Dmitry Valent

Dmitry Valent
Born	April 13, 1988 (1988-04-13) (age 23) Minsk, Belarus
Other names	Black Valet, TNT
Nationality	Belarus
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb; 11.8 st)
Division	Super Middleweight Middleweight Super Welterweight
Style	Muay Thai
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Minsk, Belarus
Team	Gym "Kick Fighter"
Trainer	Evgeni Kotelnikov Yuri Varaxa
Kickboxing record
Total	23
Wins	20
Losses	3
last updated on: March 13, 2011

Dmitry 'Black Valet' Valent (born 13 April, 1988 in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian Muay Thai middleweight/super middleweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for Gym "Kick Fighter". He is a ten time amateur and professional world champion who is known for his vicious elbows and explosive KO power (hence his other nickname, TNT). He has also won titles at junior and European level. Dmitry is one of Belarus's top fighters.^[1]

Career/Biography

Dmitry started training in Taekwondo at 13 years old before beginning Muay Thai aged 16. At the prestigious "Kick Fighter Gym" in his home town of Minsk he developed his blossoming skills by training alongside world champions such as Andrei Kulebin and Dmitry Shakuta.^[2] He would be a very quick learner, winning a gold medal in the 67 kg junior category at the 2006 W.M.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, aged 17.^[3] Dmitry then went on to have a very good 2007, winning a gold medal at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 and then followed it up with his first professional title - winning the W.K.N. middleweight world title,^[4] in Kostroma, Russia before rounding off the year in style by adding the professional W.A.K.O. world title^[5] to his collection.

Dmitry kicked off 2008 by winning the W.K.N. European Grand Prix title,^[6] a four man tournament fought under Muay Thai rules in Geneva, Switzerland. He then followed in the footsteps of stable mate Kulebin by winning the W.M.C. I-1 title – this one the Grand Slam 72 kg version – in Hong Kong.^[7] There was some disappointment at the end of the year, however, when Dmitry was knocked out of the "The Contender Asia" Season 2 qualifier held in Russia by multiple world champion Artem Levin at the semi final stage. The fact that the Contender Asia Season 2 show would never come to light did soften the blow somewhat. Dmitry had success on the amateur circuit as well, winning gold at the I.M.F.A. European championships held in Zgorzelec, Poland.

The young Belarusian regained his W.M.C. I-1 title the following year, defeating South African Vuyisile Colossa by split decision in the final.^[8] He followed up this victory by defeating 2007 W.K.A. world champion Shane Campbell for the second time to win the Muay Thai version of the middleweight W.K.N. title. He carried on his form on the professional circuit onto the amateur circuit, winning a second amateur world championships by claiming gold at the I.F.M.A. event in Bangkok, Thailand.

In 2010 Dmitry continued his winning ways remaining the W.K.N. organizations middleweight world champion in Thai-boxing by defeating the talented Yohan Lidon at the start of 2010 and beating the Dutch based Moroccan Tarek Slimani to claim the W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" world title.^[9] He has suffered a few setbacks as well, losing to nemesis Artem Levin at the I.F.M.A. European Championships, and conceding a decision loss to legendary Aussie John Wayne Parr in an unsuccessful move down in weight to challenge for the W.K.N. super welterweight world title.^[10] He also won more gold medals at amateur level, winning the 75 kg category at the W.A.K.O. European and I.F.M.A. world championships respectively.

