Branko Cikatić

Branko "The Tiger" Cikatić ( born October 3, 1954) is a Croatian kickboxer.

On April 3, 1993 Cikatić wrote sports history when he won the first ever K-1 World Grand Prix Final. He triumphed in three wars against the Thais Changpuek Kiatsongrit, the Japanese Masaaki Satake and the Dutchman Ernesto Hoost by each co Branko Cikatić denied a total of eleven K-1 fights with six wins and five defeats. His most recent and probably final last fight in K-1 took place at the K -1 World GP Opening on September 7, 1997. Here he met the South African Mike Bernardo, who him through technical co defeated in the first round after only 38 seconds. However, in 1997 Cikatić has seen another great success - the 1.90 m wide boxer was heavyweight champion of the IKBF (International Kickboxing Federation). He is currently boxing club in Tiger Gym. Fight record (K -1): 6 wins: 5 × Ko, 1 × TKO --- 5 Losses: 1 × Ko, TKO 1 ×, 3 × points

Late in his career worked Cikatić in the movie Skyscraper.

K- 1 fights

• April 3, 1993 (K -1 World Grand Prix Final ): vs. Changpuek Kiatsongrit → knockout win in the first round after 2 minutes 35 seconds
• April 3, 1993 (K -1 World Grand Prix Final ): vs. Masaaki Satake → knockout win in the third round after 45 seconds
• April 3, 1993 (K -1 World Grand Prix Final ): vs. Ernesto Hoost → knockout win in the first round after 2 minutes and 49 seconds
• March 4, 1994 (K-1 Challenge ) vs. Andy Hug → 3:0 -point defeat after five rounds
• April 30, 1994 (K -1 World Grand Prix Final ): vs. Andre Mannaart → knockout win in the second round for 16 seconds,
• April 30, 1994 (K -1 World Grand Prix Final ): vs. Masaaki Satake → 2:0 -point defeat after three rounds
• September 18, 1994 (K-1 Revenge ): vs. Stan ' The Man' Longinidis → 3:0 -point defeat after five rounds
• December 10, 1994 (K-1 Legend): vs. Ernesto Hoost → Ko - victory in the second round after 1 minute and 18 seconds
• March 16, 1997 (K-1 Kings ) vs. Akio ' Musashi ' Mori → TKO win in the fourth round after 1 minute and 38 seconds
• July 20, 1997 (K-1 Dreams ): vs. Sam Greco → knockout loss in the first round after 2 minutes and 58 seconds
• September 7, 1997 (K -1 World GP Opening): vs. Mike Bernardo → TKO defeat in the first round after 38 seconds