Ivan Stanić

Ivan Stanić (born May 28, 1983) is a Croatian cruiserweight Muay Thai kickboxer, former W.B.C. Muaythai world champion^[1] and King of the Ring muay thai world champion.

Ivan Stanić
Born	(1983-05-28) May 28, 1983 (age 42) Mostar, Croatia
Other names	Grozni
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb; 14.3 st)
Division	Cruiserweight Heavyweight
Style	Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Opatija, Croatia
Team	OFC – Opatija Fight Club
Trainer	Mladen Kranjčec
Years active	2000–2018
Kickboxing record
Total	45
Wins	32
By knockout	13
Losses	12
Draws	1
Last updated on: May 12, 2012

Personal life

Stanić has finished Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management in Opatija. He is also student of University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology for specialist graduate professional study. He is employed by Generali Group as a Risk manager and also works as a fitness trainer for professional athletes and recreational athletes.

Career

During Opatija Fight Night 2, Stanić fought the incumbent WBC Muaythai World cruiserweight champion Frédérique Bellonie for his title. He defeated Bellonie by a majority decision.^[2][3]

He replaced injured Cheick Sidibe in a match against tadej Toplak at Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators on December 2, 2012, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.^[4] Stanić accepted the fight although he had only 10 days to prepare and to lose 9 kilograms, because of that he ended in hospital and in order to do the fight he arranged the fight in 88 kilogram limit.^[5] At the end he lost the fight after three even rounds by judges decision.^[6]

In May 2015, Stanić fought Bogdan Stoica for the vacant SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Championship.^[7] Stoica won the fight by unanimous decision.^[8]

In September 2015, Stanić fought Jiri Zak for the vacant ISKA World Cruiserweight title.^[9] Stanić lost the fight by a third-round TKO.^[10]

Following this loss, Stanić won his next three fights, winning decision against Ricu Beleniuc, Samuele Canonico and Danilo Tošić.^[11][12]

Stanić fought once during 2017, when he met Denis Chorchyp at W5 Legends Collide. He won the fight by unanimous decision.^[13]

His last fight of 2018 came during Opatija Fight Night X, when he was scheduled to fight Damjan Savanović.^[14] Stanič defeated Savanović by unanimous decision.^[15]

Titles and achievements

• Professional:
  • 2011 KOTR World Cruiserweight Champion (-90 kg)^[16]
  • 2010 WBC Muaythai World Champion (-86.363 kg)^[1]
• Amateur:
  • 2016 Croatian Senior Kickboxing Championships -91 kg (Low kick Rules)
  • 2016 Croatian Senior Kickboxing Championships -94 kg (Kick Light Rules)
  • 2008 Croatian Senior Kickboxing Championships -86 kg (K-1 Rules)
  • 2007 W.A.K.O. World Championships -86 kg (K-1)
  • 2007 Croatian Senior Kickboxing Championships -91 kg (Low kick Rules)
  • 2006 W.A.K.O. European Championships Low-Kick (-91 kg) (Low-Kick)
  • 2005 Croatian Senior Kickboxing Championships -91 kg (Low kick Rules)

