Albert Kraus
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Kraus at the backstage of K-1 Turkey in 2007
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| Born |
August 3, 1980 Oss, Netherlands |
| Other names | The Hurricane |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 72.5 kg (160 lb; 11.42 st) |
| Division |
Welterweight Middleweight |
| Style | Boxing, Kickboxing |
| Team | Super Pro Gym |
| Trainer | Dennis Krauweel |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 5 |
| Wins | 5 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 116 |
| Wins | 88 |
| By knockout | 48 |
| Losses | 25 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| Draws | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.albert-kraus.com |
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Albert “The Hurricane” Kraus (born August 3, 1980 in Oss) is a Dutch welterweight kickboxer and current SuperKombat Middleweight Champion. He was the first K-1 World MAX 2002 champion and has also held four separate world titles in kickboxing and Muay Thai. He is currently fighting out of Super Pro Gym in GLORY.
Albert Kraus started boxing at 14 years old, later switching over to kickboxing aged 17 fighting out of Gino Albert Gym in Oss. In 1997 he had his first amateur fight, winning convincingly by first round knockout. After numerous amateur victories Kraus switched to Bully’s Gym in Rhenen. He would make his professional debut in 1999 in Rotterdam, defeating his opponent Kany via second round knockout. By 2001 he had won the Dutch F.I.M.A.C, European I.K.B.F and W.K.A World titles.
Kraus made his K-1 debut on February 24, 2002 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Netherlands and was invited to the inaugural K-1 MAX World Championship on May 11, 2002. In the tournament quarter finals he faced Shane Chapman from New Zealand and won the evenly fought battle by a single point on the three judges' cards to take a unanimous decision. In the semi finals Albert Kraus met local crowd favourite Masato. Kraus scored a down with a punch at 2:31 into the first round and held on to earn his second consecutive unanimous decision and advance to the finals. He needed just one minute to put Kaolan Kaovichit down with a punch combination to become the first-ever K-1 World Max Champion.
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