Rick Roufus
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Rick Roufus (born June 3, 1967) is an American kickboxer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin,USA. He is one of the most visible figures of his sport.
Roufus, nicknamed The Jet, has been a six time kick-boxing world champion. In the early 1990s, he announced he would change profession and turn into conventional boxing instead. He enjoyed some success as a boxer, winning the WBC's continental Americas Cruiserweight title in 1996. He was never able to fight for a world championship as a conventional boxer, however, and returned to kick-boxing in the late 1990s. He added the K-1's USA championship to his six world titles in 1998.
Roufus lost in his bid to add a seventh world championship belt, against Ernesto Hoost.
He holds a record of 50 wins and 7 losses, with 39 wins by knockout.
Career
- Kickboxing
- ISKA World kickboxing heavyweight champion
- PKC light heavyweight champion
- K-1 USA GRAND PRIX'98 winner