Amansio Paraschiv

Amansio Andrei Paraschiv (born June 25, 1992)^[1] is a Romanian professional kickboxer and boxer. He won back to back gold medals in the WAKO European Championships, and is the current SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion. Paraschiv became champion on 12 November 2016 after defeating former It's Showtime 69MAX champion and reigning title holder Chris Ngimbi.^[2]

Amansio Paraschiv
Born	Amansio Andrei Paraschiv (1992-06-25) June 25, 1992 (age 33) Ploiești, Romania
Other names	The Viking The Sheik (former)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69.5 kg (153 lb; 10.94 st)
Division	Middleweight Super-welterweight
Style	Kickboxing, Boxing
Fighting out of	South Ockendon, Essex
Team	Essex Kickboxing Academy Superpro Sibiu (part-time)
Trainer	Steve Kerridge (head coach) Lukas Kavaliauskas (assistant) Alin Bălașa (part-time)
Professional boxing record
Total	9
Wins	9
By knockout	3
Losses	0
Draws	0
Kickboxing record
Total	60
Wins	46
By knockout	20
Losses	13
By knockout	2
Draws	1
Other information
Spouse	Alexa Paraschiv
Boxing record from BoxRec
Last updated on: June 14, 2025

Personal life

He is the son of former professional boxer, Gheorghe Paraschiv, a two-time Romanian champion in two weight divisions (featherweight and super featherweight).^[3] Paraschiv is married and has 2 daughters (born 2015).^[4]

Career

He won the SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes Middleweight Championship in March 2015, with a unanimous decision win over Julian Imeri.^[5] Paraschiv had fought Cedric Manhoef for the same title a year before, but their fight ended in a draw.^[6]

Amansio fought Chris Ngimbi for the SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight title in November 2016. He had fought him just a month before for the vacant title, but lost by decision. He was more successful in the rematch, and defeated Ngimbi by unanimous decision.^[7]

Paraschiv was stopped for the only time ins his career in controversial circumstances to lose a lightweight bout against the defending champion Armen Petrosyan. Bellator booked a rematch after the stoppage at Bellator Kickboxing 8.^[8]

He defended his SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight title against Rosario Presti, during OSS Fighters 04.^[9] He successfully defended the title with a unanimous decision win.^[10]

On 15 October 2020, he signed with boxing's MTK Global.^[11]

Paraschiv will make his promotional debut on short notice on July 17, 2023 against K-1's former super lightweight and welterweight champion Masaaki Noiri at K-1 World GP 2023.^[12]

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

• World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
  • 2022 WAKO-Pro Intercontinental Light Middleweight (-71.8 kg) Championship
  • 2012 WAKO European Championships in Bucharest, Romania Full-Contact Rules −67.0 kg^[2]
  • 2012 WAKO European Championships in Ankara, Turkey K-1 Rules −67.0 kg
• Fight Clubbing Championship
  • 2022 Fight Clubbing World Middleweight Championship
• Golden Fighter Championship
  • 2021 GFC Intercontinental Light Middleweight (-71.0 kg) Championship
• World All Fight System Organization
  • 2017 AFSO Intercontinental Middleweight (-71.0 kg) Kickboxing Rules Championship
• Superkombat Fighting Championship
  • 2016 SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight (-72.5 kg) Championship
  • 2015 SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes Middleweight (-71.0 kg) Championship
  • 2014 Rising Star^[13]
• Kunlun Fight
  • 2015 Kunlun Fight 16 Middleweight (-70.0 kg) Tournament Championship
• World Kickboxing Network
  • 2013 WKN Intercontinental Super Welterweight (-72.6 kg) Oriental Rules Championship^[14]
• Local Kombat
  • 2012 Local Kombat National -69.0 kg Championship^[15]
• Kickboxing Romania Awards
  • 2024 Boxing Award^[16]
  • 2023 Comeback of the Year^[17]

Boxing

• Romanian Boxing Federation
  • 2013 Romania National Boxing Championships −69.0 kg^[18]

