Men's Thai-Boxing at W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 Skopje -67 kg

Men's Thai-Boxing at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 (Skopje)
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The men's welterweight (67 kg/147.4 lbs) Thai-Boxing division at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 in Skopje was the sixth lightest of the male Thai-Boxing tournaments and was the largest in terms of participants involving thirteen fighters. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Thai-Boxing rules.

Due to the fact there were not enough competitors for a tournament designed for sixteen, three of the men had byes into the quarter finals. The tournament gold medal went to rising amateur Muay Thai star Vitaly Gurkov of Belarus who defeated Nikolay Bubnov of Russia by unanimous decision in the final to claim gold. Defeated semi finalists Mikhail Mishin from Russia and Nebojsa Denic from Serbia won bronze.^[1][2]

Results

1st Round

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Final

Piotr Kobylański

Vitaly Gurkov

D(3:0)

Vitaly Gurkov

D(3:0)

Ramil Nadirov

Vitaly Gurkov

WIN

Mikhail Mishin

Nikola Bozic

Miroslav Petrov

Mikhail Mishin

D(3:0)

Mikhail Mishin

TKO

Vitaly Gurkov

D(3:0)

Nikolay Bubnov

Massimiliano Girardi

Nebojsa Denic

WO

Nebojsa Denic

D(2:1)

Aleksandar Nikolovski

Nebojsa Denic

Adil Osmani

Nikolay Bubnov

WIN

Roland Vörös

D(2:1)

Roland Vörös

Boubou Traore

Nikolay Bubnov

D(2:1)

Nikolay Bubnov

D(3:0)

Key

Abbreviation	Meaning
D (2:1)	Decision (Winners Score:Losers Score)
KO	Knockout
TKO	Technical Knockout
AB	Abandonment (Injury in match)
WO	Walkover (No fight)
DQ	Disqualification

See also

• List of WAKO Amateur European Championships
• List of WAKO Amateur World Championships
• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations

References

1. ^ "Thai Kickboxing (Results)". www.european-championships-macedonia-2006.com. http://www.european-championships-macedonia-2006.com/rezultati/THAI%20KICKBOXING.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-27. 
2. ^ "Low Kick (In Croatian - Thai Kickboxing results)". kickboxing333.blog.hr. http://kickboxing333.blog.hr/2006/11/index.html. Retrieved 2011-06-27. 

External links

• WAKO World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Official Site