Started kickboxing late, at the age of 19, in local gym "Dalmatian power" coached by Vedran Bađun.

Progressing in "Pit bull Zagreb" and training with coach Miro Jurac he became WAKO Amateur World Champion and multiple Croatian champion in full contact, thai boxing, low kick and K-1 style, also winning "Croatia open" low kick rules tournament.

World, low kick champion, beating Hamza Kendircioglu, runner up from last years European championship and last World championship, Samed Osmanović, champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina in semi finals and winning gold medal against favored Dragan Jovanović from Serbia.

[2][3][4] He challenged Freddy Kemayo for the vacant WAKO PRO K1 rules super heavyweight world championship, in Paris, France at FK-ONE event on 20 April 2013, losing by TKO in third round.

[5][6][7] He was scheduled to fight Tomáš Hron at Glory 14: Zagreb undercard on 8 March 2014, however he was replaced with Kirk Krouba.