Karapet Karapetyan

Karapet Karapetyan, also known as Karapet Papijan, is an Armenian-Dutch kickboxer born in 1982 who competes at super middleweight and light heavyweight. Born in Armenia, he moved to the Netherlands at sixteen in 1998 and settled in Nijmegen, where he trained in kickboxing and Muay Thai under Perry Ubeda. A professional since 2002, he won the WFCA Dutch super middleweight title in 2006 and the It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy 2007 in Zwolle. In 2012 he challenged Nieky Holzken for the WFCA world super middleweight title and Joe Schilling for the WBC Muaythai interim light heavyweight title, losing both, then signed with Glory in 2013 and fought Marc de Bonte for the inaugural Glory Welterweight Championship in 2014. He holds a master's degree in law from Radboud University Nijmegen.