Stephan Fox (born 1963 in Germany) is a German sporting figure. He is the current General Secretary of

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International Federation of Muaythai Amateur and vice-president of the

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World Muaythai Council Fox is also the Vice-president

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and the President of the Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport (AIMS) representing 23 international federations.

Early life

Stephan has been involved in ring sports and

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in the late 70s. He won titles such as the South Pacific, Intercontinental and World titles. Stephan won the Australian Martial Art award and has been presented with the Thai equivalent. He has also won the North QLD Sports Personality Award and has represented both

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and

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throughout his fighting career.

IFMA and WMC

Fox retired in 1995, was asked by the late General Vorayudh Mesommonta to join the WMC and IFMA to help with international affairs. He is an advocate of Thailand's national sport and combat art. His educational background is rooted both in both Germany and Australia, however he now resides in Thailand where he oversees the growth of both Amateur ( IFMA) and Professional ( WMC) Muaythai. Fox holds the position of General Secretary of IFMA and the vice-president of the WMC and in the last few years, he has helped to lead Muaythai to its current world status being recognized by SportAccord,

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and being included in many Olympic and non-Olympic multi-sport events.

TV appearances

Fox has been a part of more than a hundred TV shows as host commentator and TV celebrity. He has been seen as the mentor / host of

The Contender Asia ''The Contender Asia'' (known as The Contender: Kickboxer in the United Kingdom, and The Contender: Muay Thai in the United States) was a reality-based television series that follows 16 Muay Thai middleweight fighters from 12 countries as they ...

, a celebrity trainer on

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, a mentor and host on

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number one rated,

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nominated show The Challenger Muaythai, and has been the host of many

TV Shows such as Muaythai Fight Night shown on

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and

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. Stephan Fox has also been featured on the cover of a number of international martial art magazines such as Blitz, International Kick-boxer, Martial Arts World and Muaythai World.

Charitable works

Fox has been involved in

youth development Positive youth development (PYD) programs are designed to optimize youth developmental progress. ''Youth.gov'' states that "PYD is an intentional, prosocial approach that engages youth within their communities, schools, organizations, peer groups, ...

programs through the Muaythai Against Drugs (MAD) program established by

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to HM the

King of Thailand The monarchy of Thailand (whose monarch is referred to as the king of Thailand; th, พระมหากษัตริย์ไทย, or historically, king of Siam; th, พระมหากษัตริย์สยาม) refers to the c ...

, General Pichitr Kullavanijaya. Under the patronage of the

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and

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, Fox helped found the 'Sport is your Gang' campaign, to motivate, change and raise awareness of the danger of gang affiliation in youths and''Do Good Feel Good'' campaign in which the world's leading Muaythai celebrities do charity and work with troubled youths to help them find the right path in life. He also has been involved in projects run in conjunctions with Fox has been one of the main driving forces behind the collaboration between the

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and Muaythai's UNiTE to End

Violence Against Women Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), are violent acts primarily or exclusively committed against women or girls, usually by men or boys. Such violence is often consi ...

campaign; a joint campaign in which an MoU was signed in April 2013. Later on in 2014, the "Sport is Your Gang" campaign was awarded the "Spirit of Sport" award, the most prestigious award for using the power of sport to make a difference, at the 2014

Convention in Belek, Turkey.

Speaker and advocate

As a leader of SportAccord Martial Arts Group, Fox oversees 15 Olympic and non-Olympic combat sports. He was a guest speaker the World Cultural Martial Art Forum in Beijing (World Combat Games 2010) during the 1st SportAccord Combat Games as well as numerous editions of the annual IF Forum hosted by SportAccord Convention in conjunction with SportAccord, ASOIF and AIOWF. Fox was also nominated to oversee all ring sports for the 2013 games, held in St. Petersburg, Russia. He has also been one of the main persons in the organization of over 10 World Championship events held in Thailand, Korea, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Malaysia and other countries around the world. Fox often promotes Muaythai by holding official seminars, workshops.Muaythai – Arab Emirates
Muaythai Sessions in the UAE

References

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