Artur Kyshenko
Artur Kyshenko | |
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| Born | November 14, 1986 Ukraine |
| Occupation | Kickboxer |
| Known for | 2015 Kunlun Fight 80 kg Tournament Champion, K-1 World MAX 2008 Final runner-up |
Artur Kyshenko (Ukrainian: Артур Кишенко, born November 14, 1986) is a Ukrainian middleweight kickboxer representing Kyshenko Gym. He claimed the title at the 2015 Kunlun Fight 80 kg Tournament and was runner-up in the K-1 World MAX 2008 Final. From September 2017 until February 2020, Combat Press ranked him as the world's top welterweight before he transitioned his focus to boxing. Since September 2014, he maintained a consistent presence within the top ten welterweight rankings. On July 24, 2019, the French National Anti-Doping Agency imposed a four-year ban following a positive test for prohibited substances.
Early career
Artur started boxing at age eleven and shifted to Kickboxing by twelve, training at Captain Odesa gym in Odesa, Ukraine under the guidance of Romanian-Ukrainian coach Pavel A. Bătrînu. By 2003, when he was sixteen, he secured a bronze medal in the 63.5 kg division at the IFMA World Muaythai Championships. The following year, he earned gold at the I.F.M.A. European Championships and claimed the Fighting Arts world title. His consecutive Ukrainian national championships in 2005 and 2006 established him as a leading emerging talent.
K-1
Kyshenko rose to international prominence in 2006 by winning the K-1 East Europe MAX 2006 tournament held in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he stopped all three opponents and earned a reserve spot at K-1 MAX's flagship event. That same year, he took gold in the 71 kg category at the I.F.M.A. World Championships in Bangkok. During the K-1 World MAX 2006 Final, he defeated seasoned multi-time world champion Rayen Simson in a reserve bout.
In 2007, Artur secured multiple victories in K-1 MAX competitions, including an elimination win against Seoul champion Su Hwan Lee, which qualified him for the K-1 MAX final quarter-finals. He advanced to the semi-finals by overcoming Mike Zambidis but was ultimately knocked out by former champion Masato, despite holding an early lead. He concluded that year by winning his second straight gold at the I.F.M.A World Championships.
During 2008, Kyshenko progressed to the final four after defeating Jordan Tai and Yasuhiro Kido. In the semi-finals, he earned an extension round victory over reigning champion Andy Souwer through superior work rate but narrowly lost to Masato by unanimous decision after an additional round in the final rematch. In 2009, he reached the last sixteen but was eliminated by Souwer in the quarter-finals.
In subsequent years, Artur encountered difficulties making the 70 kg weight class and experienced mixed outcomes: victories over Murat Direkçi and Marcus Öberg were balanced by defeats to Hinata Watanabe and Mohammed Khamal, with the latter loss preventing him from reaching the K-1 World MAX Final quarter-finals in 2010. Later that year, he transitioned from Captain Odesa to Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, which revitalized his career through wins against elite opponents such as Gago Drago and Nieky Holzken. This change also led him to adopt a dual-stance fighting approach, increasing his tactical adaptability.
At the K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final, Kyshenko defeated Chris Ngimbi in the quarter-finals and outpointed rival Andy Souwer during their fourth encounter in the semi-finals. Nevertheless, he was knocked out by stablemate Murthel Groenhart on December 15, 2012, in the final held in Athens, Greece.
It's Showtime and Other Promotions
On March 9, 2012, at Enfusion Live: Barcelona, Kyshenko was defeated by Abraham Roqueñi through a disputed split decision, also failing to meet the agreed 70 kg weight limit by 2.5 kg.
He claimed the KOK -71 kg championship by overcoming Denis Makouski with a first-round TKO caused by injury at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2013 in Vilnius held on April 27, 2013.
During the -71 kg tournament at the Legend Fighting Show in Moscow on May 25, 2013, Kyshenko secured a unanimous decision victory after an extra round against Yuri Bessmertny in the semifinals. However, due to injury, he withdrew from the final match and was succeeded by Alim Nabiev.
In November 2013, he inked a contract with Glory to compete within their -77 kg welterweight category.
