Albert Kraus

Albert Kraus

Kraus at the backstage of K-1 Turkey in 2007
Born August 3, 1980 (1980-08-03) (age 31)
Oss, Netherlands
Other names The Hurricane
Nationality Dutch
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Division Welterweight
Middleweight
Style Boxing, Kickboxing
Team Super Pro Gym
Trainer Dennis Krauweel
Years active 1998–present
Kickboxing record
Total 86
Wins 66
By knockout 34
Losses 17
By knockout 3
Draws 3
Other information
Website http://www.albert-kraus.com
last updated on: November 19, 2011

Albert “The Hurricane” Kraus (born August 3, 1980 in Oss) is a Dutch welterweight kickboxer. He was the first K-1 World MAX 2002 champion and has also held four separate world titles in kickboxing and Muay Thai. He is currently fighting out of Super Pro Gym in K-1 MAX.

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Biography and career

Albert Kraus started boxing at 14 years old, later switching over to kickboxing aged 17 fighting out of Gino Albert Gym in Oss. In 1997 he had his first amateur fight, winning convincingly by first round knockout. After numerous amateur victories Kraus switched to Bully’s Gym in Rhenen. He would make his professional debut in 1999 in Rotterdam, defeating his opponent Kany via second round knockout. By 2001 he had won the Dutch F.I.M.A.C, European I.K.B.F and W.K.A World titles.[1]

Kraus made his K-1 debut on February 24, 2002 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Netherlands and was invited to the inaugural K-1 MAX World Championship on May 11, 2002. In the tournament quarter finals he faced Shane Chapman from New Zealand and won the evenly fought battle by a single point on the three judges' cards to take a unanimous decision. In the semi finals Albert Kraus met local crowd favourite Masato. Kraus scored a down with a punch at 2:31 into the first round and held on to earn his second consecutive unanimous decision and advance to the finals. He needed just one minute to put Kaolan Kaovichit down with a punch combination to become the first-ever K-1 World Max Champion.[2]

In 2003 Kraus switched to Super Pro Gym. He entered the K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament as reigning champion and tournament favourite. Kraus defeated both of his opponents by stoppage on route to the final but was unable to retain his title, losing to Masato by knockout at 2:26 of the second round. After the tournament Albert Kraus would continue fighting in a number of events in K-MAX and Super League, winning seven straight bouts through 2003 and 2004 and qualifying for the K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final where he would reach the semi finals. The following year, Albert Kraus would once more take part in the K-1 World MAX 2005 Championship defeating John Wayne Parr in the quarter finals only to lose to Thai fighter Buakaw Por. Pramuk in the semi finals. Despite the disappointment of another semi final defeat, Kraus would finish the year on a high by defeating Menno Dijkstra at Kraus's hometown of Oss to win the I.K.B.A. world title.

2006 would be a mixed year for Albert Kraus. He suffered an early exit at the quarter final stage of the K-1 World MAX 2006 World Championship to Gago Drago but did manage to regain his I.K.B.A. World title by defeating James Martinez. 2007 started badly for Albert as he lost two straight fights, including a shock decision loss to little known Japanese fighter Tatsuji. He improved as the year progressed qualifying for the 6th annual K-1 World MAX Final on October 3, 2007. Kraus fought and defeated Yoshihiro Sato by decision in the quarter finals and in the semis he met 2005 Champion Andy Souwer and lost the battle by majority decision. Souwer went on to fight Masato in the finals and eventually won the championship.[3]

Kraus had a stuttering start to 2008, losing his W.F.C.A. Thai Boxing junior middleweight world title fight to Faldir Chahbari and missing out on qualification for the K-1 MAX World Final for the very first time - losing to Buakaw Por. Pramuk at the K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Final 16. Losing out on a place at the final seemed to re-invigorate Kraus as he went on a seven match winning streak throughout 2008 and the beginning of 2009 - a streak that included winning the 2008 "King Of The Ring" Welterweight World title.[4] He finally tasted defeat at the K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8 quarter final stage to eventual champion Giorgio Petrosyan. Since that defeat Albert Kraus has won five straight and has booked his place in the quarter finals of the forthcoming K-1 World MAX 2010 Final by defeating Hiroki Nakajima by decision at the K-1 World MAX 2010 World Championship Tournament Final 16. He again tasted defeat at the K-1 World MAX 2010 quarter final stage to the reigning champion Giorgio Petrosyan who would go on to win the tournament.

