Zakaria Zouggary | |
Birth Date: | 1995 6, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Nationality: | Dutch Moroccan |
Fighting Out Of: | Morocco |
Height: | 170cm[1] |
Weight: | 65kg |
Weight Class: | Featherweight |
Style: | Kickboxing |
Stance: | Orthodox |
Team: | Melvin Fighting Factory Oude Westen Gym[2] |
Trainer: | Khalid Chennouf |
Yearsactive: | 2013-present |
Kickboxingwins: | 33 |
Kickboxingkowins: | 16 |
Kickboxinglosses: | 7 |
Kickboxingkolosses: | 4 |
Kickboxingdraws: | 1 |
Zakaria Zouggary (born June 6, 1995) is a Dutch-Moroccan kickboxer, currently competing in the featherweight division of Glory. As of april 2023, he ranked the #1 Glory featherweight.[3]
He was ranked as a top ten featherweight kickboxer by LiverKick from March 2015 to March 2016,[4] [5] and by Combat Press between November 2019 and April 2020.[6] [7]
Zouggary participated in the 2014 SHOOT BOXING World S-Cup -65 kg tournament. He overcame Bovy Sor Udomson by a second-round technical knockout in the quarterfinals of the one-day tournament and Houcine Bennoui by a second-round knockout to earn his place in the finals,[8] [9] opposite the two-weight SHOOT BOXING champion Hiroaki Suzuki. Zouggary lost the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout, after the fight was twice ruled a draw.[10]
Zouggary faced Hiroki Shishido at SHOOT BOXING 2015~SB30th Anniversary~ act.1 on February 21, 2015.[11] He won the fight by unanimous decision.[12] Zouggary next faced Yuki at RISE 105 on May 31, 2015.[13] He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout.[14] In his third fight of the year, at SHOOT BOXING 2015~SB30th Anniversary~ act.3 on June 21, 2015, Zouggary faced Chuchai Hadesworkout. He won the fight by unanimous decision.[15] Zouggary faced Hiroaki Suzuki at 30th ANNIVERSARY “GROUND ZERO TOKYO 2015” on December 1, 2015, in his fourth and final bout of the year.[16] He won the fight by unanimous decision.[17] His four-fight win streak was snapped by Koji Yoshimoto at RISE 109 on January 31, 2016, who beat him by a third-round technical knockout.[18]
Zouggary faced Yosuke Mizuochi at NO KICK NO LIFE 2016 on March 12, 2016. He won the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout.[19] Zouggary extended his win streak to three fights with technical knockouts of Wang Zhiwei at Wu Lin Feng 2016: WFL x Fight League - China vs Morocco on August 4, 2016 and UMA at SHOOT BOXING 2016 act.4 on September 19, 2016.[20]
Zouggary took part in the 2016 SHOOT BOXING World S-Cup Super Lightweight (-65 kg) one-day Tournament. He was booked to face Hiroto Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals.[21] Zouggary won the fight by a first-round technical knockout and advanced to the semifinals, where he faced Tapruwan Hadesworkout. He won the fight by unanimous decision, which earned him a place in the finals opposite MASAYA. Zouggary captured the tournament title by a second-round technical knockout.[22] [23]
Zouggary challenged the Enfusion -67 kg champion Ilias Bulaid at Enfusion Live 46 on February 18, 2017. He lost the fight by decision.[24] He rebounded from this loss with a majority decision win over Kaito Ono at SHOOT BOXING 2017 act.2 on April 8, 2017.[25]
Zouggary made his Glory debut against Yetkin Özkul at Glory 41: Holland on May 20, 2017. He won the fight by unanimous decision.[26] Zouggary next faced Massaro Glunder at Glory 45: Amsterdam on September 30, 2017. He once again won by unanimous decision.[27] His two-fight winning streak with the promotion was stopped by Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 at Glory 49: Rotterdam on December 9, 2017, who beat him by a third-round knockout.[28]
Zouggary faced Aleksei Ulianov at Glory 59: Amsterdam on September 29, 2018. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.[29] After suffering his second promotional loss, Zouggary was booked to face Abdellah Ezbiri at Glory 70: Lyon on October 26, 2019.[30] He won the fight by a first-round knockout.[31] Zouggary faced Asa Ten Pow at Glory Collision 2 on December 21, 2019.[32] He won the fight by unanimous decision.
Zouggary wax expected to face the former RISE Lightweight champion Kento Haraguchi at Rise World Series / Shootboxing-Kings on December 25, 2022.[33] On November 24, it was announced that Zouggary had withdrawn from the fight with an undisclosed injury and would be replaced by the former Glory Featherweight champion Serhiy Adamchuk.[34]
Zouggary faced the one-time RISE Lightweight champion Taiju Shiratori at RISE WORLD SERIES 2023 Final Round on December 16, 2023.[35] He lost the fight by a third-round knockout.[36]
|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2023-12-16|| Loss ||align=left| Taiju Shiratori ||RISE World Series 2023 - Final Round || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Knee to the head)||3 || 1:27
|- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 2019-12-21|| Win||align=left| Asa Ten Pow || Glory Collision 2 || Arnhem, Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00|- |- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 2019-10-26|| Win ||align=left| Abdellah Ezbiri || Glory 70: Lyon || Lyon, France || KO (Punches) || 1 || 2:25|- style="background:#FFBBBB"| 2018-09-29|| Loss ||align=left| Aleksei Ulianov || Glory 59: Amsterdam || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00|- |- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 2018-03-31|| Win ||align=left| Bailey Sugden || Glory 52: Los Angeles || Los Angeles, United States || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00|- style="background:#FFBBBB"| 2017-12-09 || Loss ||align=left| Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 || Glory 49: Rotterdam || Rotterdam, Netherlands || KO (Head Kick) || 3 || 2:10|- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 2017-09-30 || Win ||align=left| Massaro Glunder || Glory 45: Amsterdam || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00|-|- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 2017-05-20 || Win ||align=left| Yetkin Özkul || Glory 41: Holland || Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous)|| 3 || 3:00|- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2017-04-08 || Win || align=left| Kaito || SHOOT BOXING 2017 act.2 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Majority)|| 5 || 3:00|- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2017-02-18|| Loss ||align=left| Ilias Bulaid || Enfusion Live 46 || Eindhoven, Netherlands || Decision || 5 || 3:00|-! style=background:white colspan=9 ||- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2016-11-11 || Win || align=left| MASAYA || SHOOT BOXING WORLD TOURNAMENT S-cup 2016, Final || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (3 Knockdowns)|| 2 || 1:14|-! style=background:white colspan=9 ||- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2016-11-11 || Win || align=left| Tapruwan Hadesworkout || SHOOT BOXING WORLD TOURNAMENT S-cup 2016, Semi Final || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00|- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2016-11-11 || Win || align=left| Hiroto Yamaguchi || SHOOT BOXING WORLD TOURNAMENT S-cup 2016, Quarter Final || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (2 Knockdowns)|| 1 || 1:27|- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2016-09-19 || Win || align=left| UMA || SHOOT BOXING 2016 act.4 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Corner stoppage) || 2 || 2:52|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2016-08-04 || Win || align=left| Wang Zhiwei || Wu Lin Feng 2016: WFL x Fight League - China vs Morocco || Tangier, Morocco || TKO (Corner Stoppage) || 3 |||- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2016-03-12|| Win ||align=left| Yosuke Mizuochi || NO KICK NO LIFE 2016 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO || 5 || 2:28|- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2016-01-31|| Loss ||align=left| Koji Yoshimoto || RISE 109 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Knee to the body) || 3 || 1:58|-|- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2015-12-01|| Win ||align=left| Hiroaki Suzuki || 30th ANNIVERSARY “GROUND ZERO TOKYO 2015” || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous)|| 3 || 3:00|- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2015-06-21|| Win ||align=left| Chuchai Hadesworkout || SHOOT BOXING 2015~SB30th Anniversary~ act.3 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00|-|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2015-05-31 || Win || align=left| Yuki || RISE 105 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Flying Knee) || 2 || 2:04|- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2015-02-21|| Win || align=left| Hiroki Shishido || SHOOT BOXING 2015~SB30th Anniversary~ act.1 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00|- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2014-11-30|| Loss ||align=left| Hiroaki Suzuki || SHOOT BOXING WORLD TOURNAMENT S-cup 2014, Final || Tokyo, Japan || 2nd Ext.R TKO (Punches) || 5 || 2:00|-! style=background:white colspan=9 ||- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2014-11-30|| Win ||align=left| Houcine Bennoui || SHOOT BOXING WORLD TOURNAMENT S-cup 2014, Semi Final || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right Hook) || 2 || 2:54|- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2014-11-30|| Win ||align=left| Bovy Sor Udomson || SHOOT BOXING WORLD TOURNAMENT S-cup 2014, Quarter Final || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Doctor Stoppage) || 2 || 0:20
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2014-04-13|| Loss || align=left| Hiroaki Suzuki || SHOOT BOXING in TOYOKAWA UNCHAIN.1 || Aichi, Japan || Decision (Majority) || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2014-02-23|| Win || align=left| Amil Sahmarazade || K-1 World MAX 2014 World Championship Tournament Final 4|| Baku, Azerbaijan || TKO || 2 ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2013-12-14|| Win || align=left| Renita Stanislav || KOK WORLD SERIES 2013 "Eagles" || Chișinău, Moldova || Decision || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2013-10-12|| Win || align=left| David Dorn || Oosterbaan Gym vs. De Rest IV|| Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2013-09-07|| Win || align=left| Noah Apituley || Dangerzone || Lelystad, Netherlands || TKO (Punches) || 3 ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2013-|| Win || align=left| Sergej Volkov || || Germany || TKO (Corner stoppage/Punches) || 3 || |-| colspan=9 | Legend: