Yetkin Ozkul
| Yetkin Özkul | |
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| Born |
July 6, 1986 Akdeniz, Turkey |
| Other names | Turkish Dynamite |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 61.2 kg (135 lb; 9.64 st) |
| Division |
Featherweight Lightweight |
| Style | Muay Thai, Taekwondo |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Paris, France |
| Team | RM Boxing |
| Trainer | Rachid Saadi |
| Rank | black belt in Taekwondo |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 63 |
| Wins | 51 |
| By knockout | 28 |
| Losses | 12 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Amateur career | |
| Total | 115 |
| Wins | 96 |
| By knockout | 35 |
| Losses | 15 |
| Draws | 4 |
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Turkey
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| Men's Muay Thai | ||
| WMF World Championships | ||
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Bangkok 2004 | -57 kg |
Yetkin Özkul (born July 6, 1986) is a Turkish Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the featherweight and lightweight divisions. An aggressive and powerful fighter who utilizes boxing heavily, Özkul is also known to employ hard low kicks and as well as spinning kicks. After beginning his martial arts training in taekwondo at twelve years old, he later switched to kickboxing and Muay Thai and racked up over a hundred amateur fights, and a bronze medal at the 2004 WMF World Championships, before turning professional and relocating to France. After taking national titles in both his native and adopted countries, he became a world titlist in May 2012 when he stopped Thomas Adamandopoulos for the ISKA World Super Lightweight Oriental Championship.
As of November 2012, Özkul is ranked the #5 lightweight in the world by LiverKick.com.
Yetkin Özkul was born in Akdeniz, Turkey and started taekwondo at the age of twelve, eventually earning his black belt. After taking up kickboxing and then Muay Thai, he moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2005 to continue his career but a year later relocated to Paris, France and the RM Boxing gym.
Özkul had an extensive amateur career, compiling a record 96-15-4 with 35 knockouts and representing Turkey at the 2004 WMF World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand where he picked up a bronze medal in the -57 kg/125 lb division. He was a two-time national champion of Turkey, once under Muay Thai rules and once in kickboxing, but did not come to prominence on the international scene until his relocation to France. He won the French Muay Thai title at -60 kg/132 lb in Biarritz, France in April 2008 by defeating Xavier Bastard on points. Özkul took the first two rounds and forced a standing eight count on Bastard early in the first only for Bastard to rally back and take the third and fourth, thus making round five decisive. Bastard was docked a point in the final round for a low blow and Özkul took the judges' decision and the belt.
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