Michael Boapeah (born January 1, 2000) is a Ghanaian-Dutch kickboxer, currently competing in the middleweight and Light Heavyweight divisions of Glory. He previously competed for Golden Fighter Championship and Colosseum Tournament. As of 1 June 2026, Boapeah is ranked the #10 Pound-For-Pound Kickboxer in the world by Beyond Kickboxing, as well as being ranked #2 and #3 in the Middleweight and Light Heavyweight divisions, respectively.
Kickboxing career Early career Boapeah faced the two-time World Fighting League Middleweight champion Santino Verbeek at RINGS Nieuwegein on October 6, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision. This victory earned Boapeah the chance to challenge Kevin Van Heeckeren for the RINGS Middleweight (-85 kg) title at Rings Fighting Network 2022 on March 19, 2022. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.
Boapeah faced Amir Al Amir at Rings Gala Mijdrecht on June 4, 2022. The bout was a rematch of their March 24, 2019, meeting, which Boapeah won by unanimous decision. He was able to win the rematch by a first-round knockout.
Glory Boapeah made his Glory debut against Florian Kröger at Glory 81: Ben Saddik vs. Adegbuyi 2 on August 20, 2022. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Despite calling for a fight with the top ranked Glory middleweight contender Serkan Ozcaglayan next, Boapeah was instead booked to face Glory debutante Sergej Braun at Glory: Collision 4 on October 8, 2022. Boapeah was knocked down in the third round, en route to losing the fight by majority decision.
Boapeah faced Ertugrul Bayrak at Glory 84 on March 11, 2023. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
Boapeah faced Ulric Bokeme at Glory: Collision 5 on June 17, 2023. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout. Bokeme retired from the bout in the final minute of the opening round, after his front teeth were knocked out.
Boapeah faced Sergej Braun at Glory 87 on August 19, 2023. The bout was a rematch of their Glory 81 fight, which Braun won by unanimous decision. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
Boapeah was expected to challenge Donovan Wisse for the Glory Middleweight Championship at Glory 89 on October 7, 2023. Wisse withdrew from the bout, with an illness, on August 31. The title bout was rescheduled to take place at Glory: Collision 6 on November 4, 2023. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.
Boapeah faced Serkan Ozcaglayan at Glory 92 on May 18, 2024. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
Boapeah faced Ulric Bokeme at Glory 93 on July 20, 2024. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
Boapeah faced Mohamed Touchassie at Glory 96 on October 12, 2024. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
Boapeah faced Ștefan Lătescu at Glory Underground on May 1, 2025. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout.
Boapeah challenged Glory Middleweight champion Donovan Wisse again at Glory 100 on June 14, 2025. He lost the fight by split decision.
Boapeah returned to the Light Heavyweight division at Glory Collision 8 for the Light Heavyweight Tournament. He faced Iuri Fernandes in the semifinals, winning a unanimous decision. He then faced Miloš Cvjetićanin in the Finals of the Tournament, winning both a unanimous decision, and the Tournament. This bout was controversial, as Boapeah seemingly landed several low blows to Cvjetićanin, most of which went unpunished.
Boapeah made his Heavyweight debut at Glory 105, stepping in to replace Antonio Plazibat in the Last Heavyweight Standing Finals Tournament, after Plazibat had to withdraw due to injury. He faced Mory Kromah, losing via unanimous decision.
Boapeah returned to Light Heavyweight at Glory Collision 9, entering the Light Heavyweight Grand Prix for the vacant Glory Light Heavyweight Championship. He faced former Glory Light Heavyweight Champion Artem Vakhitov in the Quarterfinals, winning via unanimous decision. He next faced former Glory Middleweight Champion Donovan Wisse in the semifinals, losing via unanimous decision.
