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Adam Watt
Born	(1967-11-10) 10 November 1967 (age 57) Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Other names	Lights Out
Nationality	Australian
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	86.5 kg (191 lb; 13.62 st)
Style	Seidokaikan karate
Professional boxing record
Total	18
Wins	14
By knockout	14
Losses	4
By knockout	4
Kickboxing record
Total	50
Wins	37
By knockout	30
Losses	12
Draws	1
Last updated on: 4 April 2021

Adam Keith Watt (born 10 November 1967) is an Australian former boxer and kickboxer. He has studied kickboxing, Seido-kaikan karate, and boxing. His nickname was "Lights Out" because of his high level karate and boxing skills, and one punch knock out power. He has won many world kickboxing titles, and reached as high as 10th in the highly respected World Boxing Council's & World Boxing Organisation's (W.B.C & WBO) Cruiserweight ratings. Becoming the first person in the world to ever fight for world Karate, Kickboxing and Boxing Titles.

He won the Australian Cruiserweight title in March 2000 in the ANBF "Fight of the Year" against Victorian Tosca Petridis, and was the first Australian to win the Commonwealth Cruiserweight Boxing title. Adam also achieved success in Japan's K-1 Kickboxing tournaments, winning K-1 Oceania, knocking out highly regarded South African Mike Bernardo in 2001 amongst other great victories.

Arrest and assault and fight for justice

In September 2008, Watt was arrested for conspiring to import chemical precursors to the drug methamphetamine. While Watt was on remand awaiting trial, he was hit from behind with a sandwich toaster inside a pillow case. When ambulance officers reached Watt he was clinically dead, but they managed to revive him at the scene. The extent of his injuries has not been made public. Following the attempt on his life, Adam was held in maximum security conditions and denied urgent medical treatment for nearly one year. His condition continued to deteriorate until eventually a brain injury specialist was brought to the jail to examine him. A Magistrate later described his untreated injuries as "life-threatening".

Upon his release, whilst undergoing medical treatment, Adam embarked on what one legal practitioner described in court as "a crusade" to not only defend himself and uncover the identity of those truly responsible for the crime for which he had been charged, but also to have the Australian Human Rights Commission hold NSW Corrective Services accountable for his mistreatment. In 2014 Adam was found unfit to stand trial on the import charge and the Crown withdrew the Supply charge.

Career

• Kickboxing
  • 2002 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary Melbourne champion
  • 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Fukuoka Repechage B runner up
  • 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Osaka runner up
  • 1993 U.K.F. World Cruiserweight champion
  • W.K.A. World Cruiserweight champion
  • I.S.K.A. World Full Contact Light Cruiserweight champion
  • I.S.K.A. World Muay Thai Light Cruiserweight champion
• Boxing
  • 2000-01 British Commonwealth Cruiserweight champion
  • 2000 Australian Cruiserweight champion
  • 1999-00 O.P.B.F. Cruiserweight champion (1 title defense)
  • 1999 O.B.A. Cruiserweight champion (1 title defense)
  • 1997-98 P.A.B.A. Cruiserweight champion

Boxing record

Boxing Record

14 Wins (14 (T)KO's), 4 Losses Date Result Opponent Venue Location Method Round Time Record 2001-02-17 Loss Sebastiaan Rothmann Carnival City Casino Brakpen, South Africa KO 8 (12) 14-4 Fight was for Rothmann's W.B.U. Cruiserweight World title. 2000-10-07 Loss Johnny Nelson Doncaster Dome Doncaster, England, UK KO 5 (12) 2:12 14-3 Fight was for Nelon's W.B.O. Cruiserweight World title. 2000-06-24 Win Bruce Scott Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland, UK TKO 4 (12) 14-2 Wins vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Cruiserweight title. 2000-03-24 Win Tosca Petridis Hornsby RSL Club Sydney, Australia TKO 7 (12) 2:36 13-2 Wins Petridis's Australian Cruiserweight title and retains O.P.B.F. Cruiserweight title. 2000-02-04 Win Caine Melbourne Star City Casino Sydney, Australia KO 3 (8) 12-2 1999-10-16 Win Lightning Lupe Omnisports Stadium Nouméa, New Caledonia TKO 4 (12) 11-2 Retains O.B.A. Cruiserweight title. 1999-09-17 Win Mosese Sorovi Manly Warringah Leagues Club Sydney, Australia TKO 1 (12) 2:04 10-2 Wins Sorovi's O.P.B.F. Cruiserweight title. 1999-08-05 Win Phil Gregory Willoughby Town Hall Sydney, Australia KO 2 (6) 9-2 1999-03-15 Loss Wayne Braithwaite Star City Casino Sydney, Australia KO 1 (12) 2:37 8-2 Fight was for vacant W.B.U. Cruiserweight World title. 1999-01-16 Win Phil Gregory Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sydney, Australia TKO 3 (12) 8-1 Wins vacant O.B.A. Cruiserweight title. 1998-08-27 Win Simon Whiu South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club Sydney, Australia KO 3 7-1 1998-04-05 Loss Valeriy Vykhor Newcastle Entertainment Centre Newcastle, Australia TKO 1 (12) 6-1 Loses P.A.B.A. Cruiserweight title. 1998-02-28 Win Dean Turvey Parramatta RSL Club Sydney, Australia KO 2 (10) 2:43 6-0 1997-12-06 Win Kevin Wagstaff Stockland Stadium Townsville, Australia KO 1 (12) 2:36 5-0 Wins vacant P.A.B.A. Cruiserweight title. 1997-09-12 Win Nat Ledua Manly Warringah Leagues Club Sydney, Australia KO 1 (10) 1:55 4-0 1997-05-02 Win Joe Kiwi Kingi Dee Why RSL Club Sydney, Australia TKO 3 (10) 1:58 3-0 1997-02-10 Win Ernie Valentine Memorial Auditorium Sacramento, California, USA KO 1 2-0 1996-11-22 Win Phil Gregory Manly Warringah Leagues Club Sydney, Australia KO 1 (8) 1-0 Makes professional boxing debut. Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

