Kathy Long Highlight

World Champion , , . & . Long became a professional kickboxer, and one of the top female fighters in the sport’s history. She compiled an 18-1 record, winning five world titles in the process, and earning several nicknames including the “Queen of Mean“, “Princess of Pain“, and “The Punisher“. Hall of Fames: Black Belt Hall of Fame (1991 Woman of the Year) Black Belt Hall of Fame (1992 Full Contact Fighter of the Year) Inside Kung Fu Hall of Fame (1992 Female of the Year) Bob Ellas Kern County Sports Hall of Fame (1996) Her Kickboxing record: 18 wins (6 KOs), 1 losses, 0 draws Her MMA record: 2 wins, 0 losses The below article were written by Blackbelt Communications, Inc. Few people can make Bill Wallace admit that he’s stuck his “Superfoot“ in his supermouth. Kickboxing champion Kathy Long is one of them. Wallace slammed women’s kickboxing as “not real fights,“ and chided five-time champion Long for “not having knockout power.“ But after the blonde bombshell pummeled Kyoko Kamikaze in 1992 at the World Martial Arts Challenge in Las Vegas, breaking the Japanese fighter’s ribs and bruising her kidneys, Wallace became a believer in Long’s skills. “She went out there and looked really good,“ the gallant Wallace wrote in his monthly BlackBelt column before later apologizing to Long in person. “It is a slap in my own face . . . but that was a good fight.“ Long, the renowned “Princess of Pain,“ has no grudge against her fellow fighter, to be sure, but it’s illustrative of Long’s power that she could change the mind of even hardcore nay-sayers, who believed that women should step through the ropes only as ring girls.