Titles

Professional

• 2010 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Muay Thai world champion -75 kg
• 2010 W.K.N. Thai-boxing middleweight world champion -76.2 kg
• 2009 W.K.N. Thai-boxing middleweight world champion -76.2 kg
• 2009 W.M.C. I-1 World Muaythai Grand Slam champion -72 kg
• 2008 W.M.C. I-1 World Muaythai Grand Slam champion -72 kg
• 2008 W.K.N. European Grand Prix champion -79 kg (Full Thai Rules)
• 2007 W.A.K.O. Pro Muaythai world champion -75 kg
• 2007 W.K.N. oriental rules (K-1) middleweight world champion -76.4 kg

Amateur

• 2010 I.M.F.A. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -75 kg
• 2010 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan -75 kg (K-1 Rules)
• 2009 I.M.F.A. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -75 kg
• 2008 I.M.F.A. European Muaythai Championships in Zgorzelec, Poland -75 kg
• 2007 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia - 71 kg (K-1 Rules)
• 2006 I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -67 kg
• 2006 W.M.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -67 kg (Junior)

Professional Kickboxing Record

Professional Kickboxing Record

20 Wins, 3 Losses[11] Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2010-09-12 Win Tarek Slimani W.K.N. World GP Big-8 Tournament '10, Title Fight Minsk, Belarus KO 3 Wins vacant W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Muay Thai world title -76.4 kg. 2010-03-13 Loss John Wayne Parr Domination 4 Bentley, Perth, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Fight was for vacant W.K.N. Thai-boxing super welterweight world title -72.6 kg. 2010-02-12 Win Yohan Lidon UKC France MAX 2010, Title Fight Dijon, France Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Retains W.K.N. Thai-boxing middleweight world title -76.2 kg. 2009-09-12 Win Shane Campbell W.K.N. World GP Big-8 Tournament '09, Title Fight Minsk, Belarus Decision 5 3:00 Wins vacant W.K.N. Thai-boxing middleweight world title -76.2 kg. 2009-10-22 Win Vuyisile Colossa W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Slam '09, Final Hong Kong Decision (Split) 3 3:00 Wins W.M.C. I-1 World Muaythai Grand Slam 2009 tournament title -72 kg. 2009-10-22 Win Pavlos Kaponis W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Slam '09, Semi Finals Hong Kong TKO 3 2008-12-19 Loss Artem Levin "The Contender Asia" Season 2 Russia Qualifier, Semi Finals Chelyabinsk, Russia Decision 3 3:00 2008-12-19 Win Abdallah Mabel "The Contender Asia" Season 2 Russia Qualifier, Quarter Finals Chelyabinsk, Russia Decision 3 3:00 2008-10-27 Win Singnoi Sitpholek W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Slam '08, Final Hong Kong KO 2 Wins W.M.C. I-1 World Muaythai Grand Slam 2008 tournament title -72 kg. 2008-10-27 Win Shane Campbell W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Slam '08, Semi Finals Hong Kong Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2008-05-03 Win Farid M'laika W.K.N. European Grand Prix, Final Geneva, Switzerland KO (Spinning Elbow) 2 Wins W.K.N. European Grand Prix title -79 kg. 2008-05-03 Win Alexandru Nedelcu W.K.N. European Grand Prix, Semi Finals Geneva, Switzerland Decision 3 3:00 2007-12-? Win Fabio Siciliani Italy vs Belarus Lecce, Italy KO (Knee) 2 Wins vacant W.A.K.O. Pro Thai-boxing world title -75 kg. 2007-11-11 Win Samir Dourid Kings of Muaythai - Russia Kostroma, Russia KO (Left Punch) 1 Wins vacant W.K.N. oriental rules middleweight world title -76.4 kg. Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Amateur Kickboxing Record

