Darmstadt, Germany	TKO (Referee stoppage)	1	0:55
2007-11-03	Loss	Daniel Ghiţă	Local Kombat 27 "Porţile de fier"	Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania	KO (Low kicks)	2	1:58
2007-09-01	Win	Yussuf Belmikdan	Fight Night Mannheim "The Battle Continues"	Mannheim, Germany	KO (Knees)	2	2:48
Wins Fight Night Mannheim "The Battle Continues" 4-men tournament title.
2007-09-01	Win	Florian Ogunade	Fight Night Mannheim "The Battle Continues"	Mannheim, Germany	Ext. R Decision (Split)	4	3:00
2007-06-23	Loss	Zabit Samedov	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2007-03-10	Win	Ante Varnica	K-1 Fighting Network Croatia 2007	Split, Croatia	KO (Right hooks)	2	1:01
Wins K-1 Fighting Network Croatia 2007 tournament title.
2007-03-10	Win	Damir Tovarovic	K-1 Fighting Network Croatia 2007	Split, Croatia	TKO (Knee to the body)	1	1:33
2007-03-10	Win	Dragan Jovanović	K-1 Fighting Network Croatia 2007	Split, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2007-01-27	Win	Roman Kupcak	Fight Night	Mannheim, Germany	KO (High kick)	2	N/A
2006-09-16	Win	Mohamed Oudriss	Fight Night Mannheim 2006	Mannheim, Germany	TKO (Corner stoppage)	2
Wins Fight Night Mannheim 4-men tournament title.
2007-09-16	Win	Abdel Lahmizi	Fight Night Mannheim 2006	Mannheim, Germany	TKO (Corner stoppage)	2	3:00
2006-07-08	Loss	Ergin Solmaz	WPKC & WMC Grand Prix Tournament, Quarter Finals	Riccione, Italy	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2006-06-03	Loss	Azem Maksutaj	K-1 Gala in Luzern	Luzern, Switzerland	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2006-05-20	Loss	Thomas Rasmussen	K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix 2006	Stockholm, Sweden	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2006-03-12	Win	Christian Lüdeke	Fight Night Leverkusen	Leverkusen, Germany	TKO (Low kicks)	3	1:00
2006-02-17	Loss	Azem Maksutaj	K-1 European League 2006 in Bratislava	Bratislava, Slovakia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2005-12-10	Win	Asmir Burgic	K-1 Final Battle 2005	Lübeck, Germany	TKO (Kick to the body)	2
Wins K-1 Final Battle 2005 tournament title.
2005-12-10	Win	Waldemar Dohmke	K-1 Final Battle 2005	Lübeck, Germany	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2005-10-29	Win	Rodney Faverus	K-1 New Talents 2005 in Germany	Koblenz, Germany	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2005-06-25	Win	Attila Karacs	The Fight Club Riccione 4-men tournament	Riccione, Italy	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Wins The Fight Club Riccione 4-men tournament title.
2005-06-25	Win	Petr Vondracek	The Fight Club Riccione 4-men tournament	Riccione, Italy	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	2	2:16
2005-05-07	Loss	Xhavit Bajrami	Kickboxgala in Bern	Bern, Switzerland	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
2004-12-17	Win	Christian Lüdeke	Muay Thai Gala in Bonn	Bonn, Germany	TKO (Doctor stop/leg injury)	1	3:00
2004-10-30	Win	Henriques Zowa	MTBD Jubiläumsgala	Kaiserslautern, Germany	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2003-04-13	Win	Enrico Grootenhuis	Kickboxgala in Dresden	Dresden, Germany	KO (Right cross)	1	N/A
Wins IKBF European Kickboxing title (86 kg).
2002-10-28	Win	Unknown Fighter	IMTF European championships	Portugal	Decision	4	2:00
Wins IMTF European Amateur muay thai title (86 kg).
2001-10-27	Win	Mdiba	Kickbox Gala in Ratheim	Ratheim, Germany	Decision	5	3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of K-1 Events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of male kickboxers

External links

• Fight & Fitness