Dževad Poturak

Dževad Poturak (born September 20, 1977) is a Bosnian heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Jumruk Gym in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the former WAKO Pro World Low-Kick championPoturak nokautirao Coulabalyja i postao svjetski K-1 šampion - Klix.ba and K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 tournament champion.

He holds notable wins over Daniel Ghiță, Melvin Manhoef, Sergei Lashchenko and Jörgen Kruth.

Career Poturak first came to prominence when he defeated Siniša Puljak to win the WKA European Championship on December 21, 2003. He then made his K-1 debut at K-1 Grand Prix BIH 2004 in June 2004, losing to Josip Bodrozic. He did not return to the promotion until April 2006 when he took part in the eight-man tournament at K-1 Italy Oktagon 2006. He was defeated in the final by Sergei Gur after beating Ricardo van den Bos and Humberto Evora.

The following year, he took part in the Grand Prixs at K-1 European League 2007 Hungary and K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007 but was unable to win either. In his last event of the year, on December 15, 2007, at K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007, he was finally able to win a tournament by defeating Daniel Jerling, Duško Basrak and Roman Kleibl. He returned to defend his crown the next year at K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2008 but was knocked out by Ashwin Balrak in the quarter-finals.

On May 21, 2011, he took part in the four-man tournament at SuperKombat World Grand Prix I in Romania. He lost to Sergei Lascenko at the first stage via knock out due to a knee to the body.

On July 30, 2011, Poturak faced Alain Ngalani for the IKA Super Heavyweight World Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. In the first round, Poturak knocked Ngalani to the canvas and continued to punch him on the back of his head when he was down. Originally, Ngalani was announced as the winner via disqualification.Yarborough falls short in return However, the decision was later overturned by the Las Vegas Sports Committee and was ruled a no contest.

He next faced Sebastian Ciobanu at the SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2012 IV on October 20, 2012, in Arad, Romania, with a wild card spot for the SuperKombat Final Elimination up for grabs. He lost via unanimous decision.SuperKombat WGP 11, October 20 In Arad: Fight CardSuperKombat WGP 11 poster - fight card updateSuperkombat World Grand Prix IV Live Results

He lost a split decision to Ibrahim Aarab on November 10, 2012, in Craiova, Romania in a non-tournament bout at the SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2012 Final Elimination.SuperKombat Final Elimination, November 10: Fight CardSuperkombat Final Elimination: Live Results

He rematched Sergei Lascenko in the reserve bout for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final in Zagreb, Croatia on March 15, 2013, and won via unanimous decision. He was then entered into the semi-finals of the competition against Ismael Londt after Badr Hari withdrew with a broken foot. He retired in round two after having his rib broken from a knee.K-1 World Grand Prix 2013 Live ResultsK-1 World Grand Prix Final 8 results and LIVE kickboxing coverage from Zagreb, Croatia TODAY (March 15)

He lost to Igor Jurković by unanimous decision at Final Fight Championship 6 in Poreč, Croatia on June 14, 2013.Final Fight 06: Gerges vs. Zhuravlev on June 14thFinal Fight 06 Results Poturak announced his retirement just four days later, stating that he would have one last fight against Stefan Leko at Final Fight Championships 7 in his home town of Sarajevo on September 6, 2013.Dzevad Poturak Announces RetirementFinal Fight 07: Poturak to Face Leko in Retirement Bout

On December 8, 2013, Poturak organised another tournament in his native Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina called No Limit K-1 rules, and he announced that this would be his last fight. He fought Mamoudou Keta in an exhibition bout. At the end of the first round, Poturak took off his gloves and retired from the sport. The fight was declared no contest.Dževad Poturak se oprostio od publike i završio svoju bogatu karijeru!

After that, Poturak decided to return to the ring with the No Limit 7 event for the WAKO PRO World Title Low Kick +94,00 kg professional fight against world champion French kickboxer Abdarhmane Coulibaly. The event No Limit 7 was realized on 15 August 2014. Poturak beat his opponent by knockout after a rough fight.

A hand injury forced him to cancel the fight for the FFC light heavyweight championship against Champion, Pavel Zhuravlev. The fight was expected to be at FFC 27: Night of Champions on December 17, 2016, in Zagreb, Croatia.

Championships and accomplishments

Professional kickboxing K-1 K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final 3rd place 2007 K-1 Fighting Network Prague Champion 2007 K-1 European League Hungary Runner-up 2006 K-1 Italy Oktagon Runner-up WAKO Pro 2014 WAKO Pro World Low Kick Champion +94.2 kg WKA 2003 WKA European Heavyweight Championship KOK 2019 KOK European Heavyweight Championship

Kickboxing record

|Win | Nikola Dimkovski |KOK Sarajevo |Bosnia and Herzegovina |TKO |align="center"|1 |align="center"|3:00

|Loss | Ibrahim El Bouni |W5 Grand Prix "Legends in Prague" |Prague, The Czech Republic |TKO |1 |N/A

Dževad Poturak

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