Stjepan Veselic (born October 24, 1974, in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer. He is a former World and European champion in Muay Thai. Veselic had a tendency to go head-to-head with his opponents, which made him a favorite with fight fans.

Biography and career

Born of mixed Croatian-Dutch descent, Veselic started kickboxing at the age of 16. He fought out of Rotterdam for Pattaya Gym. His trainer was Ruud de Ronde alongside Herman Van Den Berge, Peter Mul, Ronald Wismeyer and Elroy Hage. Veselic is passionate fan of football club Feyenoord and during his career he fought in the Feyenoord colours and with the initials of Sporting Club Feyenoord 1908 on his short. He retired as a former WPKL Muay Thai Dutch, European and World Champion. ^[1]

Titles

• 2000 World Professional Kickboxing League (WPKL) Muay Thai World Middleweight Champion (3 title defenses)
• 2000 WPKL Muay Thai European Middleweight Champion
• 2000 WPKL Muay Thai Dutch Middleweight Champion
• 1998 WPKL Muay Thai Dutch Super Welterweight Champion (1 title defense)
• 1996 NKBB Kickboxing Dutch Super Welterweight Champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

38 Wins (31 KOs, 7 Decisions), 14 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
2005-10-05	Win	Chiba	The Last Performance	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO	1		38-14
2005-04-03	Win	Mot Eck Muangsemaa	A Tribute to Leo de Snoo	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO			37-14
2004-05-20	Loss	Gago Drago	It's Showtime 2004 Amsterdam	Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	36-14
2004-03-21	Loss	Pajonsuk	Veselic vs. Lumpini's No. 1	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO (Elbows)	3		36-13
Loses WPKL Muay Thai World Middleweight Championship.
2003-10-05	Win	Laurant Piriqet	Night of Explosions	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO			36-12
2003-04-06	Loss	Gago Drago	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Preliminary Holland [2]	Netherlands	KO (Right Knee Strike)	3	2:40	35-12
2003-02-16	Win	Sakmongkol Sithchuchok		Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2		35-11
Defends WPKL Muay Thai World Middleweight Championship.
2002-10-13	Win	Vincent Vielvoye	2H2H 5: Simply the Best	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO	4		34-11
Defends WPKL Muay Thai World Middleweight Championship.
2002-09-08	Win	Eddy Saban		Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO			33-11
2002-04-21	Loss	Najim Ettouhlali	Victory or Hell [3]	Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO			32-11
2002-02-03	Loss	Rayen Simson		Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	32-10
2001-04-29	Win	Sergei Karpin	[4]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1		32-9
Defends WPKL Muay Thai World Middleweight Championship.
2001-03-03	Loss	Jomhod Kiatadisak	The Night of Explosion [5]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	31-9
2000-12-12	Loss	Sergei Karpin	It's Showtime	Haarlem, Netherlands	KO	1		31-8
2000-11-12	Win	Andreas Marchetti	The Night of Explosion [6]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO	3		31-7
2000-09-03	Win	Dejpitak Sityodtong	Veselic meets Dejpitak [7]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO			30-7
Wins WPKL Muay Thai World Middleweight Championship.
2000-06-04	Win	Andy Souwer	Night of Revenge	Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	1		29-7
2000-04-16	Win	Hassan Ettaki	Thrill of the Year [8]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO	1		28-7
Wins WPKL Muay Thai European Middleweight Championship.
2000-01-23	Win	Vincent Vielvoye	Day of No Mercy [9]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO	3		27-7
Wins WPKL Muay Thai Dutch Middleweight Championship.
1999-12-05	Loss	Yodsuriyan Sith Yodthong	King's Birthday 1999	Bangkok, Thailand	KO	1		26-7
1999-10-30	Win	Gerold Mamadeus	Night of Sensation [10]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO	2		26-6
1999-09-25	Win	Rachid Biner		Vlaardingen, Netherlands	KO			25-6
1999-02-07	Win	Abdel Terzati	Matter of Honour [11]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	24-6
Defends WPKL Muay Thai Dutch Super Welterweight Championship.
1998-12-03	Win	Abdel Terzati	Night of Superstars	Amsterdam, Netherlands	DQ (Illegal Blow)			23-6
Wins WPKL Muay Thai Dutch Super Welterweight Championship.
1998-11-28	Win	El Azzouz		Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO			22-6
1998-05-23	Loss	Rayen Simson	Muay Thai Champions League	Roosendaal, Netherlands	KO	1		21-6
1998-05-23	Win	Mangonjuk	Muay Thai Champions League	Roosendaal, Netherlands	KO	3		21-5
1997-12-13	Win	Yucel Fidan	[12]	Den Bosch, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	20-5
1997-11-02	Win	Dave Delville		Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO			19-5
1997-06-01	Win	Arnold Sas	Battle of Amsterdam	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	18-5
1997-04-?	Loss	Najim Ettouhlali		Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO			17-5
1997-02-01	Loss	Hassan Ettaki		Rabat, Morocco	KO			17-4
1996-09-10	Loss	Dmitriy Pyasetsky		Prague, Czech Republic	KO			17-3
Fight was for ISKA Kickboxing Super Welterweight Championship.
1996-05-18	Win	Marvin Irion		Emmen, Netherlands	KO	2		17-2
1996-02-04	Win	Robbie Nelson		Dordrecht, Netherlands	TKO	2		16-2
Wins NKBB Kickboxing Dutch Super Welterweight Championship.
1995-11-14	Win	Rogier van der Heijden	Zilvermeeuwen	Zaandam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	15-2
1995-06-18	Win	Nadir LaReche		Breda, Netherlands	TKO	1		14-2
1995-05-08	Win	Aad Aldus		Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO	2		13-2
1995-02-06	Win	Jimmy Hoover		Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	2:00	12-2
1994-12-18	Win	Kaci		Amsterdam, Netherlands	TKO			11-2
1994-10-10	Win	Santjoe		Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO	1		10-2
1994-06-27	Win	Mehmet Coban		Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO	1		9-2
1994-05-16	Win	Damink		Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO	1	0:01	8-2
1994-04-18	Win	Franssachio		Germany	KO	3		7-2
1994-03-05	Win	Don Kempers		Breda, Netherlands	TKO (Referee Stoppage)	3		6-2
1993-11-27	Win	Bernard Veenstra		Marum, Netherlands	KO	1		5-2
1993-05-16	Loss	El Ejjouri		Sliedrecht, Netherlands	TKO (Corner Stoppage)			4-2
1996-09-10	Loss	Renato Haseth		Groningen, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)			4-1
1993-01-23	Win	van de Berg		Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	1	0:15	4-0
1992-12-14	Win	Wokke		Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)			3-0
1992-06-14	Win	Kemmeren		Breda, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)			2-0
1992-04-10	Win	Ozden		Germany	KO	1	0:25	1-0
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of male kickboxers

References