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Abraham Roqueñi Iglesias (born April 16, 1978) is a Spanish welterweight kickboxer. He was the K-1 MAX Spain 2004 tournament winner, and is a former ISKA, WAKO and WFCA world champion. He holds notable wins over Gago Drago, Luis Reis, Andy Souwer and Artur Kyshenko. ==Career== Roqueñi began practicing martial arts with karate at the age of 7, and now holds a 3rd ''dan'' black belt in the discipline. He began kickboxing at 12 and had his first amateur fight as a 16-year-old. Early in his career, he became the Iberian, Spanish and European champion before gaining further international recognition when he won the ''K-1 MAX Spain 2004'' eight-man tournament on December 18, 2004. He knocked out Antonio Postigo and Willy Borrel in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively, before taking a decision over Luis Reis in the final.〔(Resumen K-1 SPAIN 2004 )〕 Roqueñi won the WAKO World Lowkick Championship on October 22, 2005 when he defeated Wallid Haddad. He made three defences of this title, against Ibrahim Tamazaev, Radhouane Amoulibi and Kevin Harper, over the course of the next year before winning his second world title on June 30, 2007 by beating Thai fighter Kit Sitphonlek by decision for the WFCA World Muay Thai Championship. He then lost this belt to Mohammed Rahhaoui on May 10, 2008. On December 7, 2007, Roqueñi knocked out Franck Pétin to win the WFCA World Full Contact Championship. He then won his fourth world title on April 11, 2009 by KOing Tim Thomas for the ISKA World title at -70 kg. On February 5, 2011, he caused a huge upset by defeating K-1 star Andy Souwer in Malaga, Spain. Roqueñi knocked Souwer down in round 2 en route to a decision win.〔(Abraham Roqueni's surprise victory over Andy Souwer at El Desafio K-1 on February 5th )〕 Following this, he was invited to compete in the It's Showtime organization and made his promotional debut at ''Fix Events & Fightclub Group presents: It's Showtime 2011'' on June 18, 2011 and beat Gago Drago by majority decision. In late 2011, he joined the Thai Fight 2011 70 kg Tournament. He was unable to make it past the semi-final stage, however, as he was defeated by Frank Giorgi on November 27, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.〔(Thai Fight 2011 Semi-Finals Results: Buakaw Advances to Finals )〕 On January 21, 2012, he lost a unanimous decision to pound for pound #1 Giorgio Petrosyan in Milan, Italy.〔(Yokkao Extreme Results: Giorgio Petrosyan & Buakaw Win, Saenchai Upset By Pinca )〕 He won the face versus Albert Kraus on April 28, 2012 in Torrelavega, Spain.〔(Albert Kraus vs. Abraham Roqueni On April 28 In Spain )〕 He was scheduled to fight Yury Bessmertny in Nitra, Slovakia on October 27, 2012 but Bessmertny pulled out of the fight due to injury.〔(Alright, here's 10 more fights to watch in October )〕〔(Ondrej Hutnik Wins In Slovakia )〕 He defeated Xu Yan by unanimous decision in a tournament reserve bout at the ''K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final'' in Athens, Greece on December 15, 2012.〔(New Fights Added to K-1 MAX Final 8, December 15 )〕〔(K-1 World MAX 2012 Final Live Results )〕 On February 3, 2013, he will fight Dutch-based Georgian Giga Chikadze at ''Street Culture Fight Night 2'' in Tenerife, Spain.〔(Abraham Roqueñi vs. Giga Chikadze on Sunday in Spain )〕 Roqueñi took a split decision win over Artur Kyshenko at ''Enfusion Live: Barcelona'' in Barcelona, Spain on March 9, 2012.〔(Enfusion Live Barcelona Full Fight Card For March 9 )〕〔(March Madness: Kickboxing Fights to Watch This Month )〕〔(Enfusion Live Barcelona Fight Card for this Saturday, March 9: Kyshenko, Roqueni, Parparyan )〕 He beat Elam Ngor by disqualification at ''Enfusion Live: Tenerife'' in Tenerife, Spain on July 13, 2013. The fight was ruled a draw after three rounds and was set to go to an extension round to decide the victor, but Ngor apparently felt that he had already done enough and would unable to beat Roqueñi on points in front of Spanish judges and so he left the ring, resulting in the DQ.〔(Results Muay Thai event Enfusion Live – Tenerife 2013-07-13 )〕 He was set to fight at the ''K-1 World MAX 2013 World Championship Tournament Final 16'' in Majorca, Spain on September 14, 2013.〔(K-1 Announces K-1 World MAX Final 16 in Spain )〕 However, he withdrew from the tournament as Street Culture Promotions, the co-promoter of the event, had not paid him for his fights with Xu Yan and Artur Kyshenko.〔(Abraham Roqueni Parts Ways with Street Culture, Pulls Out From K-1 MAX Final 16 )〕〔(Abraham Roqueni not fighting in K-1 World Max Final 16 )〕 He beat Emmanuel Horta Vavares by first round KO in the quarter-finals of the 2013 edition of Thai Fight's -70 kg/154 lb tournament in Thailand on October 23, 2013.〔(Thai Fight 2013 Tournament Results: Yodsanklai and Abraham Roqueni advance )〕 Then he proceeded in semi finals and lost to Expedito Valin on November 30, 2013.〔(Fight Card for the November 30 Thai Fight event in Bangkok, Thailand )〕〔(Abraham Roqueñi no logró superar la semifinal del Thai Fight )〕〔(Thai Fight Results 11/30/2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abraham Roqueñi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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