Vitali Akhramenko is a Belarusian

Belarusians

Belarusians ; are an East Slavic ethnic group who populate the majority of the Republic of Belarus. Introduced to the world as a new state in the early 1990s, the Republic of Belarus brought with it the notion of a re-emerging Belarusian ethnicity, drawn upon the lines of the Old Belarusian...

 Heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 kickboxer and a former World Muay Thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

 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 Kiev, Ukraine. After making his K-1

K-1

K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

 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

Zabit Samedov

Zabit "Maugli" Samedov is an Azerbaijani kickboxer fighting out of Chinuk Gym in Minsk, Belarus.-Biography and career:...

.

On 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.

On November 26, 2011, he won the 2011 Fight Code Dragons Tournament by beating Freddy Kemayo

Freddy Kemayo

Freddy "Crazy Horse" Kemayo is a French heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Faucon Gym in Villepinte, France. He is three time French Kickboxing champion currently competing in K-1, Local Kombat, SuperKombat and many other promotions....

 in the final.

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 Belorussian Muaythai champion
• 2002 Belorussian Muaythai champion

Amateur

• 1999 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Caorle, Italy  -75 kg (Thai-boxing)
• 1998 European Open Muaythai Championships -75 kg

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
Legend:

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations