# James Phillips (kickboxer)

James Phillips (also known as "Mr Highkick") is a German heavyweight kickboxer of African American descent, currently competing in K-1. He was born on June 11, 1980. He is a former European Muay Thai champion and two-time K-1 Croatia tournament champion. He was trained by Michael Damboer and fights out of Thai-Bombs Mannheim.

## Biography and career

James Phillips was born in 1980 in Mannheim, Germany, to a German mother and African American father. He started his martial arts training at the age of 13, studying karate and kickboxing for 4 years before moving on to Muay Thai in 1997 with the Thai-Bombs Mannheim e.V, becoming the European Muay Thai champion in 2002. He has also competed in amateur boxing.
He is married and the father of two girls.

### Team Phillips

He is the owner and one of the coaches of "Team Phillips Fight & Fitness", along with Elias Handke, Mahir Tan, Sylvia Krüger, Markus R, Markus Knoop, Endre Piller, Isabel Knoop, and Francesco Palermo.

## Championship Titles

* Professional
** 2014 IKBO World K-1 champion (86kg)
** 2011 Fight Night Mannheim Champion
** 2010 IKBF European Kickboxing champion (91 Kg) Archived 2010-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
** 2010 K-1 Collizion Croatia Vize Champion Archived 2010-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
** 2009 K-1 ColliZion Croatia champion
** 2009 K-1 Collizion World Grand Prix (Final Elimination)
** 2007 K-1 Network World Grand Prix
** 2007 K-1 Fighting Network Croatia champion
** 2006 Fight Night Mannheim champion
** 2005 K-1 Final Battle champion
** 2005 The Fight Club Riccione tournament champion
** 2004 WMC / S1 Heavyweight Tournament Champion
** 2003 IKBF European Kickboxing champion (86 kg)
* Amateur
** 2003 IMTF Teilnahme an der Amateur Muay Thai World championship in Bangkok
** 2002 IMTF European Amateur Muaythai champion – (Europameister Muay Thai)
** 2001 IMTF Teilnahme an der Amateur Muay Thai World championship in Bangkok
** 2000 IMTF German Amateur Muay Thai Champion – (deutscher Meister Muay Thai)
** 2000 IMTF Swiss Amateur Muay Thai Champion – (Schweizer Meister Muay Thai)
** 2000 IMTF 3. Place European Amateur Muay Thai Champion
** 2000 Baden-Württembergischer Amateur Muay Thai Champion
** 1999 IMTF Teilnahme an der Amateur Muay Thai World championship in Bangkok
** 1999 IMTF German Amateur Muay Thai Champion – (deutscher Meister Muay Thai)
** 1999 Bayerischer Amateur Champion
** 1998 IMTF German Amateur Muay Thai Vize Champion
** 1998 Baden-Württembergischer Amateur Muay Thai Champion

## Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record :
| 82 Wins (34(T) KO's, 48 decisions), 25 Losses ||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time |
| 2016-05-07 | Loss | Bogdan Stoica | Showdown Fight Night | Mannheim, Germany | KO | 2 | — |
| 2015-09-12 | Win | Errol Konning | It's Fight Time 2 | Darmstadt, Germany | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2014-04-26 | Win | Almedin Hasanagic | Rhein Neckar Fight Night | Ludwigshafen, Germany | KO | 2 | |
| Wins IKBO World K-1 title (86 kg). ||||||||
| 2011-11-19 | Loss | Andrei Stoica | SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final 2011 | Darmstadt, Germany | KO (Right High Kick) | 1 | 2:19 |
| 2011-10-15 | Win | Michail Tutierev | Fight Night Mannheim | Mannheim, Germany | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2011-10-15 | Win | Ladin Etic | Fight Night Mannheim | Mannheim, Germany | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2010-03-27 | Win | Hicham Tourar | K1 Alpes | Bolzano, Italy | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2010-09-25 | Win | Jaroslaw Zawodni | Fight Night Mannheim | Mannheim, Germany | TKO (Referee stoppage) | 5 | 3:00 |
| 2010-06-24 | Loss | Ondrej Hutnik | WFCA Prague | Prague, Czech Republic | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2010-03-27 | Loss | Agron Preteni | K-1 ColliZion 2010 Croatia | Split, Croatia | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| For K-1 ColliZion 2010 Croatia 4-men Heavyweight tournament title. ||||||||
| 2010-03-27 | Win | Andrei Stoica | K-1 ColliZion 2010 Croatia | Split, Croatia | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2009-10-24 | Loss | Shamil Abasov | K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Elimination | Arad, Romania | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2009-08-29 | Win | Werner Kreiskott | The Night in Löwen | Wuppertal, Germany | KO (High Kick) | 3 | N/A |
| 2009-07-03 | Loss | Coco Rus | K-1 ColliZion 2009 Sarajevo | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2009-06-06 | Win | Tarik Kuzucu | Fightclub Nürnberg | Nuremberg, Germany | KO (High kick) | 1 | |
| 2009-05-09 | Win | Yahya Gülay | Mix Fight Gala VIII | Darmstadt, Germany | TKO (Corner stoppage/Gülay gave up) | 1 | 3:00 |
| 2009-03-21 | Win | Patrick Berger | K-1 ColliZion 2009 Croatia | Split, Croatia | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| Wins K-1 ColliZion 2009 Croatia 4-men Heavyweight tournament title. ||||||||
| 2009-03-21 | Win | David Dancrade | K-1 ColliZion 2009 Croatia | Split, Croatia | TKO (Referee stoppage) | 3 | |
| 2008-12-13 | Win | Serdar Karaca | The Champions Club | Bamberg, Germany | KO (Left high kick) | 2 | 2:37 |
| 2008-10-25 | Win | Jimmy Sidony | Mix Fight Gala VII | Darmstadt, Germany | TKO (Referee stoppage) | 1 | 0:55 |
| 2007-11-03 | Loss | Daniel Ghiţă | Local Kombat 27 "Porţile de fier" | Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania | KO (Low kicks) | 2 | 1:58 |
| 2007-09-01 | Win | Yussuf Belmikdan | Fight Night Mannheim "The Battle Continues" | Mannheim, Germany | KO (Knees) | 2 | 2:48 |
| Wins Fight Night Mannheim "The Battle Continues" 4-men tournament title. ||||||||
| 2007-09-01 | Win | Florian Ogunade | Fight Night Mannheim "The Battle Continues" | Mannheim, Germany | Ext. R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 |
| 2007-06-23 | Loss | Zabit Samedov | K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2007-03-10 | Win | Ante Varnica | K-1 Fighting Network Croatia 2007 | Split, Croatia | KO (Right hooks) | 2 | 1:01 |
| Wins K-1 Fighting Network Croatia 2007 tournament title. ||||||||
| 2007-03-10 | Win | Damir Tovarovic | K-1 Fighting Network Croatia 2007 | Split, Croatia | TKO (Knee to the body) | 1 | 1:33 |
| 2007-03-10 | Win | Dragan Jovanović | K-1 Fighting Network Croatia 2007 | Split, Croatia | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2007-01-27 | Win | Roman Kupcak | Fight Night | Mannheim, Germany | KO (High kick) | 2 | N/A |
| 2006-09-16 | Win | Mohamed Oudriss | Fight Night Mannheim 2006 | Mannheim, Germany | TKO (Corner stoppage) | 2 | |
| Wins Fight Night Mannheim 4-men tournament title. ||||||||
| 2007-09-16 | Win | Abdel Lahmizi | Fight Night Mannheim 2006 | Mannheim, Germany | TKO (Corner stoppage) | 2 | 3:00 |
| 2006-07-08 | Loss | Ergin Solmaz | WPKC & WMC Grand Prix Tournament, Quarter Finals | Riccione, Italy | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2006-06-03 | Loss | Azem Maksutaj | K-1 Gala in Luzern | Luzern, Switzerland | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2006-05-20 | Loss | Thomas Rasmussen | K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix 2006 | Stockholm, Sweden | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2006-03-12 | Win | Christian Lüdeke | Fight Night Leverkusen | Leverkusen, Germany | TKO (Low kicks) | 3 | 1:00 |
| 2006-02-17 | Loss | Azem Maksutaj | K-1 European League 2006 in Bratislava | Bratislava, Slovakia | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2005-12-10 | Win | Asmir Burgic | K-1 Final Battle 2005 | Lübeck, Germany | TKO (Kick to the body) | 2 | |
| Wins K-1 Final Battle 2005 tournament title. ||||||||
| 2005-12-10 | Win | Waldemar Dohmke | K-1 Final Battle 2005 | Lübeck, Germany | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2005-10-29 | Win | Rodney Faverus | K-1 New Talents 2005 in Germany | Koblenz, Germany | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2005-06-25 | Win | Attila Karacs | The Fight Club Riccione 4-men tournament | Riccione, Italy | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| Wins The Fight Club Riccione 4-men tournament title. ||||||||
| 2005-06-25 | Win | Petr Vondracek | The Fight Club Riccione 4-men tournament | Riccione, Italy | TKO (Doctor stoppage) | 2 | 2:16 |
| 2005-05-07 | Loss | Xhavit Bajrami | Kickboxgala in Bern | Bern, Switzerland | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2004-12-17 | Win | Christian Lüdeke | Muay Thai Gala in Bonn | Bonn, Germany | TKO (Doctor stop/leg injury) | 1 | 3:00 |
| 2004-10-30 | Win | Henriques Zowa | MTBD Jubiläumsgala | Kaiserslautern, Germany | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2003-04-13 | Win | Enrico Grootenhuis | Kickboxgala in Dresden | Dresden, Germany | KO (Right cross) | 1 | N/A |
| Wins IKBF European Kickboxing title (86 kg). ||||||||
| 2002-10-28 | Win | Unknown Fighter | IMTF European championships | Portugal | Decision | 4 | 2:00 |
| Wins IMTF European Amateur muay thai title (86 kg). ||||||||
| 2001-10-27 | Win | Mdiba | Kickbox Gala in Ratheim | Ratheim, Germany | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes ||||||||