Professional kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

46 Wins (20 (T) KO's), 13 Losses, 1 Draw
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2025-06-14	Win	Shane Burns	MTGP 94	London, England	TKO (referee stoppage)	3	0:44
2024-05-04	Win	Chris Wunn	Fight Clubbing 35	Pescara, Italy	TKO (towel thrown)	1	1:46
2023-12-16	Win	Máximo Suárez	Fight Clubbing 33	Chieti, Italy	Decision (split)	5	3:00
Fight Clubbing World Middleweight Championship Unification Bout.
2023-10-21	Win	Abdourahmane Diallo	MO Fighting Show 1	Turin, Italy	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2023-07-17	Loss	Masaaki Noiri	K-1 World GP 2023	Tokyo, Japan	KO (body kick)	1	1:33
2022-12-17	Win	Ayoub Boukili	Fight Clubbing 30	Chieti, Italy	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00
Won the WAKO-Pro Intercontinental Light Middleweight Championship & the Fight Clubbing World Middleweight Championship.
2022-09-10	Win	Sergio Sánchez	Best of the Best 1	Brăila, Romania	Decision (split)	5	3:00
Defended the SUPERKOMBAT World Middleweight Championship.
2022-05-14	Win	Giuseppe Palermo	Fight Clubbing 29	Pescara, Italy	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3	1:32
2021-11-12	Loss	Nordin Ben Moh	Enfusion 104	Abu Dhabi, UAE	Decision (split)	3	3:00
Enfusion Lightweight Championship Eliminator
2021-08-17	Win	Lofogo Sarour	KO Masters 9	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2021-07-16	Win	Zahid Zairov	OSS Fighters 06	Constanța, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2021-06-24	Win	Christian Baya	GFC 7: Romania vs. Netherlands	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (split)	3	3:00
Won the GFC Intercontinental Light Middleweight Championship.
2020-02-22	Loss	Jonathan Mayezo	Stars Night 2020	Vitrolles, France	Decision (split)	3	3:00
2020-02-07	Win	Mohamed El-Mir	OSS Fighters 05	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2019-12-07	Loss	Akam Tarageh	Mix Fight Championship	Frankfurt, Germany	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2019-08-22	Win	Rosario Presti	OSS Fighters 04	Mamaia, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Defended the SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Championship.
2019-06-13	Loss	Edye Ruiz	SAS Gym 02	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (split)	3	3:00
2019-02-28	Win	Cristian Milea	OSS Fighters 03	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2018-12-14	Win	Isteri Mitat	Dynamite Fighting Show 3	Craiova, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2018-10-27	Loss	Tayfun Özcan	Enfusion 73	Oberhausen, Germany	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2018-10-08	Win	Ayoub Abdelkader	APP Fight Night 01	Brașov, Romania	KO (liver knee)	1	2:54
2018-07-05	Win	Waldemar Nuriddinov	Dynamite Fighting Show 1	Bucharest, Romania	TKO (doctor stoppage/spinning backfist)	3	1:58
2018-05-24	Win	Otar Gogoberichvili	Colosseum Tournament 7	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2018-04-20	Win	Simon Mendès	Colosseum Tournament 6	Iași, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2018-02-23	Win	Yuri Gentile	Colosseum Tournament 5	Galați, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2017-12-09	Loss	Armen Petrosyan	Bellator Kickboxing 8 at Bellator 190	Florence, Italy	TKO (middle kick)	1	2:12
For the ISKA World Super Welterweight Championship. Oriental Rules.[19][20]
2017-10-16	Win	Ivan Naccari	Colosseum Tournament 4	Bucharest, Romania	TKO (doctor stoppage)	2	2:11
2017-07-14	Win	Tim Müller	Colosseum Tournament 3: Romania vs. Germany	Mamaia, Romania	KO (right hook)	3	2:58
Won the AFSO Intercontinental Middleweight Championship.
2017-06-17	Win	Jordan Valdinocci	Colosseum Tournament 2	Ploiești, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2017-04-08	Loss	Giorgio Petrosyan	Bellator Kickboxing 5 at Bellator 176	Turin, Italy	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2016-11-12	Win	Chris Ngimbi	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2016 Final	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Won the SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Championship.
2016-10-01	Loss	Chris Ngimbi	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2016 Final Elimination	Iași, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
For the vacant SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Championship.
2016-07-30	Win	Rangel Ivanov	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2016	Mamaia, Romania	TKO (doctor stoppage)	1	2:50
2016-12-12	Win	Alkid Farruku	SUPERKOMBAT Special Edition Italy	Turin, Italy	KO (liver shot)	1	2:02
2016-06-25	Win	Anouar Lahmaj	SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 9	Brașov, Romania	Decision (majority)	3	3:00
2016-05-07	Win	Cristian Milea	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2016	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (split)	3	3:00
2015-10-31	Loss	Zhang Chunyu	Kunlun Fight 33	Changde, China	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Kunlun Fight World MAX 2015 Final, Quarter Finals.
2015-10-02	Win	Giannis Skordilis	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2015 Final Elimination	Milan, Italy	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2015-05-23	Win	Hirachidine Saindou	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2015	Bucharest, Romania	TKO (referee stoppage)	1	1:59
2015-04-18	Loss	Elam Ngor	Enfusion #27	Tenerife, Spain	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2015-03-07	Win	Julian Imeri	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2015	Ploiești, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Won the SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes Middleweight Championship.
2015-02-01	Win	Liu Hainan	Kunlun Fight 19	Guangzhou, China	Decision	3	3:00
2015-01-04	Win	Kong Lingfeng	Kunlun Fight 16, Final	Nanjing, China	KO (jumping knee)	2	2:59
Qualified for Kunlun Fight World MAX 2015 Final.
2015-01-04	Win	David Calvo	Kunlun Fight 16, Semi Finals	Nanjing, China	KO (right hook)	2	1:31
2014-11-22	Win	Riccardo Lecca	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final	Monza, Italy	KO (left hook)	1	1:50
2014-10-04	Loss	Maxime Cerri	GBC: World Tour 7, Semi Finals	Mazan, France	Decision (majority)	3	3:00
2014-08-02	Win	Mădălin Crăciunică	SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 8	Constanța, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2014-06-27	Win	Julien Souvenir	Battle of Saint-Raphaël II	Saint-Raphaël, France	Decision	3	3:00
Defended the WKN Intercontinental Super Welterweight Championship. Oriental Rules.
2014-05-24	Win	Rangel Ivanov	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2014	Mamaia, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2014-03-29	Draw	Cedric Manhoef	SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 7	Ploiești, Romania	Draw (majority)	3	3:00
For the SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes Middleweight Championship.
2013-11-24	Win	Lefterio Perego	La Nuit Des Titans XI	Charleroi, Belgium	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00
Won the WKN Intercontinental Super Welterweight Championship. Oriental Rules.
2013-11-09	Win	Mohamed Ben Ali	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination	Ploiești, Romania	TKO (retirement)	1	3:00
SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes Middleweight Title Eliminator.
2013-10-12	Win	Alexandru Popescu	Golden League XVII	Bucharest, Romania	TKO (retirement)	1	0:47
2013-05-11	Win	Angelo Wilkes	Enfusion Live: A1 World Combat Cup	Eindhoven, Netherlands	Decision (majority)	3	3:00
2012-12-07	Win	Alin Șpan	Local Kombat Onești	Onești, Romania	TKO (doctor stoppage/cut)	2	2:35
Won the vacant Local Kombat National -69 kg Championship.
2012-09-22	Win	Marius Ciocîrlă	Călimăneşti Challenge	Călimănești, Romania	TKO	2	1:21
2012-05-04	Loss	Alin Șpan	Local Kombat Bodyguardul: Deva	Deva, Romania	Decision (split)	3	3:00
2012-02-25	Win	Flavius Predoi	RXF 2	Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania	Decision	3	3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Amateur kickboxing record

