Adam Watt

Adam Watt (born 10 November 1967) is an Australian former boxer and kickboxer. He has studied many forms of martial arts, kickboxing, Zen Chi Ryu, Seido-kaikan karate, and boxing. Watt became the first non Japanese live-in student of Seidokaikan and the first foreigner to reach the final of the Karate World Cup. His nickname was "The Technician" because of his high level karate and boxing skills, and one punch knock out power. He has won many world kickboxing titles, and reached the top ten of the highly respected World Boxing Council's and World Boxing Organisation's (W.B.C and WBO) Cruiserweight ratings. In 2000, he challenged WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson for his title. Watt holds the notable distinction of being the first athlete to fight for world Karate, Kickboxing, Shootboxing and Boxing titles.

Watt defeated Manson Gibson in Japan to win the World Shootboxing light-heavyweight title. Watt won the Australian Cruiserweight title in March 2000 in the ANBF "Fight of the Year" against Victorian Tosca Petridis, and was the first Australian to win the Commonwealth Cruiserweight Boxing title. Adam also achieved success in Japan's K-1 Kickboxing tournaments, winning K-1 Oceania, knocking out highly regarded South African Mike Bernardo in 2001 amongst other great victories. Provided by Wikipedia