Akeomi Nitta (新田明臣, born July 23, 1973) is a *anese kickboxer. He is one of *an's kickboxers in the welterweight division.

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Karate to kickboxing
  • 1.2 As a kickboxer
  • 1.3 Challenge to K-1
  • 1.4 As a coach
• 2 *les and accomplishments
• 3 Kickboxing record
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Biography

Karate to kickboxing

In elementary school Akeomi Nitta loved baseball; during junior high he chose not to pursue sports, instead concentrating on other activities. Daido-juku karate rekindled his interest, and he won the first tournament that he participated in although he was only a white belt (beginner) at the time. Soon after he met his teacher, Mr. Katsuyama, and became a pupil of S.V.G., a kickboxing gym, he won the championship of Shin-karate absolute cl* by knocking out all his opponents.

As a kickboxer

He knocked out his opponent again in his first professional match, and the future welterweight champion of the New *an Kickboxing Federation, Hiroshi Suzuki, in his second. He knocked out another future welterweight champion, of the All *an Kickboxing Federation, Tatsuya Suzuki, and won 12 straight matches from April 1994 to September 1998. In October 1996, he won the New *an Kickboxing Federation Middleweight championship *le. In March 2000, he defeated Mohammed Owali, the WPKL World Super welterweight champion who no other *anese kickboxer had been able to defeat. Two months later, he beat an Italian kickboxer and won the *le of WKA World Thai Boxing Super Welterweight champion in Milan, Italy. Later, he won the All *an Kickboxing Federation Middleweight Championship.

Challenge to K-1

He had several K-1 matches, notably against Ramon Dekkers of the Netherlands—called "the strongest kickboxer of 20th century"—which ended in a draw. Dekker later said that Nitta was the strongest *anese kickboxer. Nitta also KO'd American Kit Cope in K-1.In 2002 he participated in the K-1 WORLD MAX *an Tournament, but was knocked out by Takashi Ohno, ISKA World Oriental Super Middleweight champion. In 2005 he defeated Ash-Ra, Takehiro Murahama and Koutetsu Boku while losing to Takayuki Kohiruimaki and Ian James Schaffa. In 2006 he lost to Yoshihiro Sato.

As a coach

He founded his own kickboxing gym named "BUNGELING BAY", and served as its president.

*les and accomplishments

• New *an Kickboxing Federation
  • 1996 NJKF Middleweight Champion (defended twice)
• All *an Kickboxing Federation
  • 1999 AJKF Middleweight Champion
• World Kickboxing *ociation
  • 2000 W.K.A. World Muay Thai Super Welterweight Champion
• IKUSA
  • 2004 IKUSA -70kg Champion
• K-1
  • 2005 K1 World MAX *an tournament Runner-up
• Universal Kickboxing Federation
  • 2007 UKF World Middleweight Champion

Kickboxing record

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of male kickboxers

References

External links

• Official website of Akeomi Nitta(*anese)