Vitali Akhramenko
Introduction '''Vitali Akhramenko''' (Belarusian: ''Віталь Ахраменка''; born November 22, 1977) is a Belarusian Heavyweight kickboxer and a former World Muay Thai champion. He is trained by Andrei Gridin and is fighting out of Chinuk Gym, Minsk, Belarus. He made his K-1 debut in 2001 at K-1 Czech Grand Prix 2001 in Prague against Takeru.
Biography and career Akhramenko had a successful amateur career, winning three world and European titles in thaiboxing. On November 2, 1998, he won a gold medal at European Open Muaythai Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine. After making his K-1 debut in 2001 he fought on various K-1 tournaments in Europe. He also works as a trainer at Chinuk Gym and is the sparring partner of Zabit SamedovIn July 2006 Akhramenko was sentenced to jail for attempted armed robbery. He was on parole for previous convictions of beating a police officer and possession of drugs.On September 6, 2009, Akhramenko made his return to the ring after completing a three-year jail sentence. He won the fight against Evgeny Makarov by unanimous decision.On November 26, 2011, he won the 2011 Fight Code Dragons Tournament by beating Freddy Kemayo in the final.After a year out of the ring, Akhramenko was scheduled to face Elvin Abbasov at ''Mustang Knockout Fight Night'' in Minsk on November 18, 2012.Fight never happened due to unknown reasons.He fought Jérôme Le Banner for the W.K.N. Kickboxing Oriental World Super Heavyweight title at ''Fight Night Saint-Tropez'' in Saint-Tropez, France on August 5, 2013, losing by KO in round two.
Titles '''Professional'''*2011 Fight Code Rhinos Tournament Champion* 2010 Tatneft Arena World Cup 2010 champion +80 kg* 2004 K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan tournament runner up* 2003 Cup of Arbat Tournament champion -91 kg* 2003 Belarusian Muaythai champion* 2002 Belarusian Muaythai champion'''Amateur'''* 1999 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Caorle, Italy Gold -75 kg (Thai-boxing)* 1998 European Open Muaythai Championships Gold -75 kg
Kickboxing record  2013-08-04  Loss  Jérôme Le Banner  Fight Night Saint Tropez  Saint-Tropez, France  TKO (Ref. Stop/Right Low Kick)  2    2011-11-26  Win  Freddy Kemayo  Fight Code: Rhinos Series, Finals  Geneva, Switzerland  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2011-11-26  Win  Pacome Assi  Fight Code: Rhinos Series, Semi Finals  Geneva, Switzerland  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2011-10-22  Win  Zamig Athakishiyev  Fight Code: Rhinos Series, Quarter Finals  Moscow, Russia  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2011-08-13  Win  Ivan Stanić  Fight Code: Rhinos Series, Final 16 (Part 3), Super Fight Debrecen, Hungary  Decision  3  3:00 2011-05-01  Win  Gyorgy Mihalik  Fight Code: Dragons Round 3  Budapest, Hungary  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00  2011-02-05  Win  Tomas Kohout  Fight Code: Rhinos Series, Final 16 (Part 1)  Nitra, Slovakia  Decision  3  3:00 2010-10-22  Win  Ashwin Balrak  Tatneft Arena World Cup 2010 final (+80 kg)  Kazan, Russia  Decision (Unanimous)  5  3:00 2010-07-29  Win  Ramazan Ramazanov  Tatneft Arena World Cup 2010 1/2 final (+80 kg)  Kazan, Russia  Decision (Unanimous)  4  3:00 2010-05-13  Win  Alexander Vezhevatov  Tatneft Arena World Cup 2010 1/4 final (+80 kg)  Kazan, Russia  Ext.R KO (Left high kick)  4  2:57 2010-04-11  Win  Evgeny Makarov  Fight Club "The Octopus"  Minsk, Belarus  TKO (Ref stop/punches)  3   2010-03-05  Win  Dino