Vitali Akhramenko

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 Samedov

In 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.

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 for 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