Erhan Deniz

Last updated
Erhan Deniz
Erhan Deniz single.JPG
Deniz in 2007
Born (1985-07-28) 28 July 1985 (age 38)
Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey
Other namesPitbull Attack
Nationality Turkish
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb; 15.3 st)
Division Heavyweight
Style Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Fighting out of Istanbul, Turkey
Team Mejiro Gym
Global Gym
Poturak Gym
Trainer Andre Mannaart
Dženan Poturak
Years active2006–present
Kickboxing record
Total35
Wins23
By knockout14
Losses12
Amateur record
Total47
Wins43
By knockout33
Losses4
Other information
Spouse Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer
Last updated on: November 19, 2011

Erhan "Pitbull Attack" Deniz (born July 28, 1985, in Pendik, Istanbul) is a Turkish heavyweight kickboxer, who fights out of Mejiro Gym (Amsterdam) and Global Gym (Istanbul). His nickname comes from his passion on pit bull dogs.

Contents

Career

Deniz began training in boxing at 10 years old before switching to Muay Thai. He has been to Thailand several times with the Turkish national team for season camps.

He first came to prominence when he won the Pro Tournament Ring Masters, a four-man tournament held at the Haldun Alagas Sport Hall in Umraniye, Istanbul on May 25, 2007. He defeated Hasan Gul in the semi-finals and then Eyup Kuscu in the final to become the Heavyweight Champion of Turkey.

He made his debut with the K-1 promotion in August 2007 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong, where he defeated South Korean ssireum fighter Kim Dong-Wook in a reserve match for the 8-man Grand Prix taking part on that night. On November 2, 2007, Deniz took part in the Grand Prix at K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007 but was defeated by Brazil's Vitor Miranda at the quarter-final stage.

On June 11, 2011, he made his It's Showtime debut against the Romanian Daniel Ghiță in the main event at BFN Group presents: It's Showtime Warsaw and lost via knockout in the second round due to a body shot.

Personal life

On September 16, 2010, he married Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer, a Turkish world and European champion in several martial arts disciplines. He was her former trainer. [1]

Titles

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
23 wins (14 KOs), 12 losses
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTimeNotes
July 1, 2017Win Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz CzerwinskiWorld Thai Boxing Champions Night II Istanbul, Turkey TKO (3 Counts)1
April 23, 2016Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel LeimberegerChampionship Night Istanbul, Turkey Decision33:00
March 11, 2016Win Flag of Greece.svg Christos SoulasNo Limit 8 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Decision (Unanimous)33:00 [3]
November 19, 2011Loss Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergei Lascenko SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final 2011 Darmstadt, Germany TKO (doctor stoppage)30:53SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final semi-final.
October 15, 2011Win Flag of Curacao.svg Wendell RocheSuperKombat World Grand Prix IV 2011 Piatra Neamț, Romania Decision (unanimous)33:00SuperKombat World Grand Prix IV final.
October 15, 2011Win Flag of Greece.svg Angelis KonstantinosSuperKombat World Grand Prix IV 2011 Piatra Neamț, Romania KO (punches)21:58SuperKombat World Grand Prix IV semi-final.
June 11, 2011Loss Flag of Romania.svg Daniel Ghiță BFN Group presents: It's Showtime Warsaw Warsaw, Poland KO (left hook to the body)22:50
March 12, 2011Loss Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Hron Gala night Thaiboxing Zilina, Slovakia Decision33:00
Dec 29, 2010Win Flag of Romania.svg Sebastian Ciobanu Sarajevo Fight Night 2 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Decision33:00
August 14, 2010Loss Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Slavo Polugić Ergen Ring Ateşi 13 Van, Turkey Decision53:00Fight was for WKN World Championship -96,600 kg. [4]
June 20, 2010Win Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petyr VylkovErgen Ring Ateşi [5] Komotini, Greece Decision33:00
January 9, 2010Loss Flag of Tunisia.svg Mourad Bouzidi Ring Sensation Championships: Uprising 12 Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (unanimous)33:00
October 10, 2009Loss Flag of France.svg Freddy Kemayo TK2 World MAX 2009 Aix-en-Provence, France TKO (referee stoppage/broken nose)3-
September 10, 2009Loss Flag of Turkey.svg Bahadir Sari Istanbul, Turkey Decision53:00For ISKA Oriental Rules Heavyweight Turkish Title. [6]
February 27, 2009Win Flag of Iran.svg Cafer Ahmedi Ergen Ring Ateşi 4 Turkey [7]
October 3, 2008Win Flag of Germany.svg Dennis SebastianErgen Ring Attest 2 Istanbul, Turkey Decision33:00 [8]
September 28, 2008Loss Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergei Lascenko 4th Busan TAFISA World Games Busan, South Korea TKO (referee stoppage)3-
September 12, 2008Loss Flag of New Zealand.svg Doug Viney K-1 Slovakia 2008 Bratislava, Slovakia Decision (unanimous)33:00
February 9, 2008Loss Flag of Romania.svg Cătălin Moroșanu K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Budapest Europe GP Final Elimination Budapest, Hungary Extra round decision (unanimous)43:00
November 2, 2007Loss Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Miranda K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007 Istanbul, Turkey Decision (majority)33:002007 Turkey Grand Prix quarter-final.
September 7, 2007Loss Flag of Albania.svg Azem Maksutaj Bratislava, Slovakia Decision33:00
August 5, 2007Win Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dong-Wook K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong Hong Kong KO (low kicks)20:23
May 25, 2007Win Flag of Turkey.svg Eyüp KuşçuPro Tournament Ring Masters Istanbul, Turkey ---Ring Masters Tournament final.
May 25, 2007Win Flag of Turkey.svg Hasan GülPro Tournament Ring Masters Istanbul, Turkey TKO (right high kick)2-Ring Masters Tournament semi-final.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alexey Ignashov</span> Belarusian kickboxer

