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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. 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 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 and boxing titles.

Adam Watt
Born (1967-11-10) 10 November 1967 (age 57)
Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Other namesLights Out
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight86.5 kg (191 lb; 13.62 st)
StyleSeidokaikan karate
TrainerKazuyoshi Ishii
Chan Cheuk-fai
Professional boxing record
Total18
Wins14
By knockout14
Losses4
By knockout4
Kickboxing record
Total50
Wins37
By knockout30
Losses12
Draws1
Last updated on: 3 October 2021

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.

Arrest and assault and fight for justice

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In September 2008, Watt was arrested for conspiring to import chemical precursors to the drug methamphetamine.[1] 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.[2] 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.

Adam Watt won compensation.[3]

In 2023 The Australian Human Rights Commission found that Corrective Services NSW acting behalf of the Commonwealth had denied Adam his human rights.[4]

Career

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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

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Boxing Record
14 Wins (14 (T)KO's), 4 Losses
Date Result Opponent Venue Location Method Round Time Record
2001-02-17 Loss   Sebastiaan Rothmann Carnival City Casino Brakpen, South Africa KO 8 (12) 14-4
Fight was for Rothmann's W.B.U. Cruiserweight World title.
2000-10-07 Loss   Johnny Nelson Doncaster Dome Doncaster, England, UK KO 5 (12) 2:12 14-3
Fight was for Nelon's W.B.O. Cruiserweight World title.
24 Jun 2000 Win   Bruce Scott Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland, UK TKO 4 (12) 14-2
Wins vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Cruiserweight title.
2000-03-24 Win   Tosca Petridis Hornsby RSL Club Sydney, Australia TKO 7 (12) 2:36 13-2
Wins Petridis's Australian Cruiserweight title and retains O.P.B.F. Cruiserweight title.
2000-02-04 Win   Caine Melbourne Star City Casino Sydney, Australia KO 3 (8) 12-2
1999-10-16 Win   Lightning Lupe Omnisports Stadium Nouméa, New Caledonia TKO 4 (12) 11-2
Retains O.B.A. Cruiserweight title.
1999-09-17 Win   Mosese Sorovi Manly Warringah Leagues Club Sydney, Australia TKO 1 (12) 2:04 10-2
Wins Sorovi's O.P.B.F. Cruiserweight title.
1999-08-05 Win   Phil Gregory Willoughby Town Hall Sydney, Australia KO 2 (6) 9-2
1999-03-15 Loss   Wayne Braithwaite Star City Casino Sydney, Australia KO 1 (12) 2:37 8-2
Fight was for vacant W.B.U. Cruiserweight World title.
1999-01-16 Win   Phil Gregory Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sydney, Australia TKO 3 (12) 8-1
Wins vacant O.B.A. Cruiserweight title.
1998-08-27 Win   Simon Whiu South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club Sydney, Australia KO 3 7-1
1998-04-05 Loss   Valeriy Vykhor Newcastle Entertainment Centre Newcastle, Australia TKO 1 (12) 6-1
Loses P.A.B.A. Cruiserweight title.
1998-02-28 Win   Dean Turvey Parramatta RSL Club Sydney, Australia KO 2 (10) 2:43 6-0
1997-12-06 Win   Kevin Wagstaff Stockland Stadium Townsville, Australia KO 1 (12) 2:36 5-0
Wins vacant P.A.B.A. Cruiserweight title.
1997-09-12 Win   Nat Ledua Manly Warringah Leagues Club Sydney, Australia KO 1 (10) 1:55 4-0
1997-05-02 Win   Joe Kiwi Kingi Dee Why RSL Club Sydney, Australia TKO 3 (10) 1:58 3-0
1997-02-10 Win   Ernie Valentine Memorial Auditorium Sacramento, California, USA KO 1 2-0
1996-11-22 Win   Phil Gregory Manly Warringah Leagues Club Sydney, Australia KO 1 (8) 1-0
Makes professional boxing debut.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Kickboxing record