At the KOK World Grand Prix 2013 in Magdeburg on November 23, 2013, Kyshenko achieved a first-round TKO victory over Baker Bakarat because of a cut. His Glory debut took place at Glory 13: Tokyo on December 21, 2013, where he won by unanimous decision against Kenmun.
On December 3, 2014, at Hero Legends in Jinan, China, Kyshenko delivered a first-round knockout via high kick to Wen Jindo.
Kyshenko suffered a unanimous decision loss to Karapet Karapetyan at Glory 14: Zagreb on March 8, 2014.
He was slated to face Dzhabar Askerov at Legend 3: Pour Homme in Milan on April 5, 2014; however, Kyshenko withdrew after acknowledging his inability to make the contracted -71 kg weight and was replaced by Murthel Groenhart.
During the 2014 KOK WGP event in Gdańsk, Kyshenko won by third-round TKO when Radoslaw Paczuski’s corner conceded defeat by throwing in the towel.
Two months later, he returned to King of Kings competition and secured a unanimous decision win over Andrei Leuştean.
Kunlun Fight
Kyshenko achieved an impressive knockout victory against Bai Jinbin at Kunlun Fight 18 and followed this with a third-round KO of Jonatan Oliveira. At Kunlun Fight 25, he emerged victorious by split decision over Dmitry Valent.
Following wins against Cédric Tousch, Ruben Lee, and Hicham El Gaoui, Kyshenko entered the 2015 Kunlun Fight 80 kg tournament. He knocked out Eyevan Danenberg in the semifinals and Dmitry Valent in the finals by KO, extending his winning streak to eighteen consecutive fights.
He maintained his winning momentum with significant victories over Murthel Groenhart (extra round decision at Kunlun Fight 43), Jonatan Oliveira (decision at Kunlun Fight 45), Alex Pereira (TKO at Kunlun Fight 48), Zakaria Baitar (TKO at Kunlun Fight 60), Gabriele Casella (decision at Kunlun Fight 62), Constantino Nanga (KO at Rumble Of The Kings), Andrey Chekhonin (KO at Kunlun Fight 68), and Timur Aylyarov (TKO at Kunlun Fight 74).
At the MAS Fight Ling Shan Grand Prix, Kyshenko took part in an unusual three-on-one handicap contest where he faced three opponents consecutively—including Florin Lambagiu (Rambo). The event concluded as a draw since no knockouts occurred.
Arena Fight
In June 2019, Kyshenko captured the Arena Fight Middleweight Kickboxing Title by defeating Yohan Lidon through a unanimous decision.
Doping Suspension
On 5 March 2021, the Arena Fight Championship revoked Kyshenko's middleweight championship and transferred the title to Lidon following Kyshenko's positive doping result. Consequently, the National Anti-Doping Agency of France (AFLD) imposed a suspension on Kyshenko, effective until 24 July 2023.
Titles
Professional
- 2015 Kunlun Fight -80kg Tournament World Champion
- 2013 King of Kings -71 kg titleholder
- 2012 K-1 Rising ~ Runner-up at K-1 WORLD MAX 2012
- 2011 It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX" runner-up
- 2008 K-1 World MAX Final runner-up
- 2006 K-1 East Europe MAX titleholder
- 2004 Fighting Arts world champion
Amateur
- 2010 SportAccord Combat Games, Beijing – Bronze medal at -71 kg
- 2007 I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Bangkok – Gold medal at -71 kg
- 2006 I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Bangkok – Gold medal at -71 kg
- 2006 Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships, Odesa – Gold medal at -71 kg
- 2005 Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships, Odesa – Gold medal at -75 kg
- 2004 I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Bangkok – Gold medal at -67 kg
- 2004 I.F.M.A. European Muay Thai Championships – Gold medalist
- 2003 I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Almaty – Bronze medal at -63.5 kg
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Yes2Win | 1–0 | Template:Country data COLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Beibi Berrocal | UD | 6 | 12 Dec 2019 | Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain | Professional debut |
Professional kickboxing record
