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Josh Jauncey (born 10 Februaruy 1993) is a British kickboxer currently residing in Canada. He is currently fighting out of WKX Gym in Surrey, British Columbia and is a member of Team Souwer. As of 1 June 2016 is Ranked #5 by GLORY and #10 by Liverkick.com

Biography and career
Josh Jauncey was born in England and moved to Vancouver, Canada at 3 years old. His father Vince was a world champion kickboxer in his competition years and trained Jauncey and his brother in the art from an early age. "My dad was a champion and he's been training me and my brother since we were three years old. We've always been around the sport, we've always been around the gym. It's where we hung out. That's everything. Kickboxing is my life, it's all I do," he said in in a 2015 interview.

Jauncey has been described as “one of the brightest prospects on the kickboxing scene”. He had only three professional fights to his name when he debuted for GLORY against Warren Stevelmans, the first of a four-fight win streak in the organization. The run included a win over Germany's Max Baumert.

To date his only two losses in the organization are to Giorgio Petrosyan, widely considered the sport's pound-for-pound best, and the top lightweight contender Sittichai Sitsongpeenong of Thailand.

Jauncey is a training partner and protege of the former K-1 MAX champion Andy Souwer, formerly of the iconic Meijiro Gym but now head of his own outfit, Team Souwer. In his teenage years Jauncey would spend his school summer holidays in the Netherlands training with Souwer at Meijiro and these days he holds the distinction the only North American fighter on Team Souwer. Aldo continued to train with Team Souwer following Souwer's departure from Meijiro.

In his time training at Meijiro, Jauncey encountered Brazilian former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, who also used to travel there for training camps. He credits sparring with names like Souwer and Aldo with giving him the confidence to step up onto the international stage so early in his career.

Titles
Ranked #10 in the world by Liverkick.com WKL Super Welterweight North American Champion WKL Super Welterweight Pacific Northwest Champion TBA-SK Super Welterweight Pacific Northwest Champion CMTA Jr British Columbia Champion CMTA Jr Canadian Champion Junior World Champion