Pavel Zhuravlev is a Ukrainian-Russian

Russians in Ukraine

Russians in Ukraine form the largest ethnic minority in the country, and the community forms the largest single Russian diaspora in the world. In the 2001 Ukrainian census, 8,334,100 identified themselves as ethnic Russians ....

 heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 kickboxer and boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, fighting out of Sevastopol Muay Thai. He is the three time WBKF World champion and two time European kickboxing

Kickboxing

Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

 champion.

Biography and career

After winning various tournaments in the WBKF, a Russian kickboxing circuit, Pavel made his K-1

K-1

K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

 debut on August 2, 2009 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul against Gokhan Saki

Gökhan Saki

Gökhan Saki is a Turkish-Dutch heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Golden Glory Gym in Breda, Netherlands...

 and won by decision.

On December 16, 2010, he took part in the 16-man tournament at KOK World GP 2010 in Moscow and went on to win the Grand Prix by defeating Prince Ali, Evgeny Orlov and Alexey Kudin.

On October 1, 2011, Pavel Zhuravlev advanced to SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final

SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final

SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final was a kickboxing event promoted by SuperKombat which took place on November 19, 2011 at the Böllenfalltorhalle in Darmstadt, Germany.-Background:...

 in Darmstadt

Darmstadt

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, Germany

Germany

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, joining Sergei Lascenko

Sergei Lascenko

Sergei Lascenko , also spelled as Sergii Lashchenko, is a Ukrainian super heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands...

 and Ismael Londt

Ismael Londt

Ismael "Mr. Pain" Londt is a Dutch-Surinamese kickboxer.-Titles:*2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final runner-up*2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix II champion-Kickboxing record:-References:...

. Zhuravlev won the third event of the series from Brăila

Braila

Brăila is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County, in the close vicinity of Galaţi.According to the 2002 Romanian census there were 216,292 people living within the city of Brăila, making it the 10th most populous city in Romania.-History:A...

, Romania

Romania

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, defeating Ricardo van den Bos

Ricardo van den Bos

Ricardo van den Bos is a Dutch Muay Thai kickboxer from Zwolle. He fought for the WBC Muay Thai heavyweight title in 2007, but lost by TKO to Shane del Rosario. As of January 2011, he is currently the 20th ranked WBC Muay Thai heavyweight. -Kickboxing record:-External links:*...

 and Sebastien van Thielen via unanimous decisions.

Titles

• 2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix III
  SuperKombat World Grand Prix III
  SuperKombat World Grand Prix III was a kickboxing event promoted by SuperKombat which took place on October 1, 2011 at Polyvalent Hall in Brăila, Romania.-Background:It was broadcast live on Pro TV in Romania and on Eurosport throughout Europe....
  
   champion
• 2010 KOK World GP 2010 in Moscow champion
• 2010 Pavilion Nicosia heavyweight tournament runner up (boxing)
• 2009 W5 Grand Prix tournament champion
• 2009 WBKF European Heavyweight champion (-93 kg)
• 2009 WBKF World Super Heavyweight champion (+93 kg)
• 2008 WBKF World Super Heavyweight champion (+93 kg)
• 2008 WBKF European Super Heavyweight champion (+93 kg)
• 2007 WBKF European Heavyweight champion (-93 kg)
• 2006 SNG Thaiboxing Heavyweight (91 kg) title
• 2006 WBKF European Cruiserweight (86 kg) title
• 2005 SNG (WBKF) Kickboxing Heavyweight champion (-93 kg)
• 2004 King's Cup participant, Bangkok, Thailand

Record

Kickboxing record
Boxing record
Legend:

External links

• Official K-1 Website