Adam Watt

Adam Watt
Born (1967-11-10) 10 November 1967
Other names Lights Out
Nationality Australia Australian
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 86.5 kg (191 lb; 13.62 st)
Style Kickboxing, Boxing, Karate
Professional boxing record
Total 18
Wins 14
By knockout 14
Losses 4
By knockout 4
Kickboxing record
Total 50
Wins 37
By knockout 30
Losses 12
Draws 1
last updated on: 28 July 2010

Adam Keith Watt[1] (born 10 November 1967) is an Australian former boxer and kickboxer. He has studied kickboxing, Seido-kaikan karate, and boxing. His nickname was "Lights Out" because of his high level karate and boxing skills, and one punch knock out power. He has won many world kickboxing titles, and reached as high as 10th in the highly respected World Boxing Council's & World Boxing Organisation's (W.B.C & WBO) Cruiserweight ratings. Becoming the first person in the world to ever fight for world Karate, Kickboxing and Boxing Titles.

He 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.

Arrest and assault

In September 2008, Watt was arrested for conspiring to import chemical precursors to the drug methamphetamine.[2] While Watt was on remand awaiting trial, he was hit from behind with a sandwich toaster inside a pillow case. When ambulance officers reached Watt he was clinically dead, but they managed to revive him at the scene. The extent of his injuries has not been made public.[3] Following the attempt on his life, Adam was held in maximum security conditions and denied urgent medical treatment for nearly one year. His condition continued to deteriorate until eventually a brain injury specialist was brought to the jail to examine him. A Magistrate later described his untreated injuries as "life threatening".

Upon his release, whilst undergoing medical treatment, Adam embarked on what one legal practitioner described in court as "a crusade" to not only defend himself and uncover the identity of those truly responsible for the crime for which he had been charged, but also to have the Australian Human Rights Commission hold NSW Corrective Services accountable for his mistreatment. In 2014 Adam was found unfit to stand trial on the import charge and the Crown withdrew the Supply charge.

Career

Previous champion:
Bruce Scott
 British Commonwealth 10th Cruiserweight champion
24 June 2000 - 2001
 Next champion:
Bruce Scott
Previous champion:
Tosca Petridis
 Australian Cruiserweight 13th champion
24 March 2000 - 2000
 Next champion:
Daniel Rowsell
Previous champion:
Mosese Sorovi
 OPBF Cruiserweight 8th champion
17 September 1999 - July,2000
 Next champion:
Roman Kovalchuk
Previous champion:
Phil Gregory
 OBA Cruiserweight champion
16 January 1999 - 5 April 1999
 Next champion:
unknown
Previous champion:
Valery Vikhor
 PABA Cruiserweight 3rd champion
6 December 1997 - 5 April 1998
 Next champion:
Valery Vikhor

Boxing Record

Boxing Record

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Kickboxing Record

Kickboxing Record

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References

  1. ↑ NSAC report of K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas
  2. ↑ www.dailytelegraph.com.au
  3. ↑ www.smh.com.au
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