WKN MALTA SEMINAR

Seminar Instructor: Osman YIGIN

TALE OF THE TAPE 

Yigin Haci Osman was a sixteen times world champion and twenty eight times European champion in Thai boxing / Kickboxing and Full contact and is considered as one of the best lightweights ever in kickboxing and thaiboxing history.

Yigin Osman was born June 3, 1971. At the age of six years he started training TAIDO , a Japanese martial art and at the age of 12 he started Thai boxing.

He had few amateur bouts but he won all of these by KO.

In 1985 at the age of 15, he made his professional debut against Rachid Elherdmi Class A in a event promoted by Master Kouider. Afterwards, he fought in the ring in many countires against such opposition as Thomas Seiler, Yassin (champion of Radja stadium ) Anukun, Singyaboune, Pongpilla, Kotsur, Abel El Qandil . gilbert Balantine , Fabrice Allouche ,Andrei Kobke, Kobayashi and many other established fighters.

In total, he has a record of 198 fights, 170 victories, including 81 victories by knockout, 26 losses and 2 draws.

In 1998 he founded THE OSMAN GYM , while continuing to compete until 2003.

On the 16 of February 2003, he fought his last TYhai boxing fight in his hometown of Charleroi in Belgium against Ukrainian Yuri Sharov for a world title WKN of -64,400 kg division . Not to disappoint his audience, Osman decided to go for 4 weeks at Chowatana Bangkok training camp to train for the fight  ... Osman became WKN world champion for the 16th time in his life on a win by points in a very excited contest .

He has been in charge of WKN Belgium for the last 15 years and of WKN TURKEY for the last 3 years. He is also a WKN international supervisor , International trainer and also a Biggers Better referee . 

Nowadays he is the trainer of  famous European and World champions, the likes of Laurent PERIQUET , Yacine MAIHON , Alan GODZICKI , Lefterio PEREGO , Rafael GIRARDI , Pepe PANEPINTO