Dmitry Shakuta
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Dmitry Shakuta Дзмiтрый Вiктаравiч Шакута |
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| Born | Dmitry Shakuta August 7, 1980 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Native name | Дзмiтрый Вiктаравiч Шакута |
| Other names | Shok |
| Nationality |
 Belarusian
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st) |
| Division |
Welterweight Super Welterweight Middleweight Super Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
| Style | Muay Thai |
| Team | SK-55 Kick Fighter (1995–2002) |
| Trainer | Genadi Kapshai Evgeny Kotelnikov (1995–2002) |
| Years active | 18 (1995–2013) |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 91 |
| Wins | 78 |
| Losses | 13 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.shakuta.com/ |
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Dmitry "Shok" Shakuta (Belarusian: Дзмiтрый Вiктаравiч Шакута, born August 7, 1980) is a Belarusian Muay Thai super middleweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for the SK-55 gym. He is an eight-time amateur and professional world champion who is most well known for being the It's Showtime 77MAX world champion between 2008 and 2009.
Born in Minsk, Belarus in one of the strongest Muay Thai practicing nations on the world, Dmitry starting training in the sport aged 12 at the famous Kick Fighter Gym under the tutelage of Evgeni Kotelnikov. He had his first competitive bout(s) aged 13 years at the 1995 C.I.S. Junior Muaythai Championships winning a silver medal at the event in Odessa, Ukraine. Between 1995 and 1997 he would continue to do well in amateur youth competition both at home and abroad - the pinnacle being the winning of a gold medal at the W.A.K.O. world junior championships in '97. Success at junior level was reflected in the adult amateur scene as Dmitry would win more gold medals between 1997 and 2000 encompassing three world and four European championships.
After success on the amateur circuit Shakuta decided to test himself in the professional game winning his first title - the IKF International Kickboxing Federation Intercontinental Muay Thai Title on January, 14th, 2000 in Minsk, Belarus when he defeated Fernando Calleros of Albq. New Mexico, USA by unanimous decision.
Shakuta challenged for the IKF International Kickboxing Federation Pro Muay Thai Junior Middleweight World title against Kongnapa on February 26, 2000 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Kongnapa defeated Shakuta in a VERY CLOSE Majority decision, 48-46, 48-46 and 47-47.
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