James Warring

James Warring (born November 26, 1958) is an American boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. In professional boxing, he held the IBF world cruiserweight title from 1991 until 1992. In kickboxing, Warring is a four-time world champion, which included WKA world titles in 1983 and 1989. Warring alog with Troy Dorsey are the only two fighters to hold World titles in both Boxing and Kickboxing simultaneously although Warring held Kickboxing titles on the international rules level.

Career

 * Kickboxing
 * US kickboxing champion
 * KICK World Cruiserweight Champion
 * PKC World Cruiserweight Champion
 * FFKA World Super Heavyweight Champion
 * WKA World Cruiserweight Champion
 * WKA World Heavyweight champion
 * Boxing
 * NABF Cruiserweight Champion (December 12, 1990 - ?)
 * IBF World Cruiserweight Champion (September 7, 1991 – July 30, 1992)
 * Mixed Martial Arts
 * World Combat Championship Runner-Up (1995)

Career after fighting
As of 2002, Warring was a referee for the Florida State Athletic Commission in Shin Do Kumate and boxing.

Professional MMA

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 * 1995-10-17 || Loss || align=left | 🇧🇷 Renzo Gracie || WCC 1 – First Strike, Final || Charlotte, North Carolina, United States || Submission (Ezekiel Choke) || 1 || 2:47
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 * 1995-10-17 || Win || align=left | 🇺🇸 Erik Paulson || WCC 1 – First Strike, Semi-final || Charlotte, North Carolina, United States || TKO (Corner stoppage) || 1 || 16:08
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 * 1995-10-17 || Win || align=left | 🇫🇷 Jerome Turcan || WCC 1 – First Strike, Quarter-final || Charlotte, North Carolina, United States || TKO (Punches) || 1 || 2:35
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Professional kickboxing
! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins Rhome's PKC World Heavyweight Championship. Rhome was disqualified for failure to meet minimum kick requirements. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins the vacant WKA World Cruiserweight Championship. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Fight was for Wilson's WKA World Light Heavyweight Championship.
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 * 1997-10-17 || Loss || align=left | 🇳🇱 Peter Aerts || K-1 Grand Prix '97 1st round || Osaka, Japan || KO (Right high kick) || 3 || 1:13
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 * 1987-04-25 || Win || align=left | 🇺🇸 Jerry Rhome || PKC Karatemania II || Atlanta, USA || DQ || 3 || 2:00
 * 1987-04-25 || Win || align=left | 🇺🇸 Jerry Rhome || PKC Karatemania II || Atlanta, USA || DQ || 3 || 2:00
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 * - || Win || align=left | 🇺🇸 Maurice Smith || WKA Full Contact Karate || USA || || ||
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 * 1984-01-20 || Win || align=left | 🇺🇸 Don Nakaya Nielsen || WKA Full Contact Karate || Ciudad Juárez, Mexico || KO (Front kick) || 3 ||
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 * 1984-01-20 || Win || align=left | 🇺🇸 Don Nakaya Nielsen || WKA Full Contact Karate || Ciudad Juárez, Mexico || KO (Front kick) || 3 ||
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 * 1982-09-04 || Loss || align=left | 🇺🇸 Don Wilson || WKA Kickboxing || Tokyo, Japan || Decision || 11 || 2:00
 * 1982-09-04 || Loss || align=left | 🇺🇸 Don Wilson || WKA Kickboxing || Tokyo, Japan || Decision || 11 || 2:00
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Amateur kickboxing

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 * ? || Win || align=left | Vitali Klitschko || WAKO || United States || Decision (Split) || 12 ||
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