Erhan Deniz

Erhan Deniz
Erhan Deniz
	Deniz in 2007
Born	28 July 1985 (age 38); Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey
Other names	Pitbull Attack
Nationality	Turkish
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	97 kg (214 lb; 15.3 st)
Division	Heavyweight
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Istanbul, Turkey
Team	Mejiro Gym ; Global Gym ; Poturak Gym
Trainer	Andre Mannaart ; Dženan Poturak
Years active	2006–present
Kickboxing record
Total	35
Wins	23
By knockout	14
Losses	12
Amateur record
Total	47
Wins	43
By knockout	33
Losses	4
Other information
Spouse	Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer
	Last updated on: November 19, 2011

Erhan "Pitbull Attack" Deniz (born July 28, 1985, in Pendik, Istanbul) is a Turkish heavyweight kickboxer, who fights out of Mejiro Gym (Amsterdam) and Global Gym (Istanbul). His nickname comes from his passion on pit bull dogs.

Career[edit]

Deniz began training in boxing at 10 years old before switching to Muay Thai. He has been to Thailand several times with the Turkish national team for season camps.

He first came to prominence when he won the Pro Tournament Ring Masters, a four-man tournament held at the Haldun Alagas Sport Hall in Umraniye, Istanbul on May 25, 2007. He defeated Hasan Gul in the semi-finals and then Eyup Kuscu in the final to become the Heavyweight Champion of Turkey.

He made his debut with the K-1 promotion in August 2007 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong, where he defeated South Korean ssireum fighter Kim Dong-Wook in a reserve match for the 8-man Grand Prix taking part on that night. On November 2, 2007, Deniz took part in the Grand Prix at K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007 but was defeated by Brazil's Vitor Miranda at the quarter-final stage.

On June 11, 2011, he made his It's Showtime debut against the Romanian Daniel Ghiță in the main event at BFN Group presents: It's Showtime Warsaw and lost via knockout in the second round due to a body shot.

Personal life[edit]

On September 16, 2010, he married Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer, a Turkish world and European champion in several martial arts disciplines. He was her former trainer.^[1]

Titles[edit]

2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix IV champion
2011 I.F.M.A European Muaythai Championships in Antalya, Turkey +91 kg^[2]
2007 Pro Tournament Ring Masters champion

Kickboxing record[edit]

Kickboxing record
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Notes
23 wins (14 KOs), 12 losses
July 1, 2017	Win	Tomasz Czerwinski	World Thai Boxing Champions Night II	Istanbul, Turkey	TKO (3 Counts)	1
April 23, 2016	Win	Maikel Leimbereger	Championship Night	Istanbul, Turkey	Decision	3	3:00
March 11, 2016	Win	Christos Soulas	No Limit 8	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	^[3]
November 19, 2011	Loss	Sergei Lascenko	SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final 2011	Darmstadt, Germany	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3	0:53	SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final semi-final.
October 15, 2011	Win	Wendell Roche	SuperKombat World Grand Prix IV 2011	Piatra Neamț, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	SuperKombat World Grand Prix IV final.
October 15, 2011	Win	Angelis Konstantinos	SuperKombat World Grand Prix IV 2011	Piatra Neamț, Romania	KO (punches)	2	1:58	SuperKombat World Grand Prix IV semi-final.
June 11, 2011	Loss	Daniel Ghiță	BFN Group presents: It's Showtime Warsaw	Warsaw, Poland	KO (left hook to the body)	2	2:50
March 12, 2011	Loss	Tomáš Hron	Gala night Thaiboxing	Zilina, Slovakia	Decision	3	3:00
Dec 29, 2010	Win	Sebastian Ciobanu	Sarajevo Fight Night 2	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Decision	3	3:00
August 14, 2010	Loss	Slavo Polugić	Ergen Ring Ateşi 13	Van, Turkey	Decision	5	3:00	Fight was for WKN World Championship -96,600 kg.^[4]
June 20, 2010	Win	Petyr Vylkov	Ergen Ring Ateşi ^[5]	Komotini, Greece	Decision	3	3:00
January 9, 2010	Loss	Mourad Bouzidi	Ring Sensation Championships: Uprising 12	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
October 10, 2009	Loss	Freddy Kemayo	TK2 World MAX 2009	Aix-en-Provence, France	TKO (referee stoppage/broken nose)	3	-
September 10, 2009	Loss	Bahadir Sari		Istanbul, Turkey	Decision	5	3:00	For ISKA Oriental Rules Heavyweight Turkish Title.^[6]
February 27, 2009	Win	Cafer Ahmedi	Ergen Ring Ateşi 4	Turkey				^[7]
October 3, 2008	Win	Dennis Sebastian	Ergen Ring Attest 2	Istanbul, Turkey	Decision	3	3:00	^[8]
September 28, 2008	Loss	Sergei Lascenko	4th Busan TAFISA World Games	Busan, South Korea	TKO (referee stoppage)	3	-
September 12, 2008	Loss	Doug Viney	K-1 Slovakia 2008	Bratislava, Slovakia	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
February 9, 2008	Loss	Cătălin Moroșanu	K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Budapest Europe GP Final Elimination	Budapest, Hungary	Extra round decision (unanimous)	4	3:00
November 2, 2007	Loss	Vitor Miranda	K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007	Istanbul, Turkey	Decision (majority)	3	3:00	2007 Turkey Grand Prix quarter-final.
September 7, 2007	Loss	Azem Maksutaj		Bratislava, Slovakia	Decision	3	3:00
August 5, 2007	Win	Kim Dong-Wook	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong	Hong Kong	KO (low kicks)	2	0:23
May 25, 2007	Win	Eyüp Kuşçu	Pro Tournament Ring Masters	Istanbul, Turkey	-	-	-	Ring Masters Tournament final.
May 25, 2007	Win	Hasan Gül	Pro Tournament Ring Masters	Istanbul, Turkey	TKO (right high kick)	2	-	Ring Masters Tournament semi-final.
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest