Rob Kaman, Dutch Kickboxing legend, dead at 63
Rob Kaman, a Dutch 9-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion, passed away today at 63 years of age.
“Rob has passed away🙏🏼♥️,” Kaman’s wife Carlotta posted on Kaman’s official Instagram page.
“I will forever love you…we will forever love you.
This is Carlotta Torchia his wife- even though we’ve been separated since a while I made this account for him….
Love you Min…Monique his dear sister @moniquekaman
“We will post the date of the funeral.🙏🏼♥️”
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Kaman was often called “Mr. Low Kick” because of his feared low kicks which he used to set up his devastating offensive attacks.
Born in the Netherlands in 1960, it wasn’t until Kaman was 19 years old that he began training in Muay Thai and kickboxing.
Kaman had close to 120 fights on his record even participating in one mixed martial arts competition, which he won, in 1992.
Below are a few of the decorations that Ron Kaman earned over the years:
1995 K-2 France Grand Prix ’95 Champion
1992-94 I.S.K.A. Oriental Rules Light Heavyweight World Champion
1992 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Super Middleweight World Champion
1992 W.K.A. Full Contact Super Light Heavyweight World Champion
1990 I.M.T.F.(currently I.M.F.) Muay Thai Light Heavyweight World Champion
1989-90 W.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Champion
1988-89 W.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Champion
1984 P.K.A. Full Contact European Champion
1983-87 W.K.A. Full Contact Middleweight World Champion
I.K.B.F. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Champion