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Kickboxing Record
37 Wins (30 (T)KO's, 7 Decisions), 12 Losses, 1 Draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2002-10-11 Loss   Gurkan Ozkan Sydney, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 6 2:00
2002-08-17 Loss   Pavel Majer K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas Quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2002-02-18 Win   Andrew Peck K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne Final Melbourne, Australia KO 1 1:50
Wins the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne and qualifies for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas.
2002-02-18 Win   Jason Suttie K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne Semifinals Melbourne, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2002-02-18 Win   Clay Aumitagi K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne Quarterfinals Melbourne, Australia TKO 2 1:48
2001-12-08 Loss   Mike Bernardo K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Reserve fight Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-10-08 Loss   Mark Hunt K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka Final Fukuoka, Japan TKO (Doctor stoppage) 3 1:38
Despite defeat, will be invited to the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 as a reservist.
2001-10-08 Win   Mike Bernardo K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka Semifinals Fukuoka, Japan TKO (2 knockdowns/Punch) 1 2:27
2001-04-29 Loss   Jérôme Le Banner K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka Final Osaka, Japan KO (Punches) 1 0:46
2001-04-29 Win   Peter Graham K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka Semifinals Osaka, Japan KO (Punch) 2 1:29
2001-04-29 Loss   Ray Sefo K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka Quarterfinals Osaka, Japan TKO (Right hook) 1 2:20
Despite defeat, advances to semifinals due to injury suffered by Ray Sefo.
1996-06-02 Loss   Perry Telgt K-1 Fight Night II Zurich, Switzerland TKO (Doctor stoppage) 3 1:05
1996 Win   Errol Parris Sydney, Australia KO (Left hook) 2 1:14
Retains the UKF World Cruiserweight title.
1995-10-27 Win   Bill Lasfar Shoot Boxing S-cup BOMBER Tokyo, Japan KO 2 3:40
Wins the vacant Shoot Boxing World Heavyweight title.
1995-08-24 Win   Manson Gibson Shoot Boxing S-CUP Thunder and lightning Tokyo, Japan Decision 5 3:00
1994-05-08 Loss   Artem Tonoyan K-2 Plus Tournament 1994 Quarterfinals Amsterdam, Netherlands KO 1
1993-12-29 Loss   Ernesto Hoost K-2 Grand Prix '93 Semifinals Tokyo, Japan TKO (2 knockdowns/Right high kick) 1 2:13
1993-12-29 Win   Bob Zengifo K-2 Grand Prix '93 Quarterfinals Tokyo, Japan KO (Spinning back fist) 1 0:43
1993-11-15 Win   Jan Lomulder K-1 Andy's Glove Tokyo, Japan TKO (Doctor stoppage) 2 2:36
1993-09-04 Win   Gerard Gordeau K-1 Illusion Tokyo, Japan KO (Spinning back fist) 2 2:07
1993-06-25 Win   Lavelle Robinson K-1 Sanctuary III Osaka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins the UKF World Cruiserweight title.
1993-05-22 Win   Kaneko Machida AJKF Evolution Step-3 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Referee stoppage/Right low kick) 4 2:22
1993-03-30 Win   Nobuki Iwashita Korakuen Experiment: Round 2 Tokyo, Japan KO 1 1:56
1993-03-30 Win   Shinjiro Aoki K-1 Sanctuary I Tokyo, Japan KO 1 0:40
1992-12-11 Loss   Rob Kaman Tokyo, Japan KO
1992-10-04 Loss   Stan Longinidis Seido Kaikan '92 Karate World Cup Kakutogi Olympic III Japan TKO (Dislocated shoulder) 1
Watt was injured when both fighters fell out of the ring.
1992-08-29 Loss   Mike Vieira San Jose, California KO (Punch) 2 2:05
Fight was for the UMT World Cruiserweight title.
1992-05-16 Loss   Peter Aerts Rings Mega Battle 4th Tokyo, Japan KO 2 2:46
1992-03-26 Loss   Rob Kaman Seido Kaikan Kakutogi Olympic I Tokyo, Japan KO 2 2:18
1992-03-05 Draw   Hans Nyman Mega Battle II: Ibuki Amagasaki, Japan Decision draw 5 3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kickboxing champion Adam Watt arrested in ice sting | thetelegraph.com.au". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Death threats follow near-fatal jail assault". 19 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Payout approved for bashed prisoner". 21 December 2018.
  4. ^ https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/legal/publications/mr-watt-v-state-nsw-corrective-services-nsw-2023
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