Alexey Ignashov is a Belarusian former Heavyweight kickboxer. He is a four-time Muay Thai World champion, K-1 World GP 2003 in Paris and K-1 World GP 2001 in Nagoya tournament champion. As of 2011 he is living in Auckland, New Zealand and training at Balmoral Lee Gar Gym under Lollo Heimuli.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jérôme Le Banner</span> French kickboxer

Jérôme Philippe Le Banner is a French kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler. Le Banner fought for most of his career in K-1 and became known for his aggressive fighting style and knockout power. He is a 2-time K-1 World Grand Prix runner up, a 2-time K-1 Preliminary Grand Prix champion, and is a multiple time world champion in Kickboxing and Muay Thai. He holds notable victories over Ernesto Hoost (twice), Francisco Filho, Mark Hunt, Sam Greco, Mike Bernardo (twice), Peter Aerts, Rick Roufus, Remy Bonjasky, Tyrone Spong, Stefan Leko (twice), Masaaki Satake, Maurice Smith, Gary Goodridge (twice), Musashi (twice), Cyril Abidi and Choi Hong-man (twice).

Nathan "Carnage" Corbett is a New Zealand-born Australian former Muay Thai kickboxer, who has held 11 world titles in three weight-divisions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tyrone Spong</span> Surinamese martial artist

Tyrone Clinton Spong is a Surinamese-Dutch professional boxer and mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. As a boxer, he held the WBC and WBO Latino heavyweight titles in 2018. In kickboxing, he is the former WFCA cruiserweight champion, Glory 95kg Slam Champion and It's Showtime 95MAX World champion.

Stefan Leko is a German heavyweight kickboxer. He is the current WKA Super-Heavyweight world champion in kickboxing, and former Muay Thai world super-heavyweight champion and Kickboxing world super-heavyweight champion, WMTA, WKN, IKBO, IKBF, and WKA world champion, K-1 European Grand Prix 1998 champion, 1999 K-1 Dream champion and two time K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas tournament champion. He fights out of Team Golden Glory in Breda, Netherlands under Cor Hemmers. Since 2011 Stefan Leko is coached and managed by Tom Trautsch and won two Heavyweight World Champion Titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ondřej Hutník</span> Czech kickboxer

Ondřej Hutník is a retired Czech Muay Thai kickboxer. He is a former SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship title challenger.

