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Gevorg "Giorgio" Petrosyan ((アルメニア語:Գևորգ Պետրոսյան); born December 10, 1985) is an Armenian-Italian kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division. Nicknamed "The Doctor" and noted for his supreme technical skills, ringsmanship and defensive prowess which has seen him defeat some of the best strikers in the world while taking little-to-no damage,〔By the K-1 president Sadaharu Tanikawa, , October 27, 2009, ''K-1'' 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jack Slack's Greatest Strikers: A Brief Look At Giorgio Petrosyan )〕 As of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #5 lightweight in the world by GLORY.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fighters Rankings )〕 After immigrating to Italy from Armenia at thirteen years old, Petrosyan began his professional career as a Muay Thai fighter at sixteen, starting out as a -54 kg/119 lb bantamweight before moving up through the weight classes and settling at the -70 kg/154 lb middleweight division, taking numerous titles along the way. Following a decision loss to Nonthanan Por. Pramuk at Lumpinee Stadium in January 2007, he went on a six year, forty-two fight undefeated streak considered to be the most dominant reign in the history of the middleweight division which was eventually ended by Andy Ristie at ''Glory 12: New York'' in November 2013. His switch to kickboxing rules and subsequent ascent began in 2008 when he began competing for It's Showtime and K-1, and he established himself as the world's top middleweight with two consecutive K-1 World MAX World Championship Tournament Championships in 2009 and 2010. He then joined Glory in 2012 following It's Showtime and K-1's demise and further cemented his place as the elite -70 kg/154 lb kickboxer by winning the Glory 2012 Lightweight Slam tournament. ==Early life== Born in Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Armenia) on December 10, 1985 as Gevorg Petrosyan, he emigrated to Italy at the age of thirteen with his father, Andranik, and older brother, Stepan, arriving illegally in the country in the back of a truck. They initially lived homeless in Milan, sleeping in train stations and on the streets, but were later taken in by a family in Gorizia who offered them work as night watchmen at their factory. After settling in Italy, he was soon joined by his mother, Karine, sister, Lianna, and younger brother, Armen, who is also a world champion kickboxer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Petrosyan, l'armeno azzurro )〕 Inspired by Bruce Lee and Jean-Claude Van Damme martial arts films, Petrosyan decided to begin training in Muay Thai at fourteen years old but was initially turned away from the gym for being too small.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GIORGIO PETROSYAN (ITALY) )〕 He persisted, however, and eventually started his training under Alfio Romanut at the Satori Gladiatorium Nemesis gym and had his first fight at the age of sixteen.〔() 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Gevorg Petrosyan interview )〕 He continues to reside in Gorizia in Northern Italy and worked as a bricklayer early in his career. He fights its first official meeting at age 16 in the category under 54 kg ; in the early years of his career at the same time he worked as mason worker. Giorgio Petrosyan, will be put under contract by the manager Carlo Di Blasi in search of new world-class athletes to replace the historical champion, who ran for a long time, like the Italian Paolo Biotti, that next become a sport manager and the marketing and tv director of Oktagon. The manager Di Blasi allowing Giorgio Petrosyan to devote himself solely to fighting sports and leaving the employment of construction worker, change his life, and projecting it in all the large arenas around the world, but its success and worldwide fame began only after the great opportunity to fight for Oktagon in front of 15,000 paying spectators and 100 TV worldwide. Petrosyan is still, for decades, under exclusive contract with Carlo Di Blasi, as well as his brother Armen and is one of the world's highest paid athletes in combat sports . From October 24, 2014 Giorgio Petrosyan became an Italian citizen for Sports Merit. His citizenship was conferred by President of the Italian government Giorgio Napolitano. In 2014, Giorgio Petrosyan enters the Sports Federation Fight1, and returned to live in Milan with his brother Armen Petrosyan. 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「Giorgio Petrosyan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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