Title and accomplishments Glory 2025 Glory Light Heavyweight 4-man Tournament Winner
Kickboxing record
|- style="background:#; | 2026-10-17 || ||align=left| Alin Nechita || Glory 110 || Antwerp, Belgium || || ||
|- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2026-06-13 || Loss||align=left| Donovan Wisse || Glory Collision 9 - Light Heavyweight Grand Prix, Semifinals|| Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 ||3:00 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2026-06-13 || Win||align=left| Artem Vakhitov || Glory Collision 9 - Light Heavyweight Grand Prix, Quarterfinals || Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 ||3:00
|- style="background:#fbb; | 2026-02-07 || Loss||align=left| Mory Kromah || Glory 105 - Last Heavyweight Standing Finals Tournament, Quarterfinals|| Arnhem, Netherlands|| Decision (unanimous) || 3 ||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc; | 2025-12-13 || Win||align=left| Miloš Cvjetićanin || Glory Collision 8 - Light Heavyweight Tournament, Final|| Arnhem, Netherlands|| Decision (unanimous) || 3 ||3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc; | 2025-12-13 || Win||align=left| Iuri Fernandes|| Glory Collision 8 - Light Heavyweight Tournament, Semifinals || Arnhem, Netherlands|| Decision (unanimous) || 3 ||3:00 |- style="background:#fbb; | 2025-06-14 || Loss ||align=left| Donovan Wisse || Glory 100 || Rotterdam, Netherlands|| Decision (split) || 5 ||3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2025-05-01 || Win ||align=left| Ștefan Lătescu || Glory Underground || Miami, Florida, USA || TKO (low kicks)|| 2|| 1:54
|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2025-02-22 || Win ||align=left| Ibrahim El Bouni || Glory 98 || Rotterdam, Netherlands || TKO (4 knockdowns) || 3 || 2:04
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2024-10-12|| Win ||align=left| Mohamed Touchassie || Glory 96 || Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 ||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2024-07-20 || Win ||align=left| Ulric Bokeme || Glory 93|| Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 ||3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2024-05-18|| Win ||align=left| Serkan Ozcaglayan || Glory 92 || Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2023-11-04 || Loss ||align=left| Donovan Wisse || Glory: Collision 6 || Arnhem, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) ||5 ||3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2023-08-19 || Win ||align=left| Sergej Braun || Glory 87 || Rotterdam, Netherlands ||Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2023-06-17 || Win ||align=left| Ulric Bokeme || Glory: Collision 5 || Rotterdam, Netherlands || TKO (retirement) || 1 || 2:08 |- style="background:#cfc" | 2023-03-11 || Win ||align=left| Ertugrul Bayrak || Glory 84 || Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#fbb" | 2022-10-08 || Loss ||align=left| Sergej Braun || Glory: Collision 4 || Arnhem, Netherlands || Decision (majority) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#cfc" | 2022-08-20 || Win ||align=left| Florian Kröger || Glory 81: Ben Saddik vs. Adegbuyi 2 || Düsseldorf, Germany || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#cfc" | 2022-06-04 || Win ||align=left| Amir Al Amir || Rings Gala Mijdrecht || Mijdrecht, Netherlands || KO (uppercut) || 1 || |- |- style="background:#fbb" | 2022-03-19 || Loss ||align=left| Kevin Van Heeckeren || Rings Fighting Network 2022 || Nieuwegein, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 5 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- style="background:#cfc" | 2021-10-06 || Win ||align=left| Santino Verbeek || RINGS Nieuwegein || Nieuwegein, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#cfc" | 2021-08-17 || Win ||align=left| Claudiu Alexe || KO Masters 9 || Bucharest, Romania || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#cfc" | 2021-06-24 || Win ||align=left| Serkan Çelebi || GFC 7 || Bucharest, Romania || TKO (cut) || 2 || 2:32 |- |- style="background:#cfc" | 2019-11-29 || Win ||align=left| Robert Constantin || GFC 6 || Timișoara, Romania || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#fbb" | 2019-10-06 || Loss ||align=left| Jeroen Trijsburg || Rings Gala Amstelveen || Amstelveen, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#fbb" | 2019-05-09 || Loss ||align=left| Adrian Mitu || Colosseum Tournament 12 || Arad, Romania || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#cfc" | 2019-04-13 || Win ||align=left| Hanno van der Wilt || Rings Gala Breukelen || Breukelen, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 2:00 |- |- style="background:#cfc" | 2019-03-24 || Win ||align=left| Amir Al Amir || Rings Gala Mijdrecht || Mijdrecht, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 2:00 |- | colspan=9 | Legend:
See also List of male kickboxers
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