Amateur Kickboxing Record

Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2010-12-05 Win Valentin Semenov I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships '10, Final -75 kg Bangkok, Thailand Wins I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships '10 Gold Medal -75 kg. 2010-10-24 Win Wojciech Kosowski W.A.K.O. European Championships '10 Baku, K-1 Finals -75 kg Baku, Azerbaijan Decision 3 2:00 Wins W.A.K.O. Amateur European Championships Baku '10 K-1 Gold Medal -71 kg. Had walkthrough to final as his semi final opponent was unable to fight. 2010-10-? Win Ile Risteski W.A.K.O. European Championships '10 Baku, K-1 Quarter Finals -75 kg Baku, Azerbaijan KO 1 2010-05-27 Loss Artem Levin I.F.M.A. European Championships '10, Quarter Finals Velletri, Italy Decision (5-0) 4 2:00 2010-05-26 Win Şahin I.F.M.A. European Championships '10, 1st Round Velletri, Italy 2009-12-05 Win Vasyl Tereshonok I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships '09, Final -75 kg Bangkok, Thailand Decision 4 2:00 Wins I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships '09 Gold Medal -75 kg. 2007-09-30 Win Rizvan Isaev W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 Belgrade, K-1 Final -71 kg Belgrade, Serbia Wins W.A.K.O. Amateur World Championships Belgrade '07 K-1 Gold Medal -71 kg. 2007-09-? Win Djime Coulibaly W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 Belgrade, K-1 Semi Finals -71 kg Belgrade, Serbia 2007-09-? Win Osami Adil W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 Belgrade, K-1 Quarter Finals -71 kg Belgrade, Serbia 2007-09-? Win Branko Mikulić W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 Belgrade, K-1 1st Round -71 kg Belgrade, Serbia 2006-06-06 Loss Ameur Redwan I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships '06, Semi Finals -67 kg Bangkok, Thailand Wins I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships '06 Bronze Medal -75 kg. 2006-06-03 Win Askarbek Shakiyev I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships '06, Quarter Finals -67 kg Bangkok, Thailand 2006-03-26 Win Mehmet Dogan W.M.F. World Muaythai Championships '06, Junior Final -67 kg Bangkok, Thailand Wins W.M.F. World Muaythai Championships '06 Junior Gold Medal -67 kg. Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers

References

1. ^ "Kick Fighter Gym / Best Fighters available for professional fights (Stats)". www.muaythai.org.by. http://www.muaythai.org.by/index_en/promoyt_en.php. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 
2. ^ "interview DMITRY VALENT (In French)". www.siamfightmag.com. http://www.siamfightmag.com/interviews/interviews_francais/dmitry%20valent/interview_dmitry_valent.html. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
3. ^ "Medailles WMF Finals Bangkok (In Dutch)". www.mixfight.nl. http://www.mixfight.nl/forum/showthread.php?62704-Medailles-WMF-Finals-Bangkok. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
4. ^ "WKN - World Kickboxing Network (News Archive - Scroll Down)". www.prokick.com. http://www.prokick.com/archive/WKNsite/index.html. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
5. ^ "Mondiale Muay Thai: Siciliani perde ma fra gli applausi - Lecce ... (In Italian)". www.lecceprima.it. http://www.lecceprima.it/articolo.asp?articolo=5135. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
6. ^ "A NEW WKN STAR IS BORN ! (News Archive - Scroll Down)". www.worldkickboxingnetwork.com. http://www.worldkickboxingnetwork.com/?paged=44. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
7. ^ "KULEBIN & VALENT… I-1 WORLD MUAYTHAI GRAND SLAM 2008". www.fightmag.net. http://www.fightmag.net/?p=782. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
8. ^ "I-1 Grand Slam, Hong Kong 22.10.09". muay-thai-online.com. http://muay-thai-online.com/blog2/2009/10/21/i-1-grand-slam-hong-kong-22-10-09. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
9. ^ "KING OF THE RING – Muay Thai rules (Scroll down to Super Middleweight section - dates are consistent with Slimani fight)". bushido.ru. http://bushido.ru/files/rankings/kotr/oct10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
10. ^ "John Wayne Parr Vs Dmitry Valent - Results Parr Wins". www.prokick.com. http://www.prokick.com/news/article/john-wayne-parr-vs-dmitry-valent-results/. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
11. ^ "interview DMITRY VALENT (In French)". www.siamfightmag.com. http://www.siamfightmag.com/interviews/interviews_francais/dmitry%20valent/interview_dmitry_valent.html. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 

External links

• Gym "Kick Fighter" Official Website

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Name	Valent, Dmitry
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Date of birth	April 13, 1988
Place of birth	Minsk, Belarus
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