|- |- style="background:#c5d2ea;" | 2019-06-08 || NC || align=left | Yohan Lidon || Arena Fight || Aix-en-Provence, France || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2018-05-13 || Win || align=left | Timur Aylyarov || Kunlun Fight 74 || China || TKO (Punches) || 3 || 2:40 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2017-12-17 || Win || align=left | Andrei Chekhonin || Kunlun Fight 68 || China || KO (Left Body Hook) || 1 || 1:29 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2017-11-25 || Win || align=left | Constantino Nanga || Rumble Of The Kings || Sweden || KO (Left Hook) || 3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2017-06-10 || Win || align=left | Gabriele Casella || Kunlun Fight 62 || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2017-04-23 || Win || align=left | Zakaria Baitar || Kunlun Fight 60 || Guizhou, China || TKO (Right Cross + Left Body Hook) || 2 || 1:15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2016-07-31 || Win || align=left | Alex Pereira || Kunlun Fight 48 || Jining, China || TKO (punches) || 2 || 2:55 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2016-06-05|| Win|| align=left | Jonatan Oliveira|| Kunlun Fight 45|| Chengdou, China|| Decision (Unanimous)||3||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" |2016-04-23|| Win||align=left |Murthel Groenhart||Kunlun Fight 43||Zhoukou,China||Extra Round Decision||4||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" |2015-12-19|| Win||align=left |Dmitry Valent||Kunlun Fight 35 – 80 kg Tournament, Final||Luoyang, China||KO (Punches)||1||0:22 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" |2015-12-19|| Win||align=left |Eyevan Danenberg||Kunlun Fight 35 –80 kg Tournament, Semi-final||Luoyang, China||KO (Right hook)||2||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;"
|2015-11-21||Win||align=left |Hicham El Gaoui||Enfusion Live 34||Groningen, Netherlands ||Decision||3||3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2015-10-24||Win||align=left | Ruben Lee||IFC3||Barcelona, Spain ||Decision||3||3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2015-09-12||Win||align=left |Cédric Tousch ||ItsFightTime||Germany||Decision (Unanimous)||3||3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2015-05-15||Win||align=left |Dmitry Valent ||2015 in Kunlun Fight #KunlunFight25 ||Bratislava, Slovakia ||Decision (Split)||3||3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2015-04-26||Win||align=left |Jonatan Oliveira ||2015 in KunlunFight #KunlunFight23 #80kgTournament Quarter-finals ||Changsha,Hunan, China ||KO (Left body hook)||3||1:20
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2015-02-01||Win||align=left |Bai Jinbin ||2015 in KunlunFight #KunlunFight18 ||Guangzhou, China ||KO (Right Hook)||1||2:48
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2014-12-20||Win||align=left |Andrei Leuştean||KOK World GP in Chișinău||||Decision (Unanimous)||3|||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2014-10-17||Win|||Radoslaw Paczuski|||KOK World GP in Gdańsk||||TKO (Towel thrown)||3|||0:38
|- style="background:#fbb;"
|2014-03-08|||Loss|||Karapet Karapetyan|||Glory14 Zagreb||||Decision (Unanimous)||3|||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2014-01-03|||Win|||Wen Jindo|||Hero Legends||||KO (Right high kick)||1|||1:23
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2013-12-21|||Win|||Kenmun|||Glory13 Tokyo||||Decision (Unanimous)||3|||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2013-11-23|||Win|||Baker Barakat|||KOK World Grand Prix||||TKO (Cut)||1|||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2013-05-25|||Win|||Yuri Bessmertny|||Legend1 Semi-finals||||Extra round decision (Unanimous)||4|||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2013-04-27|||Win|||Denis Makouski|||K1 World Grand Prix Vilnius||||TKO (Injury)||1|||
| ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#fbb;"
|2013-03-09|||Loss|||Abraham Roqueñi|||Enfusion Live Barcelona||||Decision (Split)||3|||
|- style="background:#fbb;"
|2012-12-15|||Loss|||Murthel Groenhart|||K1 World MAX Final||||KO (Right overhand)||3|||0:54
| ! style=background:white colspan=9 |For the K1 World MAX Final title. |- style="background:#cfc;"
|2012-12-15|||Win|||Andy Souwer|||K1 World MAX Final Semi-finals||||Decision (Unanimous)||3|||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2012-12-15|||Win|||Chris Ngimbi|||K1 World MAX Final Quarter-finals||||TKO (Referee stoppage)||2|||1:48
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2012-05-27|||Win|||Su Hwan Lee|||K1 World MAX Final16 First Round||||KO (Left punch)||2|||
|- style="background:#fbb;"