37 Wins (30 (T)KO's, 7 Decisions), 12 Losses, 1 Draw
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2002-10-11	Loss	Gurkan Ozkan		Sydney, Australia	Decision (Unanimous)	6	2:00
2002-08-17	Loss	Pavel Majer	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas Quarterfinals	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2002-02-18	Win	Andrew Peck	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne Final	Melbourne, Australia	KO	1	1:50
Wins the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne and qualifies for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas.
2002-02-18	Win	Jason Suttie	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne Semifinals	Melbourne, Australia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2002-02-18	Win	Clay Aumitagi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne Quarterfinals	Melbourne, Australia	TKO	2	1:48
2001-12-08	Loss	Mike Bernardo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Reserve fight	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2001-10-08	Loss	Mark Hunt	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka Final	Fukuoka, Japan	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	3	1:38
Despite defeat, will be invited to the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 as a reservist.
2001-10-08	Win	Mike Bernardo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka Semifinals	Fukuoka, Japan	TKO (2 knockdowns/Punch)	1	2:27
2001-04-29	Loss	Jérôme Le Banner	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka Final	Osaka, Japan	KO (Punches)	1	0:46
2001-04-29	Win	Peter Graham	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka Semifinals	Osaka, Japan	KO (Punch)	2	1:29
2001-04-29	Loss	Ray Sefo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka Quarterfinals	Osaka, Japan	TKO (Right hook)	1	2:20
Despite defeat, advances to semifinals due to injury suffered by Ray Sefo.
1996-06-02	Loss	Perry Teigt	K-1 Fight Night II	Zürich, Switzerland	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	3	1:05
1996	Win	Errol Parris		Sydney, Australia	KO (Left hook)	2	1:14
Retains the UKF World Cruiserweight title.
1994-05-08	Loss	Artem Tonoyan	K-2 Plus Tournament 1994 Quarterfinals	Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	1
1993-12-29	Loss	Ernesto Hoost	K-2 Grand Prix '93 Semifinals	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (2 knockdowns/Right high kick)	1	2:13
1993-12-29	Win	Bob Zengifo	K-2 Grand Prix '93 Quarterfinals	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Spinning back fist)	1	0:43
1993-11-15	Win	Jan Lomulder	K-1 Andy's Glove	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	2	2:36
1993-09-04	Win	Gerard Gordeau	K-1 Illusion	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Spinning back fist)	2	2:07
1993-06-25	Win	Lavelle Robinson	K-1 Sanctuary III	Osaka, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
Wins the UKF World Cruiserweight title.
1993-05-22	Win	Kaneko Machida	AJKF Evolution Step-3	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Referee stoppage/Right low kick)	4	2:22
1993-03-30	Win	Nobuki Iwashita	Korakuen Experiment: Round 2	Tokyo, Japan	KO	1	1:56
1993-03-30	Win	Shinjiro Aoki	K-1 Sanctuary I	Tokyo, Japan	KO	1	0:40
1992-12-11	Loss	Rob Kaman		Tokyo, Japan	KO
1992-10-04	Loss	Stan Longinidis	Seido Kaikan '92 Karate World Cup Kakutogi Olympic III	Japan	TKO (Dislocated shoulder)	1
Watt was injured when both fighters fell out of the ring.
1992-08-29	Loss	Mike Vieira		San Jose, California	KO (Punch)	2	2:05
Fight was for the UMT World Cruiserweight title.
1992-05-16	Loss	Peter Aerts	Rings Mega Battle 4th	Tokyo, Japan	KO	2	2:46
1992-03-26	Loss	Rob Kaman	Seido Kaikan Kakutogi Olympic I	Tokyo, Japan	KO	2	2:18
1992-03-05	Draw	Hans Nyman	Mega Battle II: Ibuki	Amagasaki, Japan	Decision draw	5	3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers

References

1. NSAC report of K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas
2. www.dailytelegraph.com.au
3. www.smh.com.au

External links

• Boxing record for Adam Watt from BoxRec (registration required)
• Fighter's profile: Adam Watt, at K-1 site.

• 1967 births
• Heavyweight boxers
• Australian male kickboxers
• Cruiserweight kickboxers
• Heavyweight kickboxers
• Australian male karateka
• Living people
• Commonwealth Boxing Council champions
• Australian male boxers