Alexey Ignashov

Alexey Ignashov is a Belarusian former heavyweight kickboxer, born on 18 January 1978. He is a four-time Muay Thai world champion and won the K-1 World Grand Prix tournaments in Nagoya in 2001 and in Paris in 2003. He trained in the Chinuk gym for eleven years before emigrating to New Zealand in 2006, where he later trained in Auckland under Lollo Heimuli. He was best known for his knee strikes, which produced knockout wins over Badr Hari and Semmy Schilt, and he also beat Remy Bonjasky and Peter Aerts on decisions. In 2015 he won the WKN K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship by decision over Andonis Tzoros. This entry is written from the English Wikipedia article on Alexey Ignashov.