European Championships 2006 in Skopje was the heaviest of the male Thai-Boxing tournaments and involved eight fighters.
Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Thai-Boxing rules.
The tournament champion was Alexey Kudin of Belarus who defeated Croatian Valentino Venturini in the final by KO to win the gold medal.
It was a sweet victory for Kudzin who had been runner up at the last European championships in Budva.
Defeated semi finalists Mirko Vlahović of Montenegro and Mladen Bozic from Serbia took bronze.