Artur Kyshenko
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Artur Kyshenko Артур Кишенко |
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November 14, 1986 Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Native name | Артур Кишенко |
| Other names | White (Білий), Squirrel (Білка) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 77.1 kg (170 lb; 12.14 st) |
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Lightweight Welterweight Middleweight Super Middleweight |
| Reach | 72.0 in (183 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Fighting out of | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Team | Mike's Gym (2010-present) Captain Odessa (2003–2010) |
| Trainer | Mike Passenier Pavlo Yevtushenko |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 82 |
| Wins | 68 |
| By knockout | 33 |
| Losses | 12 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Amateur career | |
| Total | 132 |
| Wins | 119 |
| By knockout | 45 |
| Losses | 13 |
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| Website | http://kyshenkoartur.com/ |
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Artur Kyshenko (Ukrainian: Артур Кишенко, born November 14, 1986) is a Ukrainian middleweight kickboxer, fighting out of Mike Passenier's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is K-1 MAX 2006 East European champion and K-1 World MAX 2008 Finalist.
Artur started boxing at age eleven, turning to Kickboxing a year later at the Captain Odessa gym in his home town of Odessa, Ukraine where he was trained by P. A. Batrinu. In 2003, aged just 16, he entered the I.F.M.A. Amateur Muaythai World Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan finishing with a bronze medal in the 63.5 kg category. He followed this up the next year by winning a gold medal in the I.F.M.A. European championships and becoming Fighting Arts world champion. He was quickly becoming Ukraine's most promising young fighter and his winning of two national championships in 2005 and 2006 reinforced this view.
It was not until 2006 that Artur became known internationally, making his K-1 MAX debut at the K-1 East Europe MAX 2006 event. Artur won the event in Vilnius, Lithuania in dominating fashion, stopping all three opponents on the night to book his place at a reserve fight at K-1 MAX's premier event. He also won gold on the amateur circuit – this time coming top of the 71 kg at the I.F.M.A. World Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand. He then made an appearance at the K-1 World MAX 2006 Final defeated the wily veteran and multiple world champion Rayen Simson in their reserve match.
2007 was another useful year for Artur who made a number of victorious appearances at K-1 MAX events including an elimination fight win over K-1 MAX Seoul champion Su Hwan Lee at the K-1 World MAX 2007 World Tournament Final Elimination which meant he qualified for the quarter finals stages of the K-1 MAX 2007 final. Artur made the semi finals defeating the hardhitting Mike Zambidis before losing to former champ and Japanese kickboxing legend Masato by KO despite being ahead on the judges score cards early on in the bout. He finished the year by winning gold for the second year in a row at the I.F.M.A World Championships.
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