Čatipović  Tatneft Arena World Cup 2010 1/8 final (+80 kg)  Kazan, Russia  KO (Left punch)  1  2:16 2009-12-13  Win  Sergey Doni  Fight Club "The Octopus"  Minsk, Belarus  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2009-09-06  Win  Evgeny Makarov  Imperial Thaiboxing Tournament  Minsk, Belarus  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2005-06-12  Loss  Gökhan Saki  It's Showtime 2005 Amsterdam  Amsterdam, Netherlands  KO (left low kick)  4  0:45 2005-05-06  Win  Petar Majstorovic  K-1 Slovakia 2005  Bratislava, Slovakia  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2005-04-16  Loss  Badr Hari  K-1 Italy 2005 Oktagon  Milan, Italy  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2005-03-12  Loss  Gregory Tony    France  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2004-12-19  Win  Mladen Brestovac  Heaven or Hell 5  Prague, Czech Republic  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2004-10-30  Win  Christophe Caron  Noc Bojovníkov   Bratislava, Slovakia  KO (Low kicks)  1  0:30 2004-10-25  Win  Tihamer Brunner  Heaven or Hell 4  Prague, Czech Republic  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2004-09-18  Win  Xhavit Bajrami  K-1 WKA Championships  Basel, Switzerland  Decision (Unanimous)  5  3:00 2004-04-24  Loss  Jorgen Kruth  K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan  Milan, Italy  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2004-04-24  Win  Freddy Kemayo  K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan  Milan, Italy  Decision (Majority)  3  3:00 2004-04-24  Win  Ante Varnica  K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan  Milan, Italy  Decision (Unanimous)  3  3:00 2003-10-31  Win  Dewey Cooper  K-1 Final Fight Stars War in Zagreb  Zagreb, Croatia  Decision (Unanimous)  5  3:00 2003-06-14  Loss  Jerome Le Banner  K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris  Paris, France  KO (right punch)  2  0:28 2003-04-16  Win  Sergei Gur  Cup of Arbat Tournament Finals (-93 kg)  Moscow, Russia  Decision (Unanimous)  5  3:00 2003-04-09  Win  Andrei Kindrich  Cup of Arbat Tournament 1/2 finals (-93 kg)  Moscow, Russia  Decision (Unanimous)  4  3:00 2003-04-02  Win  Bislan Dokayev  Cup of Arbat Tournament 1/4 finals (-93 kg)  Moscow, Russia  TKO (Corner stop/towel)  2  3:00 2003-03-15  Loss  Jorgen Kruth  K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Preliminary Scandinavia  Stockholm, Sweden  Decision (Unanimous)  5  3:00 2002-04-13  Draw  Azem Maksutaj  K-1 Croatia Grand Prix 2002  Zagreb, Croatia  Decision Draw  5  3:00 2001-12-01  Win  Takeru  K-1 Czech Grand Prix 2001 in Prague  Prague, Czech Republic  Decision (Unanimous)  5  3:00 2000-10-22  Loss  Perry Ubeda  It's Showtime - Exclusive  Haarlem, Netherlands  Decision (Unanimous)  5  3:00 2000-03-13  Win    Boxing Club "Reaktor"  Minsk, Belarus  KO  1   1999-11-28  Win  Andrei Kamilov  W.A.K.O. World Championships 1999  Caorle, Italy  Decision  4  2:00 1999 Win  Sauli Janhunen   IFMA Kings Cup 1999, -75 kg  Bangkok, Thailand  TKO (Referee stoppage)  5  0:54 1999-04-23  Win  Mikhail Mikhaylov    Casino "Konti": Belarus vs Russia  S-Pb, Russia  TKO (Corner stop/towel)  4  3:00 1999-01-28  Win     Boxing Club "Rektor": Belarus vs Russia  Minsk, Belarus  Decision  5  3:00 1998-11-02  Win  Andrei Kurakov   European Open Muaythai Championships  Kyiv, Ukraine  Decision  5  2:00 '''''Legend''''':
See also *List of K-1 events*List of K-1 champions*List of male kickboxers
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