Davit Kiria

Davit Kiria, also spelled David Kyria, is a Georgian kickboxer born on 9 February 1988 in Zugdidi, Georgia, who competes at featherweight and lightweight. He began learning Ashihara karate at nine, later moved to the Netherlands to train under Dave Jonkers at the Golden Glory gym in Zuidlaren, where he trains alongside the heavyweight Semmy Schilt, and started kickboxing at fifteen. He won the 2009 Kyokushinkai Karate Kamakura European Championship, reached the final of the Ring Masters Olympia 2008 welterweight tournament in Istanbul, and went on to become Glory lightweight champion and Kunlun Fight 70 kilogram World Max champion. Combat Press ranked him number one at lightweight in September 2014. This entry is written from the English Wikipedia article on Davit Kiria.