Amansio Paraschiv

Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round
2012–12	Win	Oleg Zaytcev	2012 WAKO European Full-Contact Championships, Final	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3
Won the Gold Medal -67.0 kg.
2012–12	Win	Vyacheslav Borshchev	2012 WAKO European K-1 Championships, Final	Ankara, Turkey	—	—
Won the Gold Medal -67.0 kg.
2012–11	Win	Piotr Kobylański	2012 WAKO European K-1 Championships, Semi Finals	Ankara, Turkey	Decision (unanimous)	3
2012–11	Win	Pavel Filimonov	2012 WAKO European K-1 Championships, Quarter Finals	Ankara, Turkey	Decision (unanimous)	3
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Professional boxing record

9 fights	9 wins	0 losses
By knockout	4	0
By decision	5	0
Draws	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
9	Win	9–0	Joshua Munisi	KO	1	19 Oct 2024	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, England
8	Win	8–0	Evandro Cavalheiro	KO	2	24 May 2024	Olimpia Arena, Ploiești, Romania
7	Win	7–0	Krisztián Sánta	KO	1	17 May 2024	Multipurpose Arena, Craiova, Romania
6	Win	6–0	Charlie Sheldon	UD	4	10 February 2024	Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England
5	Win	5–0	Ioan-Alexandru Lutic	UD	6	23 May 2023	Mioveni Arena, Mioveni, Romania
4	Win	4–0	Octavian Gratii	UD	6	7 May 2022	Olimpia Arena, Timișoara, Romania
3	Win	3–0	Ionuț Trandafir	KO	3	30 July 2021	Olimpia Arena, Timișoara, Romania
2	Win	2–0	Teodor Boyadzhiev	UD	4	28 Jun 2019	Olimpia Arena, Timișoara, Romania
1	Win	1–0	Nando Calzetta	UD	4	28 Aug 2015	Dunărea Ice Rink, Galați, Romania

See also

• List of male kickboxers