Steve Moxon

Steve Moxon (born 9 November 1987) is an Australian kickboxer who competes in the middleweight and super middleweight divisions.

Steve Moxon is a 2 x World Champion.

In 2010, he was a competitor on the Enfusion kickboxing reality TV show, in which he was eliminated by Pasi Luukanen.

On 10 July 2010, he made his K-1 debut against Kenmun at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Canberra, and took a split decision over the tall Japanese fighter.

A month later, he drew with veteran Jordan Tai at Kings of Kombat 2010 in Keysborough, Australia.

In the semi-finals on 18 December 2010, he defeated Luis Bio via unanimous decision before losing to Ky Hollenbeck by the same margin in the final on 19 December.

At this point in his career, his impressive rise and style attracted the attention of his good friend and training partner Carlos Q, with whom Moxon joined forces in the sports and event management company MC2, a combat sports, entertainment, media and events management company, which is the organisation under which Steve manages his professional fight career and business interests.

The pair rematched at Kings of Kombat 3 on 2 April 2011, with Moxon emerging the victor via majority decision this time.

Moxon competed in a four-man 72.5 kg/160 lb tournament held over two days in Haikou, Haidian Island, China.

Known for his speed and knockout power, Moxon captured the ISKA South Pacific Middleweight (−75 kg/165 lb) Championship early in his career before taking the WKF World Middleweight title from Expedito Valin in 2012.

He signed with Glory that same year.

Following this, he went on a run, taking wins over Harlee Avison, Bruce Macfie and Wes Capper to set him up for a fight with Frank Giorgi in Melbourne, Australia on 28 April 2012.

With Giorgi being a Muay Thai stylist and Moxon a kickboxer, the match that many believed would crown Australia's top 70 kg/154 lb kickfighter took place under modified Muay Thai rules which excluded elbow strikes.

Moxon floored Giorgi in the first round, but Giorgi then kept him at bay with kicks for the next four.

Giorgi was given the nod via split decision.

He was able to rebound from this loss by becoming a world champion for the first time a month later when he took a split decision over the Frenchman Expedito Valin in Melbourne on 28 May 2012 to claim the WKF World Middleweight (−75 kg/165 lb) Championship.

Moxon remained at 75 kg for his next fight, stopping Maseh Nuristani in the second round of their contest in Melbourne on 28 July 2012.

By this point in his career, Moxon had accumulated a record of 29–4–1 with 19 knockouts, which attracted top promotion Glory, with whom he signed in September 2012.

Around this time Moxon also made the move back from Sydney to his native state of Victoria (Australia), near the area where he grew up.

As part of this move he joined Team Barbarian at Dave Ashmore's Barbarian Muay Thai Gym in Ballarat with Dave becoming his official trainer.

He was expected to fight Fadi Merza for the Austrian veteran's WKA World Middleweight (−72.5 kg/160 lb) title on 20 October 2012 in Melbourne but the bout was cancelled and Moxon instead went up against Giannis Mixalopoulos at Brute Force 21 on 18 November 2012, knocking the Greek down in round three before winning unanimous decision.

Moxon ended 2012 with a win over Mostafa Abdollahi at Kings of Kombat 8 on 8 December 2012 after Dzhabar Askerov withdrew from the fight.

He dropped Abdollahi once in the first and then finished him in the second round, closing off a successful year with a 5–1 record.

Kicking off his 2013 campaign, Moxon fought Yohan Lidon for the A1 World Middleweight (−73 kg/160 lb) title in Melbourne on 22 February 2013, losing a close split decision.

Following this, he made his GLORY debut against Jordan Watson at Glory 5: London on 23 March 2013 and lost by unanimous decision.

Moxon defeated Dzhabar Askerov via split decision at Kings of Kombat 9 in Melbourne on 27 April 2013.

Moxon defeated Gökhan Türkyılmaz via 2nd Round KO in Istanbul, Turkey on 31 May 2013 to win the A1 World Middleweight (73 kg/160 lb) title.

He beat Yuri Bessmertny by unanimous decision at Kings of Kombat 10 in Melbourne, Australia on 7 September 2013.

He was set to face Gesias Cavalcante at Glory 11: Chicago – Heavyweight World Championship Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, US on 12 October 2013 but Cavalcante withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Reece McAllister.

who Moxon beat via a third-round KO.

He lost to Andy Souwer by unanimous decision at Shoot Boxing Battle Summit Ground Zero Tokyo 2013 in Tokyo, Japan on 15 November 2013.

Moxon defeated Harley Love from New Zealand in a 4-round boxing match on his "Gold Rush" fight show in Ballarat, Australia on 14 Dec 2013 via a 1st Round TKO stoppage.

Moxon started off 2014 with a move from his previous home of Ballarat to Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

As of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #11 lightweight in the world by GLORY.

Then later winning the MASA Middleweight World Title in 2017 Vs Eshhan Shakeri in Canberra ACT Australia.

Moxon hails from the small town of Ballan, Victoria.

He is a joiner by trade and also served in the Australian Army.

Debuting as a professional fighter eight months after he first stepped in the gym, Moxon won his first fight by third-round technical knockout against Onur Yudical.

Then continued his career with his first 16 fights remaining undefeated.

He rose to prominence by winning the ISKA South Pacific Middleweight (−75 kg/165 lb) Championship early in his career, and moved to Sydney to train under Peter Graham at the Boxing Works gym.