Azem Maksutaj

Quick Facts

Full Name	Azem Maksutaj
Occupation	Kickboxer
Date Of Birth	Jul 8, 1975(1975-07-08)
Age	49
Birthplace	Desan
Country	Switzerland
Horoscope	Cancer

Azem Maksutaj Biography

Azem Maksutaj is one of the most popular and richest Kickboxer who was born on July 8, 1975 in Desan, Switzerland.

Azem Maksutaj (born July 8, 1975) is a former kickboxer who competed in the lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. He originates from Kosovo but relocated to Switzerland at an early age where he began training in Muay Thai at fifteen. After capturing the Swiss national title at lightweight during his first year of competition in 1992, he then went on to win European and world honours 1994 while fighting around the 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb) super middleweight mark. The late 1990s saw Maksutaj move between light heavyweight and cruiserweight, taking five world titles in those divisions, before eventually making the jump to heavyweight in 2001 where he spent the remainder of his career, acting as a journeyman in the K-1 promotion while also winning another four world titles.

After just twelve months of training and his first year of competition, Maksutaj won the Swiss national Muay Thai -63.5 kg (140 lb; 10 st 0 lb) title in 1992 by beating Jesus Perez who was eleven years his senior by knockout in the second round.

Azem Maksutaj Net Worth

Azem Maksutaj is one of the richest Kickboxer from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Azem Maksutaj 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Maksutaj, a Kosovar Albanian, was born the second of four children in Dečani, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) in 1975. His father moved to Switzerland as a guest worker in the late 1970s, so he saw his father only sparingly while growing up. In 1990, at the age of fifteen, Maksutaj and the rest of his family joined up with his father in Winterthur, Switzerland during the wave of Yugoslav immigration to the country. Unable to speak the language and struggling to integrate, he soon began training in Muay Thai at the Wing Thai Gym as a way to escape his troubles.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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2001 saw Maksutaj make the transition to the heavyweight division, kicking off his career at the weight by winning the WPKC World Super Heavyweight (+95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb)) Muay Thai Championship. Following this up with a defence of his WPKC Cruiserweight title against Hubert Lisovski in Winterthur, he then earned the biggest victory of his career at that point when he dismantled Canada’s Clifton Brown inside one round in front of over 100,000 spectators at the 2001 King’s Cup at Sanam Luang in Bangkok, Thailand on December 6.

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He would go on to compete in eight one-night tournaments in K-1’s heavyweight division over the next five years and made his debut in the Grand Prix format at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Marseilles on January 25. Having scored two quick first-round KOs over Abdel Lamidi and Ferenc Gasztany in the run-up, Maksutaj lost a majority decision to Grégory Tony in the final. On April 13, 2002, Maksutaj had a re-match with Vitali Akhramenko at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Croatia in Zagreb. The pair had previously fought to a draw five years earlier and did so again as the judges could not pick a winner after five rounds. He was granted a chance at revenge against Gregory Tony the following month at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Paris, but the tall Frenchman came out on top once again by winning a five-round majority decision. The fight was close but Tony was able to floor Maksutaj with a right hand late in the final round to seal the deal.