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Hiraku Hori

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Hiraku Hori
Born (1982-04-03) April 3, 1982 (age 42)
Sendai, Japan
Native name堀啓
NationalityJapan Japanese
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight103 kg (227 lb; 16.2 st)
DivisionHeavyweight
TeamTeam Dragon
Years active2001-2010
Kickboxing record
Total27
Wins13
By knockout7
Losses14
By knockout10
Last updated on: April 4, 2011

Hiraku Hori (Japanese: 堀啓; born April 3, 1982) is a retired Japanese heavyweight kickboxer. A professional from 2001 until 2010, he competed almost exclusively in K-1.

Career

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Hori made his professional debut at K-1 Survival 2001, winning via third-round knockout. After winning four of his next five, he faced MMA fighter Kazuhiro Nakamura at K-1 Beast 2003. After a competitive first round, Hori used his large reach advantage to attack Nakamura with a series of left roundhouse kicks, then knocked him out with a high kick.

Hori was then pitted against fellow Japanese prospect Tatsufumi Tomihara in the quarterfinals of the K-1 Survival 2003 Japan Grand Prix. He won via decision, and moved on to face Musashi, the premiere heavyweight Japanese star at the time. Hori lost via TKO due to a low kick.

With a 6-2 professional record, Hori was then matched up with Samoan Mighty Mo at K-1 Burning 2004. The bout was Mo's K-1 debut, and after the judges declared the fight would go to the overtime fourth round, he defeated Hori with a knockout. Hori then fought Cyril Abidi in a valiant effort, losing via TKO with just two seconds left in the fight.

Hori then fought in the K-1 Beast 2004 tournament on June 26, 2004. After winning the quarterfinal match, Hori fought Nobu Hayashi, a 24-fight veteran at the time. Hori lost in the third round via knockout.

In the quarterfinals of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hiroshima, Hori fought Tsuyoshi Nakasako. Hori won via decision.

Kickboxing record

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Kickboxing Record
13 Wins (7 KO's, 6 decisions), 14 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2010-12-16 Loss Russia Eugene Orlov KOK World GP 2010 in Russia Moscow, Russia Decision (3-0) 3 3:00 13-14
2010-04-29 Win Japan Hukuda Yuuhei Krush 9 Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 3 2:07 13-13
2009-03-21 Win Japan Tanigawa Takeshi Krush 6 Japan KO (Punches) 2 1:09 12-13
2009-03-28 Loss Japan Takumi Sato K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan TKO 3 1:19 11-13
2007-10-13 Loss Ukraine Maxsim Neledva K-1 Fighting Network Latvia 2007 Yokohama, Japan KO 11-12
2007-03-04 Loss Russia Aleksandr Pitchkounov K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan KO 1 2:27 11-11
2006-12-02 Win South Korea Kyoung Suk Kim K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Tokyo Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (3-0) 3 3:00 11-10
2006-06-03 Loss Netherlands Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Seoul Seoul, South Korea KO (Left high kick) 2 1:23 10-10
2006-05-03 Loss Samoa Jason Suttie K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland Auckland, New Zealand KO 3 1:34 10-9
2006-05-03 Win France Cyril Abidi K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland Auckland, New Zealand TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 3:00 10-8
2005-08-13 Loss Morocco Chalid Arrab K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II Las Vegas, United States Decision (3-0) 3 3:00 9-8
2004-06-14 Loss United States Bob Sapp K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hiroshima Hiroshima, Japan KO 2 1:54 9-7
2005-06-14 Win Japan Tsuyoshi Nakasako K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hiroshima Hiroshima, Japan Decision (3-0) 3 3:00 9-6
2005-03-19 Loss Thailand Kaoklai Kaennorsing K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Seoul Seoul, South Korea Decision (3-0) 3 3:00 8-6
2005-03-19 Win South Korea Myeon Ju Lee K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Seoul Seoul, South Korea Decision (3-0) 3 3:00 8-5
2004-06-26 Loss Japan Nobu Hayashi K-1 Beast 2004 Shizuoka, Japan KO 3 2:31 7-5
2004-06-26 Win Japan Shingo Koyasu K-1 Beast 2004 Shizuoka, Japan Decision (3-0) 3 3:00 7-4
2004-03-27 Loss France Cyril Abidi K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Saitama Saitama, Japan TKO 3 2:58 6-4
2004-02-15 Loss American Samoa Mighty Mo K-1 Burning 2004 Okinawa, Japan KO (Right hook) Ex R 4 1:22 6-3
2003-09-21 Loss Japan Musashi K-1 Survival 2003 Japan Grand Prix Yokohama, Japan KO (Left kow kick) 2 3:00 6-2
2003-09-21 Win Japan Tatsufumi Tomihira K-1 Survival 2003 Japan Grand Prix Yokohama, Japan Decision (2-0) 3 3:00 6-1
2003-06-29 Win Japan Kazuhiro Nakamura K-1 Beast II 2003 Yokohama, Japan K0 (Left high kick) 2 1:58 5-1
2003-04-06 Win Japan Kazushi Nishida K-1 Beast 2003 Yamagata, Japan KO (Left knee) 2 1:11 4-1
2002-04-21 Loss Japan Ryo Takigawa K-1 Burning 2002 Hiroshima, Japan KO (Right hook) 2 1:02 3-1
2001-08-19 Win Japan Masahide Aoyagi K-1 Andy Memorial Japan GP Final Saitama, Japan Decision (3-0) 2 0:39 3-0
2001-06-24 Win Japan Mitsuru Suzuki K-1 Survival 2001 Tokyo, Japan KO (Left low kick) 2 0:39 2-0
2001-04-15 Win Japan Ryoma K-1 Burning 2001 Kumamoto, Japan KO (Knee) 3 1:17 1-0
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