Albert Kraus

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Albert Kraus

Nickname	The Hurricane
Nationality	Dutch
Date of birth	August 3, 1980 (1980-08-03) (age 27)
Place of birth	Oss, Netherlands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	70 kg (154.3 lb/11.0 st)
Style	Kick boxing
Team	Super Pro Gym
Trainer	Dennis Krauweel
Years active	10 (1998-present)
Kickboxing record
Total	70
Wins	53
By knockout	27
Losses	14
Draws	3
Other information
Official site

Albert "The Hurricane" Kraus (born August 3, 1980) is a professional Dutch Welterweight kickboxer and martial artist. He was the first K-1 World MAX 2002 World champion.

1 Biography
2 Titles
3 See also
4 Kickboxing record
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Biography

Albert Kraus made his K-1 debut in February 24, 2002 at K-1 World GP Dutch Championships in Arnhem, Netherlands and was invited to Japan for inaugural K-1 MAX World Championships on May 11, 2002. In the tournament quarterfinals 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 semis Albert Kraus met local crowd favorite Masato from Japan, 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 combinations to become the first-ever K-1 World Max Champion.^[1]

On October 3, 2007, Kraus fought and defeated Yoshihiro Sato by decision at the quarterfinals of 6th annual K-1 World MAX 2007 Final. In 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 .^[2]

[edit] Titles

2002 K-1 World MAX Champion
IKBF European Champion
WKA World Champion
WPKA World Champion
FIMAC Dutch Champion

[edit] See also

[edit] Kickboxing record

53 Wins (27 (T)KO's, 26 Decisions), 13 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
07/07/2008		Mike Zambidis	K-1 World MAX 2008 Final 8, Japan
05/24/2008	Win	Ali Gunyar	Gentleman Promotions Fightnight, Tilburg, Holland	KO (Knee strike)
04/09/2008	Loss	Buakaw Por. Pramuk	K-1 World MAX 2008 Final 16, Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Ext.R)	4	3:00
01/26/2008	Loss	Faldir Chahbari	Beast of the East, WFCA Welterweight World title, Zutphen	Decision	5	3:00
12/16/2007	Win	Ozkan Kose	KlasH Champions Battlefield IV, Oss, Netherlands	Decision	3	3:00
10/03/2007	Loss	Andy Souwer	K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Final, Japan	Majority Decision	3	3:00
10/03/2007	Win	Yoshihiro Sato	K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
07/21/2007	Win	Han Wul Kim	K-1 Fighting Network KHAN 2007 Seoul, Korea	KO (High kick)	1	2:03
06/28/2007	Win	Virgil Kalakoda	K-1 World MAX 2007 World Tournament Final Elimination	Decision	3	3:00
05/20/2007	Win	Peter Crooke	Pain & Glory K-1 Fighting Network 2007, England	Decision	3	3:00
04/04/2007	Loss	Tatsuji	K-1 World MAX 2007, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
02/05/2007	Loss	Murat Direkci	K-1 World MAX 2007 Japan Tournament, Japan	KO (Punches)	1	1:27
12/17/2006	Win	James Martinez	IKBO World Title, Rusheuvel, Holland	TKO	2
11/24/2006	Win	Osvaldo Palma	K-1 World MAX North European Qualification	KO (Punches)	1
09/04/2006	Win	Yoshihiro Sato	K-1 World MAX 2006 Champions Challenge, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
06/30/2006	Loss	Gago Drago	K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
04/05/2006	Win	Ali Gunyar	K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament Open, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
12/18/2005	Win	Menno Dijkstra	WFCA World Title, Oss, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
11/05/2005	Win	Chi Bin Lim	K-1 Korea MAX 2005, Korea	Decision	3	3:00
10/12/2005	Win	Akira Ohigashi	K-1 World MAX 2005, Japan	KO (Punches)	2	1:31
07/20/2005	Loss	Buakaw Por. Pramuk	K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
07/20/2005	Win	John Wayne Parr	K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
05/22/2005	Win	Mikel Colaj	Superleague, Switzerland	TKO	4
05/04/2005	Win	Virgil Kalakoda	K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament Open, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
02/23/2005	Win	Buakaw Por. Pramuk	K-1 Japan MAX 2005, Japan	Ext. R Split Decision	5	3:00
12/18/2004	Win	Jose Barradas	Superleague, Netherlands	KO (Punches)	1
10/13/2004	Loss	Takayuki Kohiruimaki	K-1 World MAX 2004, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
09/19/2004	Win	Changpuek Chorsepasert	S-Cup 2004 World Tournament, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
07/07/2004	Loss	Masato	K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
07/07/2004	Win	Shamil Gaidarbekov	K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
07/07/2004	Win	Jadamba Narantungalag	K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final, Japan	Ext. R Decision	4	3:00
02/24/2004	Win	Takashi Ohno	K-1 Japan MAX 2004, Japan	KO (Punches)	1	2:31
12/06/2003	Win	Roman Logish	Superleague, Netherlands	TKO	3
11/18/2003	Win	Genki Sudo	K-1 World MAX 2003, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
09/27/2003	Win	Moussa Konate	Superleague, Germany	TKO (Corner stoppage)	2	3:00
07/05/2003	Loss	Masato	K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Final, Japan	KO (Left Hook)	2	2:29
07/05/2003	Win	Duane Ludwig	K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Final, Japan	KO (Left Hook)	3	1:33
07/05/2003	Win	Andy Souwer	K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Final, Japan	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	3:00
03/01/2003	Loss	Mike Zambidis	K-1 Japan MAX 2003, Japan	KO	2	0:18
10/11/2002	Draw	Masato	K-1 World MAX 2002, Japan	Decision Draw	5	3:00
05/11/2002	Win	Kaolan Kaovichit	K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Final, Japan	KO	1	1:00
05/11/2002	Win	Masato	K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
05/11/2002	Win	Shane Chapman	K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
02/24/2002	Win	Francis Itay	K-1 Holland GP 2002 in Armheim, Holland	TKO	2	1:46