Giorgio Petrosyan

Giorgio Petrosyan, born Gevorg Petrosyan in 1985, is an Armenian-Italian former kickboxer who immigrated to Italy at the age of thirteen and began his professional career at sixteen as a Muay Thai fighter. He moved up from bantamweight to settle at middleweight, and after a loss at Lumpinee Stadium in January 2007 he went on a long unbeaten run of forty-two fights. Switching to kickboxing rules from 2008, he competed in It is Showtime and K-1 before joining Glory. Nicknamed The Doctor for technical precision, ringsmanship and defensive skill, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest kickboxers of all time.