Josip Bodrožić

Josip Bodrožić
Born	Josip Bodrožić (1973-06-20) 20 June 1973 Melbourne, Australia
Nationality	Australian Croatian
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	120 kg (265 lb; 18 st 13 lb)
Division	Super Heavyweight
Style	Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Kaštel Gomilica

Josip Bodrožić (born June 20 1973) in Melbourne, Australia is a retired Australian–Croatian super heavyweight kickboxer. His height was 2 meters and he weighted 120 kilograms. Among other competitions, he fought in K-1 promotions.

Biography and career

Bodrožić was born in Melbourne, and at the age of 13 he moved with his family to Kaštel Gomilica. He was active in amateur kickboxing, and competed in the European and World Championships until 2000. Two of his most noted accomplishments were bronze medals at W.A.K.O., world championships under full contact rules 1997 in Gdansk and 1999 in Caorle.^[1]

In 2000 he began competing professionally and fought overseas. His most famous fight was against Bellarusian Alexey Ignashov in 2003 in Zagreb (the capital of Croatia) at the K-1 Final Fight Stars War in Zagreb, a K-1 event promoted by Orsat Zovko. Bodrožić lost the fight after five rounds by the judges' split decision.^[2]

In 2004 he became the W.P.K.C. super heavyweight muay thai world champion in Ugento, Italy, beating Hungarian Peter Varga for five rounds and dropping him down several times. After that he participated in K-1 Italy's Grand Prix 2004 in Milan losing to Jörgen Kruth in the semi finals.^[3]

He became the K-1 Grand Prix BIH 2004 tournament champion beating Dževad Poturak in the quarter finals. He had a Walkthrough in the semi finals and finally won the tournament against Serbian Duško Basrak.

Arrest

In 2010, Bodrožić was arrested for possessing 2 kilograms of cannabis. He claimed innocence, asserting that the drugs were the property of Dragan Stojić. In prison, he attempted to commit suicide with electricity but survived and was later released on bail paid by his father.

Titles

Professional

• 2004 K-1 Grand Prix BIH tournament champion
• 2004 WPKC Muay Thai Super Heavyweight World Champion +95 kg

Amateur

• 1999 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Caorle, Italia +91 kg (Full Contact Rules)^[4]
• 1997 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Gdansk, Poland +91 kg (Full Contact Rules)

Professional kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2005-11-11 Loss Cătălin Zmărăndescu Local Kombat 17 Brașov, Romania Decision 3 3:00 2005-09-16 Win Aurel Bococi Local Kombat 16 "Liga Campionilor" Cluj Napoca, Romania TKO 4 2004-12-10 Loss Ionuţ Iftimoaie Local Kombat 11 Romania Decision 3 3:00 2004-10-22 Win Alex Jucan Local Kombat 10 Brăila, Romania KO 2 2004-07-16 Loss Alexey Ignashov Kings of Oceania 2004 Auckland, New Zealand KO 1 2004-06-11 Win Duško Basrak K-1 Grand Prix BIH 2004, Final Široki Brijeg, BIH KO 2 Had a walktrough in the semi finals due to Ivan Sočo's injury. Wins K-1 Grand Prix BIH 2004 title. 2004-06-11 Win Dževad Poturak K-1 Grand Prix BIH 2004, quarter-finals Široki Brijeg, BIH KO 2 2004-04-24 Loss Jörgen Kruth K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan, semi-finals Milan, Italy KO (Right overhand) 3 2:59 2004-04-24 Win Marc de Wit K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan, quarter-finals Milan, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2004 Win Peter Varga Ugento, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Wins Varga's WPKC Muay Thai Super Heavyweight World title. 2004-02-28 Win Cheik Ouedrago Kombat Festival Genoa, Italy KO 2003-10-31 Loss Alexey Ignashov K-1 Final Fight Stars War in Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Decision (Split) 5 3:00 2003-09-12 Win Hiriwa Te Rangi K-1 Final Fight Split, Croatia RTD 3 2003-07-27 Loss Peter Graham K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Melbourne Melbourne, Australia Decision 3 3:00 2003-04-11 Win Andrew Peck K-1 Lord of the Rings Auckland, New Zealand KO (Punch) 1

See also

• List of WAKO Amateur World Championships
• List of WAKO Amateur European Championships
• List of K-1 champions
• List of K-1 events
• List of male kickboxers

References

External links

• Profile at k-1sport.de