Daniel Ghiță
Daniel Florin Ghiță (Romanian pronunciation: [daniˈel ˈɡit͡sə], born 22 April 1981) is a Romanian politician and former kickboxer, who serves as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania since December 2020.
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Ghiță in 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | Daniel Florin Ghiță 22 April 1981 Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Savage Samurai | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 255 lb (116 kg; 18 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Division | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Reach | 77 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Style | Muay Thai | ||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Anil Dubar (head coach) | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1999–2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Kickboxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 63 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 52 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 42 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: March 29, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Ghiță is the former It's Showtime heavyweight champion. He formerly competed in Glory, and was the runner up of the Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament. He also competed for the Japanese K-1 promotion, where he made his name in their 2009 and 2010 World Grand Prix seasons.
Ghiță is one of the biggest stars in kickboxing history known for throwing powerful low kicks. He was also known for his enormous left hook. Daniel Ghiță was often referred to as the “Savage Samurai”. He was widely considered one of the greatest kickboxers.
He was ranked No. 1 heavyweight in the world in 2014. Between 2012 and 2015, he was at least a Top 2 heavyweight in the world. In January 2016, he was dropped from the rankings due to his unofficial retirement. Ghiță returned to the ring in October 2018 at Colosseum Tournament 9, when he defeated Dževad Poturak by technical knockout.