Kickboxing record

Professional Kickboxing Record
32 Wins (13 (T)KO's), 12 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2018-11-03	Win	Damjan Savanović	Opatija Fight Night X	Opatija, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2017-09-16	Win	Denis Chorchyp	W5 Legends Collide	Koper, Slovenia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2016-10-08	Win	Danilo Tošić	Bilić-Erić Security Fight Night 8 [17]	Zagreb, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2016-07-30	Win	Samuele Canonico	Opatija Fight Night 7	Opatija, Croatia	Decision	3	3:00
2015-10-31	Win	Ricu Beleniuc	Opatija Fight Night 6	Opatija, Croatia	Decision	3	3:00
2015-09-27	Loss	Jiri Zak	ISKA Fight Night	Brno, Czech Republic	TKO	3
For the ISKA World Cruiserweight (-88.5 kg/194 lb) Muay Thai Championship.
2014-12-20	Loss	Bahrudin Mahmić	FFC Super Final	Opatija, Croatia	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
2014-03-01	Loss	Patrick Van Rees	FFC Futures 1[18]	Opatija, Croatia	KO (Right Cross)	1	2:00
2013-11-15	Win	Strahinja Ivanović	FFC09: McSweeney vs. Traunmuller[19]	Ljubljana, Slovenia	TKO (Low kick)	2	1:30
2013-05-24	Loss	Igor Emkić	FFC05: Rodriguez vs. Simonjič[20]	Osijek, Croatia	KO (Left hook)	3	1:52
2013-02-23	Win	Laurent Attrifi	SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 1[21]	Opatija, Croatia	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
2012-12-02	Loss	Tadej Toplak	Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Decision	3	3:00
2012-10-27	Win	Hracho Darpinyan	Bajić Team & Ameno Fight Night	Split, Croatia	TKO (Low kicks)	2
2012-08-18	Loss	Franci Grajš	Admiral Markets Fight Night	Portorož, Slovenia	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
2012-05-12	Loss	Bogdan Stoica	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2012	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
For the vacant SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Championship.
2012-02-24	Win	Vidak Mravalj	Opatija Fight Night 4	Opatija, Croatia	TKO (Ref. stop/Right low kick)	2
2011-08-13	Loss	Vitali Akhramenko	Fight Code: Rhinos Series, Final 16 (Part 3), Super Fight	Debrecen, Hungary	Majority decision	3	3:00
2011-02-20	Win	Rodney Glunder	Opatija Fight Night 3	Opatija, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
Wins KOTR cruiserweight (-90kg) title.
2010-12-10	Win	Đemal Mahmić	Podgorica Fight Night	Podgorica, Montenegro	TKO (Low kicks)	2	1:22
2010-02-12	Win	Frédérique Bellonie	Opatija Fight Night 2	Opatija, Croatia	Decision (Majority)	5	3:00
Wins WBC Muaythai World cruiserweight (190lbs/86.363kg) title.
2009-02-10	Win	Kos Klemen	Opatija Fight Night 1	Opatija, Croatia	TKO	2	2:17
2009-10-16	Draw	Tomaš Šenkyr	Return of the Gladiators	Brno, Czech Republic	Decision (Draw)	5	3:00
Jury declared Stanić as the best fighter of the tournament among 32 fighters.[22]
2008-10-18	Win	Laszlo Racz	Opatija Challenger 2008[23]	Opatija, Croatia	TKO	2	1:54
2008-07-04	Loss	Stanislav Popov	PFAMT Muaythai event	Blagoveshchensk, Russia	Decision	5	3:00
2007-08-04	Win	Sven Plivičević	Bilić – Erić Security Night 2	Rijeka, Croatia	KO	2
2007-04-25	Win	Denis Marjanović	Bilić Fight Night	Zagreb, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2007-04-25	Win	Stipe Stipetić	Kickboxing – Free Fight Night	Pula, Croatia	TKO (Medical intervention)	2	2:41
2006-05-13	Loss	Bojan Glavaš	Gold Liga – Bjelovarska noć kickboxinga	Bjelovar, Croatia	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
2006-04-07	Loss	Bojan Glavaš	Noć Šampiona	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2005-07-22	Loss	Igor Jurković	Gold Liga	Mali Lošinj, Croatia
2005-05-14	Win	Bojan Glavaš	King of the Ring	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	KO	2	1:45
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Amateur Kickboxing Record
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2017-07-26	Loss	Igor Darmeskhin	World Combat Games, Low kick, Quarter Finals -91 kg	Wrocław, Poland	3:0	3	2:00
2016-10-27	Loss	Pavel Voronin	W.A.K.O European Championships 2016, K-1 Quarter Finals -91 kg	Maribor, Slovenia	1:2	3	2:00
2016-10-26	Win	Aliaksandr Baranouski	W.A.K.O European Championships 2016, K-1 First round -91 kg	Maribor, Slovenia	3:0	3	2:00
2016-04-30	Loss	Toni Čatipović	Croatian Kickboxing Championship, L-K Final -91 kg	Poreč, Croatia	1:2	3	2:00
Wins Croatian Kickboxing Championships '16 L-K Silver Medal -91 kg.
2016-04-30	Win	Nino Tolić	Croatian Kickboxing Championship, L-K Semi Finals -91 kg	Poreč, Croatia	3:0	3	2:00
2016-04-09	Win	Zoran Miloš	Croatian Kickboxing Championship, KL Final -94 kg	Opatija, Croatia	3:0	3	2:00
Wins Croatian Kickboxing Championships '16 KL Gold Medal -94 kg.[24]
2016-04-09	Win	Ivo Harambašić	Croatian Kickboxing Championship, KL Semi Finals -94 kg	Opatija, Croatia	2:1	3	2:00
2016-04-09	Win	Marino Šestan	Croatian Kickboxing Championship, KL Quarter Finals -94 kg	Opatija, Croatia	0:0	3	2:00
2007-09-30	Loss	Dženan Poturak	W.A.K.O World Championships 2007, K-1 Final -91 kg	Belgrade, Serbia	Decision (Split)	3	2:00
Wins W.A.K.O. World Championship '07 K-1 Silver Medal -86 kg.
2007-09-29	Win	Siarhei Krauchanka	W.A.K.O World Championships 2007, K-1 Semi Final -86 kg	Belgrade, Serbia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	2:00
2007-09-??	Win	Aly Staubmann	W.A.K.O World Championships 2007, K-1 Quarter Finals -86 kg	Belgrade, Serbia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	2:00
2006-11-23	Loss	Dejan Milosavljević	W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006, Low Kick Semi Finals -91 kg	Skopje, Macedonia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Wins 2006 W.A.K.O. European Championship Low Kick Bronze Medal -91 kg.
2006-11-22	Win	Kolev Krasimir	W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006, Low Kick Quarter Finals -91 kg	Skopje, Macedonia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of WAKO Amateur World Championships
• List of WAKO Amateur European Championships
• List of male kickboxers