Zaur Dzhavadov
Latvian kickboxer of Azerbaijani origin.
He is the current WKN middleweight World and European Kickboxing Champion. Džavadovs holds degrees from both the Latvian Academy of Sport Education and Riga Technical University.
Biography
Zaur Dzhavadov was born on December 21, 1986 in an Azerbaijani family.
Until the age of 4, he lived in the city of Vangazhi, where his family moved from Azerbaijan.
When Zaur was 4 years old, his family moved to Riga, where his parents sent Zaur to train in Kyokushin karate. He trained with coach Irina Abramova, won several local tournaments and became a two-time Latvian champion among children. When Zaur was 12 years old, the section was closed and Zaur began to practice Ashihara karate under the guidance of Tatyana Alekseeva, where he became a five-time Latvian champion.
At the age of 18, Zaur was invited to a weekly K-1 training camp with such eminent fighters as Zabit Samedov, Vitaly Okhrimenko, under the guidance of an eminent coach from Belarus - Andrey Zelenevsky from the Chinook club. Since then, Zaur Dzhavadov fell in love with K-1 and began training under the guidance of coach Saulius Sheikis and repeatedly became the champion of Latvia and the Baltics in K-1 for amateurs.
In 2005, Zaur Dzhavadov decided to focus on professional kickboxing. Since 2009, the Latvian fighter began to engage in individual kickboxing training, and since 2016, Zaur Dzhavadov decided to engage in professional group training with his friend and colleague Vyacheslav Tevinsh[2]
In 2017, thanks to a winning streak of knockouts, Zaur earned the nickname "Latvian Ninja".
In 2018, after talking with coach Saulius Sheikis, we decided that everyone would go their own way. Since then, Zaur has been working with a young coach, Igor Tkachenko, who at one time was a very good fighter.
Career
Zaur started his first steps in sports at the age of six. He started training in karate and became the Latvian champion of this sport five times. Eight years later, he started training in kickboxing under the guidance of coach Sauļus Šeikis. He became Latvian and Baltic champion in amateur kickboxing several times, until in 2005 he decided to take on professional kickboxing.
In December 2009, Dzhavadov became the World Kickboxing Association K-1 European Champion in Germany, knocking out Rene Claassen in the 1st round. Among his titles are champion belts from the Polish, Baltic and Latvian championships.
On 27 February 2016, in Arena Riga, Džavadovs fought for the vacant European welterweight champion title against Rodrigo Ferreira, a Brazilian athlete representing the Netherlands, in which he knocked out his opponent in the third round. A year later, on 25 February 2017, he won a four-man kickboxing tournament, providing himself with the opportunity to fight for the KOK World Champion belt in the weight category up to 77 kg against the incumbent champion Serghei Morari from Moldova. In the title match, Džavadovs defeated Morari and was crowned the new World Champion.
In early 2019 Džavadovs switched from the KOK team to LNK Boxing. In the first match for his new club he fought for the vacant WKN European Champion middleweight belt, winning the match against Slovak athlete Jozef Kolodziej. After sustaining an eye injury in a duel against Georgian fighter Giorgi Kankava, he underwent surgery and returned to fighting after one year, defeating Sebastián Fapšo from Slovakia in the match for the WKN International Champion belt.
In 2022, after the fight had been postponed for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zaur met in the ring with Spanish kickboxer Fernando Martin Sanchez in the match to determine the WKN World Champion title holder. After reaching the round limit, the referees called the match for the Latvian, bringing Dzhavadov his second world title.
Titles
WKN 2022 World Champion
WKN 2020 International Kickboxing Champion
WKN 2019 European Kickboxing Champion
KOK 2017 World Kickboxing Champion
"KOK World Grand Prix Welterweight 2017" winner
BUSHIDO 2016 European Kickboxing Champion
WAKO 2013 Latvian Kickboxing Champion
WKA 2012 Baltic Champion (K-1)
WAK-1F 2012 European Open winner (K-1)
WFCA 2012. Latvian pro-kickboxing champion
WAK-1F 2012 Latvian Champion (K-1)
WAKO 2012 Latvian Kickboxing Champion (K1-rules)
WAKO 2012 Riga Kickboxing Champion (Low Kick)
WKF 2011. Polijas čempions pēc K-1 noteikumiem (K-1 rules)
WAKO 2011 Lithuanian Champion (K-1 rules)
IFMA 2011. Riga Thai Box Champion (Muay Thai)
WKA 2009 PROAM European Champion (K-1 rules)
WKA 2009 Baltic Semi-PRO Vice Champion (K-1 rules)
ONESONGCHAI 2009 Latvian Pro Champion (Muay Thai)
IFMA 2007 Latvian Champion (Muay Thai)