|2012-03-24|||Loss|||Giorgio Petrosyan|||Fight Code||||Decision (Unanimous)||3|||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2012-02-05|||Win|||Roberto Cocco|||Thai Boxe Mania||||Decision (Unanimous)||3|||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|2011-11-26|||Win|||Yodsanklai Fairtex|||Rumble of the Kings||||Decision (Unanimous)||3|||
|- style="background:#fbb;"
|2011-09-24|||Loss|||Robin van Roosmalen||||It's Showtime "Fast & Furious" Final||||KO (Left hook)||1||2:20
| ! style=background:white colspan=9 |For It's Showtime "Fast & Furious" tournament title. | |-style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"| 2011–09–24|| Win|| Andy Souwer|| It's Showtime "Fast & Furious" Semi-final|| Brussels, Belgium|| Decision (Unanimous)|| 3|| 3:00 | |-style="background:#cfc;"| 2011–09–24|| Win|| Gago Drago|| It's Showtime "Fast & Furious" Quarter-final|| Brussels, Belgium|| TKO (Referee stoppage)|| 3|| 1:03 | |-style="background:#cfc;"| 2011–05–28|| Win|| Nieky Holzken|| United Glory Finals|| Moscow, Russia|| Decision (Unanimous)|| 3|| 3:00 | |-style="background:#cfc;"| 2011–03–06|| Win|| Gago Drago|| It's Showtime Sporthallen Zuid|| Amsterdam, Netherlands|| Decision (5–0)|| 3|| 3:00 | |-style="background:#cfc;"| 2010–11–27|| Win|| Marcus Öberg|| K‐1 Scandinavia Rumble of the Kings|| Stockholm, Sweden|| Decision|| 3|| 3:00 | |-style="background:#fbb;"| 2010–10–03|| Loss|| Mohammed Khamal|| K‐1 World MAX Final16 Part2|| Seoul, South Korea|| Decision (Unanimous)|| 3|| 3:00 | ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Failed to qualify for K‐1 World MAX Final. | |-style="background:#fbb;"| 2010–07–31|| Loss|| Hinata Watanabe|| RISE68 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Left middle kick) || 3 || 1:23 | |-style="background:#cfc;"| 2010–05–29 || Win || Murat Direkçi || It's Showtime Amsterdam || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (4–1) || 3 || 3:00 | ... [Additional fights omitted for brevity] ... |}
Amateur kickboxing record
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 2010-08-29 || Defeat || align=left| Teerapong Dee || SportAccord Combat Games 2010, Semi-final round || Beijing, China || Unanimous decision || 4 || 2:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2010-08-29 || Victory || align=left| Almaz Smagulov || SportAccord Combat Games 2010, Quarter-final round || Beijing, China || Unanimous decision || 4 || 2:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2007-12-05 || Win || align=left| Dias Kassenov || W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Final match || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 5 || 2:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2007-12-02 || Win || align=left| Alex Schmidt || W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Semi-final bout || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 5 || 2:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2007-11-27 || Win || align=left| Ghader Mirshamsi || W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Quarter-final bout || Bangkok, Thailand || TKO (Referee stoppage) || 2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2006-06-07 || Win || align=left| Karim Bezouh || W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Championship final || Bangkok, Thailand || TKO (Opponent no-show) || 1 || 0:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2006-06-05 || Win || align=left| Mohamed Rahhaoui || W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Semi-final match || Bangkok, Thailand || TKO || 3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2006-06-03 || Win || align=left| Dias Kassenov || W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Quarter-final round|| Bangkok, Thailand|| KO (Punch) || 4 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2006-06-02 || Win || align=left| Constantin Țuțu|| W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Opening round|| Bangkok, Thailand|| TKO (Low kicks) || 2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2006-04-02|| Win|| align=left| Oleksandr Medvedev|| 11th Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships|| Odesa, Ukraine|||||| |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2005-04-03|| Win|| align=left| Dmytro Kirpan||10th Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships|| Odesa, Ukraine|||||| |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- | colspan=9 | Legend:
See also
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