Titles

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record
66 Wins (34 (T)KO's, 32 Decisions), 17 Losses, 3 Draws
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2011-11-19 Win Alexander Schmitt SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final Darmstadt, Germany KO (Punches) 2 2:37
Wins SuperKombat Middleweight Title (-72  kg).
2011-09-25 Loss Yūji Nashiro K-1 World MAX 2011 -70kg Japan Tournament Final, Quarter-final Osaka, Osaka, Japan Decision (Unanimous 3 3:00
2011-06-25 Loss Yoshihiro Sato K-1 World MAX 2011 -63kg Japan Tournament Final, Super fight Tokyo, Japan Decision (2-0) 3 3:00
2011-05-21 Win Marius Tiţă SuperKombat World Grand Prix I Bucharest, Romania KO (High kick) 1
2011-03-12 Loss Batu Khasikov Fight Nights: Battle of Moscow 3 Moscow, Russia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2010-11-27 Win Mohammed Gur Mix Fight Gala XI Sindelfingen, Germany Decision 3 3:00
2010-11-08 Loss Giorgio Petrosyan K-1 World MAX 2010 Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2010-07-05 Win Hiroki Nakajima K-1 World MAX 2010 Final 16 - Part 1 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2010 Final.
2010-06-12 Win Tefik Sucu Beast of the East 2010 Poland Gdynia, Poland KO (Left + Right Hook) 1 0:31
2010-03-07 Win William Diender Time For Action presents: Team SuperPro 10 Year Anniversary Nijmegen, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2009-12-12 Win Jan Mazur K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Tournament, Super Fight Prague, Czech Republic TKO (Ref Stop/3 Knockdowns) 3 1:30
2009-10-26 Win Kozo Takeda K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Final Yokohama, Japan TKO (Ref Stop) 2 2:19
2009-07-13 Loss Giorgio Petrosyan K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8 Fukuoka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Fails to qualify for K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Final.
2009-04-21 Win Yuichiro Nagashima K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 16 Fukuoka, Japan KO (Punches) 1 1:04
Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8.
2009-02-23 Win Su Hwan Lee K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2009-01-24 Win Warren Stevelmans Beast Of The East 2009 Zutphen, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00
2008-11-29 Win Buakaw Por. Pramuk It's Showtime 2008 Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00
2008-10-01 Win Yasuhiro Kido K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Reserve Fight Tokyo, Japan TKO (Doc Stop) 2 0:48
2008-07-07 Win Mike Zambidis K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Final 8 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Doc Stop/Cut) 3 3:00
2008-05-24 Win Ali Gunyar Gentleman Promotions Fightnight Tilburg, Netherlands KO (Knee Strike) 2
Wins vacant W.I.P.U. "King Of The Ring" Muay Thai Super Welterweight world title -70 kg.
2008-04-09 Loss Buakaw Por. Pramuk K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Final 16 Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
Fails to qualify for the K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Final 8.
2008-01-26 Loss Faldir Chahbari Beast of the East 2008 Zutphen, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
Fight was for vacant W.F.C.A. Thai-boxing junior middleweight world title -69.85 kg.
2007-12-16 Win Özkan Kose KlasH Champions Battlefield IV Oss, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00
2007-10-03 Loss Andy Souwer K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2007-10-03 Win Yoshihiro Sato K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2007-07-21 Win Han Wul Kim K-1 Fighting Network KHAN 2007 Seoul, South Korea KO (High Kick) 1 2:03
2007-06-28 Win Virgil Kalakoda K-1 World MAX 2007 World Tournament Final Elimination Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship.
2007-05-20 Win Peter Crooke K-1 UK MAX Tournament 2007 Pain & Glory, Super Fight London, England, UK Decision 3 3:00
2007-04-04 Loss Tatsuji K-1 World MAX 2007 World Elite Showcase Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2007-02-05 Loss Murat Direkci K-1 World MAX 2007 Japan Tournament Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Hook) 1 1:27
2006-12-17 Win James Martinez IKBO World Title Fight Oss, Netherlands TKO 2
Retains I.K.B.A. Thai-Boxing World Title -70 kg.
2006-11-24 Win Osvaldo Palma K-1 World MAX North European Qualification 2007 Stockholm, Sweden KO (Punches) 1 2:29
2006-09-04 Win Yoshihiro Sato K-1 World MAX 2006 Champions' Challenge Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2006-06-30 Loss Gago Drago K-1 World MAX 2006 World Championship Quarter Finals Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-04-05 Win Ali Gunyar K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament Open Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2006 World Championship.
2005-12-18 Win Menno Dijkstra I.K.B.A. World Championships Oss, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins I.K.B.A. Thai-Boxing World Title -70 kg.
2005-11-05 Win Chi Bin Lim K-1 Fighting Network Korea MAX 2005 Seoul, South Korea Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2005-10-12 Win Akira Ohigashi K-1 World MAX 2005 Champions' Challenge Tokyo, Japan KO (Punches) 2 1:31
2005-07-20 Loss Buakaw Por. Pramuk K-1 World MAX 2005 Championship Semi Finals Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2005-07-20 Win John Wayne Parr K-1 World MAX 2005 Championship Quarter Finals Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2005-05-04 Win Virgil Kalakoda K-1 World MAX 2005 World Tournament Open Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2005 World Championship.
2005-02-23 Win Buakaw Por. Pramuk K-1 World MAX 2005 Japan Tournament Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Split) 4 3:00
2004-12-18 Win Jose Barradas SuperLeague Netherlands 2004 Uden, Netherlands KO (Punches) 1
2004-10-13 Loss Takayuki Kohiruimaki K-1 World MAX 2004 Champions' Challenge Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2004-09-19 Win Changpuek Chorsepasert Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2004 Quarter Finals Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Had to withdraw from tournament despite winning bout due to injury.
2004-07-07 Loss Masato K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2004-07-07 Win Shamil Gaidarbekov K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2004-05-22 Win Mikel Colaj SuperLeague Switzerland 2004 Winterthur, Switzerland TKO 4 3:00
2004-04-07 Win Jadamba Narantungalag K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Open Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament.
2004-02-24 Win Takashi Ohno K-1 World MAX 2004 Japan Tournament Tokyo, Japan KO (Punches) 1 2:31
2003-12-06 Win Roman Logish SuperLeague Netherlands 2003 Rotterdam, Netherlands TKO (Corner Stop) 3
2003-11-18 Win Genki Sudo K-1 World MAX 2003 Champions' Challenge Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2003-09-27 Win Moussa Konaté SuperLeague Germany 2003 Wuppertal, Germany TKO (Corner Stop) 2 3:00
2003-07-05 Loss Masato K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Final Saitama, Japan KO (Left Hook) 2 2:26
Fight was for K-1 World MAX 2003 World Championship title.
2003-07-05 Win Duane Ludwig K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Semi Finals Saitama, Japan KO (Left Hook) 3 1:33
2003-07-05 Win Andy Souwer K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Quarter Finals Saitama, Japan TKO (Doc Stop) 3 3:00
2003-03-01 Loss Mike Zambidis K-1 World MAX 2003 Japan Grand Prix Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Hook) 2 0:16
2002-10-11 Draw Masato K-1 World MAX 2002 Champions' Challenge Tokyo, Japan Decision Draw 5 3:00
2002-05-11 Win Kaolan Kaovichit K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Final Tokyo, Japan KO (Punches) 1 1:00
Wins K-1 World MAX 2002 World Championship title.
2002-05-11 Win Masato K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2002-05-11 Win Shane Chapman K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2002-02-24 Win Francis Itay K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Netherlands Arnhem, Netherlands TKO 2 1:46
2001-09-23 Loss Kamal El Amrani Battle of Arnhem III Arnhem, Netherlands Decision 7 2:00
2000-09-03 Win Franklin Beuk "Veselic meets Dejpitak" Arnhem, Netherlands Decision 5 2:00
1999-02-07 Win Kany Matter of Honour Rotterdam, Netherlands KO 2

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See also

References

  1. ^ "About Albert Kraus (Dutch Language Website)". http://www.albert-kraus.com/. http://www.albert-kraus.com/id26.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
  2. ^ "K-1 World MAX 2002". K-1 USA Written by Monty DiPietro.. http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/d001_27.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-24. 
  3. ^ ""Sweet 'n Souwer K-1 World Max Final" Written by Monty DiPietro". K-1 grand Prix Website. http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/top791.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-25. 
  4. ^ "KING OF THE RING – Muay Thai rules". www.croring.com/. http://www.croring.com/library/KOTR%20Ratings%20June%202009.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 

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