Vasily Shish

Vasily Shish
Born	(1982-08-07) August 7, 1982
Other names	Torero
Nationality	Belarus
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Division	Middleweight Welterweight Super Lightweight
Style	Muay Thai
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Minsk, Belarus
Team	Chinuk Gym (2004-present) Gym "Kick Fighter" (1996-2003)
Trainer	D.Pyastski
Kickboxing record
Total	51
Wins	37
By knockout	17
Losses	12
Draws	2
Mixed martial arts record
Total	1
Wins	0
Losses	1
Amateur career
Total	71
Wins	60
Losses	11
last updated on: June 4, 2011

Vasily "Torero" Shish (born 7 August 1982) is a Belarusian Muay Thai middleweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for the Chinuk Gym. He is a five time world and five time European Muaythai and kickboxing champion who has won titles at both amateur and professional level.^[1] Vasily has fought for several notable promotions such as K-1 MAX and (the now defunct) Thai & Kickbox SuperLeague.^[2]

Career/Biography

Growing up in Minsk, Vasily joined the famous Gym "Kick Fighter" in 1996 where he studied Muay Thai alongside future world champions such as Andrei Kulebin, Aliaksei Pekarchyk and Dmitry Shakuta. In 1998 he won his first title as an amateur at the I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Spain, winning a gold medal in the -51 kg category aged just 15 years old, also winning the honour of "best technique".^[3] The next year he went to the world championships in Bangkok where he won a bronze medal competing against much more experienced fighters. In 1999 he was part of the Belarus team which won an incredible eight gold medals (out of twelve) in the Thai-boxing section at the W.A.K.O. world championships. What was even more impressive was that seven of the winners came from Vasily's Kick Fighter gym.^[4]

In 2000 Vasily won his first pro title (I.K.F. world) by defeating American Richard Kostuck in less than 40 seconds in Minsk. He carried on in an excellent year by winning a gold medal at the amateur European Muaythai championships before finishing the year with a gold medal in Sydney at the World Cup in Martial Arts event. Between 2001 and 2003 Vasily won more amateur and pro world and European titles with the I.A.M.T.F., I.S.S/Brute Force, W.A.K.O. and World Kickboxing Network (W.K.N.) organizations, moving up in weight and relinquishing his I.K.F. world title as he did so. By 2003 Vasily sought more competitive matches joining the newly created Thai & Kickbox SuperLeague where he would be given the chance to fight world champions every event. Things did not go exactly as planned for Vasily and he only had two fights with the organization – losing both.^[5]

By 2004 Vasily had parted from his longtime gym "Kick Fighter" after seven years and joined the rival Chinuk Gym in Minsk. With his new gym he had the opportunity to make up for his disappointing SuperLeague performances after being called up by the then world's biggest kickboxing organization K-1 to take part in an elimination match for the 2005 K-1 MAX final. Vasily faced a daunting task in Tokyo, with the reigning champion Buakaw Por.Pramuk standing in the way of a place of the final 8. After three rounds it was clear that Vasily had no chance of upsetting the odds on favorite, losing every round in a third round unanimous decision loss.

Since his K-1 MAX appearance Vasily has been on the fringes of the kickboxing scene, taking many fights across the border in Russia with the highlight being holding the W.B.K.F. European title between 2006 and 2007. He has also made a number of appearances on smaller European promotions such as Klash and Janus Fight with limited success, wins against Paolo Balicha and Michal Hansgut being nullified by defeats against Aalviar Lima, Paulo Balicha and Fadi Merza.

Titles

Professional

• 2006-07 W.B.K.F. European champion (0 title defences)
• 2003 W.K.N. Muaythai super lightweight world champion -66.7 kg
• 2002 I.S.S./Brute Force world champion
• 2000 I.K.F. Pro Muaythai super lightweight world champion -62.2 kg (0 title defences - vacated)

Amateur

• 2002 W.A.K.O. European championships in Jesolo, Italy -67 kg
• 2002 I.A.M.T.F. European championships in Cyprus -67 kg^[6]
• 2001 I.A.M.T.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -63.5 kg^[7]
• 2000 World Cup in Martial Arts in Sydney, Australia -63.5 kg^[8]
• 2000 I.A.M.T.F. European championships in Athens, Greece -63.5 kg^[9]
• 1999 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Caorle, Italy -63.5 kg
• 1999 I.A.M.T.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -63.5 kg^[10]
• 1998 I.A.M.T.F. European championships in Calafell, Spain -51 kg^[11]

