Michael Boapeah (born January 1, 2000) is a Ghanaian-Dutch kickboxer, currently competing in the middleweight division of Glory. He previously competed for

Golden Fighter Championship The Golden Fighter Championship (GFC) is a Romanian kickboxing, Muay Thai and mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion founded in 2015 and based in Timișoara, Romania, owned by Alin Fălcuşan. It is the third largest kickboxing promotion in Roman ...

and Colosseum Tournament. As of April 2023, Boapeah is ranked as the 8th best middleweight kickboxer in the world by Beyond Kick.

Kickboxing career

Early career

Boapeah faced the two-time World Fighting League Middleweight champion

Santino Verbeek Santino Verbeek (born January 24, 1995) is a Dutch kickboxer currently competing in the Welterweight (83.9 kg) division. He has competed in the Singapore-based ONE Championship and Netherlands-based World Fighting League promotions, where h ...

at RINGS Nieuwegein on October 6, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision. This victory earned Boapeah the chance to challenge Kevin Van Heeckeren for the RINGS Middleweight (-85 kg) title at Rings Fighting Network 2022 on March 19, 2022. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. Boapeah faced Amir Al Amir at Rings Gala Mijdrecht on June 4, 2022. The bout was a rematch of their March 24, 2019, meeting, which Boapeah won by unanimous decision. He was able to win the rematch by a first-round knockout.

Glory

Boapeah made his Glory debut against Florian Kröger at Glory 81: Ben Saddik vs. Adegbuyi 2 on August 20, 2022. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Despite calling for a fight with the top ranked Glory middleweight contender

Serkan Ozcaglayan Serkan Özçağlayan (born May 8, 1994) is a Turkish-Dutch kickboxer and cousin of Gokhan Saki, currently signed with Glory. He is ranked as the third best middleweight in the world by Combat Press as of September 2022, and third best by Bey ...

next, Boapeah was instead booked to face Glory debutante

Sergej Braun Sergej Braun (born July 17, 1989) is a German kickboxer and karateka, currently competing in the middleweight division of Glory. As of December 2022, Braun is ranked as the ninth best middleweight in the world by Beyond Kick and sixth best by Co ...

at Glory: Collision 4 on October 8, 2022. Boapeah was knocked down in the third round, en route to losing the fight by majority decision. Boapeah faced

Ertugrul Bayrak Ertuğrul Bayrak (born June 17, 1992) is a Turkish-Dutch kickboxer, currently signed with Glory, where he is the #1 ranked middleweight. He is ranked as the sixth best middleweight in the world by Beyond Kick, as of October 2022. He was ranke ...

at Glory 84 on March 11, 2023. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Boapeah faced

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at Glory: Collision 5 on June 17, 2023. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout. Bokeme retired from the bout in the final minute of the opening round, after his front teeth were knocked out. Boapeah faced

at Glory 87 on August 19, 2023. The bout was a rematch of their Glory 81 fight, which Braun won by unanimous decision. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Boapeah was expected to challenge

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for the Glory Middleweight Championship at Glory 89 on October 7, 2023. Wisse withdrew from the bout, with an illness, on August 31.

Kickboxing record

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References

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Kickboxing career

Early career

Glory

Kickboxing record

See also

References