Xhavit Bajrami[a] is a Swiss former kickboxer who competed in the heavyweight division. A Seido karate practitioner and Andy Hug student, Bajrami built up an undefeated record domestically before he was recruited by K-1 where he won the K-1 Braves '99 tournament and finished as runner-up in two other tournaments. He is also a two-time Muay Thai world champion, having won the ISKA World Super Heavyweight title in 2004 and the WKN World Super Heavyweight strap in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gökhan Saki</span> Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter

Gökhan Saki is a Turkish-Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is a Dutch, European and World Muay Thai champion, K-1 World GP 2006 in Amsterdam tournament finalist, K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Hawaii champion and former Glory Light Heavyweight Champion. Saki also competed in the light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patrice Quarteron</span>

Patrice "The Dark Ronin" Quarteron is a French heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Évry, Essonne. He is two time French and European Muay Thai champion and current IKF Muay Thai Super Heavyweight World champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Ghiță</span> Romanian kickboxer and politician

Daniel Florin Ghiță is a Romanian politician and former kickboxer, who serves as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania since December 2020.

Petar Majstorovic, is a Swiss karateka and kickboxer. He was a two-time World Kickboxing Network (W.K.N.) World Champion and two times K-1 preliminary tournaments champion in Croatia and Germany. He trained with Andy Hug from 1992 to 2000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mourad Bouzidi</span> Dutch kickboxer

Mourad "The Silent Power" Bouzidi is Dutch–Tunisian heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Dojo Kamakura/Team Aerts in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the current Dutch Heavyweight W.F.C.A. kickboxing champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yohan Lidon</span> French Muay Thai kickboxer

Yohan Lidon is a French Muay Thai kickboxer. He is a 3-time world champion in Muay Thai and kickboxing - including being the first ever It's Showtime 73MAX world champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrei Kulebin</span> Belarusian Muay Thai welterweight kickboxer

Andrei "Bullet" Kulebin is a Belarusian Muay Thai welterweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for Gym "Kick Fighter". He is an 18 time Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion who has won international titles both at amateur and professional level from 51 kg to 67 kg and is considered one of the top pound for pound Muay Thai fighters outside of Thailand. In 2007 he was the first Muay Thai fighter in Belarus to be awarded the "Honored Master of Sport" by the countries president.

Dmitry 'Black Valet' Valent is a Belarusian Muay Thai middleweight/super middleweight kickboxer. He is the former WKN Middleweight Oriental rules and Muay thai champion, former WMC Light Heavyweight champion, two time WMC I-1 World Muaythai Grand Slam champion and two time Kunlun Fight 80kg tournament runner-up.

Grégory Tony is a French heavyweight kickboxer and professional boxer fighting out of Paris. He is three time French kickboxing champion, three time French muaythai champion, one time French boxing champion, two time European kickboxing champion, one time Intercontinental muaythai champion and two time muaythai world champion.

Andrei "White Cat" Kotsur is a Belarusian Muay Thai welterweight kickboxer fighting out of the Gym "Kick Fighter in Minsk, Belarus where is trained by Evgeni Kotelnikov. He is a four time pro world and three time European Muay Thai champion.

Frank Muñoz is a Spanish heavyweight kickboxer, who has competed in the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship, where he is a former 2013 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Tournament Champion. He is also the former WAKO-Pro K-1 European champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stéphane Susperregui</span> French kickboxer (born 1984)

Stéphane Ippo Susperregui is a French kickboxer. He is the current WKN World Oriental Rules Heavyweight and former WKA K-1 World Heavyweight champion.

Vladimír Moravčík is a Slovak middleweight Muay Thai Fighter.

References

  1. "Zeyna ve Pitbul Son Raundu Yaptılar" (in Turkish). Karakucak. 2010-09-23. Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  2. "EUROPEAN MUAY THAI CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF File)". www.euromuaythai.eu. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  3. Dževad Poturak izgubio WAKO Pro naslov, Mikelić poražen u finalu turnira (in Croatian)
  4. WKN TURKEY
  5. .ERGEN RİNG ATEŞİ'NDE TÜRKİYE GALİP Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  6. NEW CHAMPION CROWNED ON LIVE ON FOX TV
  7. RİNG'İ ATEŞ SARDI Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  8. WKN TURKEY