Professional Kickboxing Record

Professional Kickboxing Record

37 Wins (17 (T)KO's), 12 Losses, 2 Draws[12] Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2008-04-20 Loss Fadi Merza Fight Night Vienna[13] Vienna, Austria Decision 3 3:00 2007-12-15 Loss Paulo Balicha Swiss Las Vegas II[14] Basel, Switzerland Decision 3 3:00 Fight was for W.F.C. junior middleweight world title -69.85 kg. 2007-10-26 Loss Aalviar Lima KlasH III "Show of No Mercy"[15] Sibiu, Romania Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2007-03-21 Loss Konstantin Sbitov Fight Club Arbat[16] Moscow, Russia TKO Loses W.B.K.F. European title -71 kg. 2006-11-06 Win Nikolai Koreneev BARS - European Welterweight Championship '06[17] Moscow, Russia Decision (Majority) 8 3:00 Wins W.B.K.F. European title -71 kg. 2006-11-06 Win Artur Shamkhalov Ufa Fight Night[18] Ufa, Russia KO 5 2006-07-21 Loss Petr Nakonechnyi S-1 European Elimination - Round 1 Russia Decision 3 3:00 2006-06-21 Draw Kumar Zhaliev Fight Club Arbat[19] Moscow, Russia Decision Draw 3 3:00 2006-03-10 Loss Petr Nakonechnyi K-1 East Europe MAX 2006, Super Fight Vilnius, Lithuania Ext.R Decision (Majority) 4 3:00 2005-11-19 Loss Yassine Benhadj Janus Fight 2005, Semi Final[20] Padova, Italy Decision 3 3:00 2005-11-19 Win Michal Hansgut Janus Fight 2005, Quarter Final Padova, Italy KO (High Kick) 2 2005-10-26 Draw Alen Ofoyo Fight Club Arbat[21] Moscow, Russia Decision Draw 3 3:00 2005-09-30 Loss Farid Khider Kings of Muaythai: Belarus vs Europe[22] Minsk, Belarus Decision 5 3:00 Fight was for W.K.N. Muay Thai super lightweight European title -66.7 kg. 2005-09-24 Win Paulo Balicha Fight Night Winterthur[23] Winterthur, Switzerland TKO 4 2005-06-15 Loss Alexei Krasko Fight Club Arbat[24] Moscow, Russia Decision 3 3:00 2005-05-04 Loss Buakaw Por. Pramuk K-1 World MAX 2005 World Tournament Open Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Fails to qualify for K-1 World MAX 2005 Championship Final. 2004-10-27 Win Alexandr Demchenko Fight Club Arbat[25] Moscow, Russia KO 2004-10-26 Win Elbrus Dzhumakov Russian Muaythai League[26] Moscow, Russia KO 3 2004-05-19 Win Sergey Zemnevich Fight Club Arbat[27] Moscow, Russia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2003-09-27 Loss Chris van Venrooij SuperLeague Germany 2003 Wuppertal, Germany Decision 5 3:00 2003-05-10 Loss Eddy Saban SuperLeague Austria 2003 Vienna, Austria Decision 5 3:00 2002-12-19 Win Petr Nakonechnyi Belarus vs Ukraine[28] Bilohirsk, Ukraine Decision 5 3:00 2002-00-00 Win Brute Force Challenge[29] Pattaya, Thailand Decision 5 3:00 Wins I.S.S/Brute Force Muaythai world title. 2002-09-14 Win Baker Barakat Night of KO[30] Sopot, Poland KO 3 Wins W.K.N. Muaythai super lightweight world title -66.7 kg. 2002-00-00 Win James Cook Belarus vs USA[31] New York, NY, USA Decision 5 3:00 2000-00-00 Win Belarus vs Australia[32] Sydney, Australia KO 2000-06-29 Win Kongdej Ratanachot Russia vs Thailand[33][34] Novosibirsk, Russia Decision 5 3:00 2000-00-00 Win Parynya Dongtiamsee Belarus vs Thailand[35] Minsk, Belarus Decision 5 3:00 2000-01-14 Win Richard Kostuck USA vs Belarus[36] Minsk, Belarus TKO (Doc Stop/Cut by Elbow) 1 0:38 Wins I.K.F. Pro Muaythai super lightweight world title -62.2 kg. Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Mixed Martial Arts Record

MMA Record
0 Wins, 1 Loss Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2006-08-23 Loss Dzhabar Askerov Belorechensk Fight Night 2[37] Belorechensk, Russia Submission 1 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

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

References

External links

• Chinuk Gym Official Website
• Gym "Kick Fighter" Official Website