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Stephen Wakeling (born 4 October 1983) is an English Middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer, fighting out of Kent, England. He is former British, European and four time World Muay Thai champion.

Early life

Wakeling's parents were both Muay Thai fighters, his father competed in the famed King's Cup in Thailand.

Biography and career

He was expected to face Joe Schilling at Glory 5: London in London, England on 23 March 2013 but his opponent was changed to Simon Marcus. Marcus then withdrew from the bout to face Artem Levin, however, and Eddie Walker stepped in as his third opponent. He stopped Walker with low kicks in round two.

He was set to compete in the four man 85 kg/187 lb tournament at Glory 10: Los Angeles - Middleweight World Championship Tournament in Ontario, California, United States on 28 September 2013 and face Joe Schilling in the semi-finals. However, he was unable to compete due to visa issues and was replaced by Kengo Shimizu.

On the 15th of October 2022 Steve was added to the WBC Muay Thai Hall of Fame.

Titles

• 2011 WBC Muay Thai Super Middleweight World champion
• 2008 WMC M.A.D. World champion
• 2007 WKA Tournament World Middleweight Champion
• 2006 WBC Muay Thai Middleweight World champion
• 2005 S-1 Tournament World champion
• 2004 IMKO World champion
• 2003 WMC Muay Thai World champion
• 2003 WAKO-PRO World title (68 kg)
• 2002 IKF Super Welterweight European Champion
• 2001 British champion

Fight record

Kickboxing record

37 wins (15 KOs), 4 losses, 1 draw
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2017-9-22	Loss	Cheick Sidibé	Phoenix 3 London	London, United Kingdom	TKO	4	3:00
2013-03-23	Win	Eddie Walker	Glory 5: London	London, England	KO	2
2012-07-07	Draw	Artem Levin	Xplosion Muay Thai	England	Draw	5	3:00
2011-01-08	Win	Jaochalam Chatkranokgym	The Champions Club 6	Pattaya, Thailand	TKO (Knee)	4
Wins the WBC Muay Thai World Super Middleweight title.
2008-08-16	Win	Diesellek TopkingBoxing	Muaythai Legends - England vs Thailand	London, UK	Decision	5	3:00
2007-12-08	Win	Yohan Lidon	Steko's Fight Night Final	Munich, Germany	Decision (Split)	4	3:00
2007-12-08	Win	Luis Reis	Steko's Fight Night Semi Final	Munich, Germany	Decision	3	3:00
2007-12-08	Win	Odjeh Manda	Steko's Fight Night Quarter Final	Munich, Germany	KO	1
2007-09-15	Win	Jan De Keyser	Steko's Fight Night, Final	Munich, Germany
2007-09-15	Win	Yohan Lidon	Steko's Fight Night, Semi Final	Munich, Germany	TKO(Doctor Stoppage)	2
2007-02-25	Loss	Lamsongkram Chuwattana	Thunder & Lightning 10	London, England	Decision	5	3:00
Loses the WBC Muay Thai World 160lbs title.
2006-08-19	Win	Jomhod Kiatadisak	Muaythai Legends - England vs Thailand	London, UK	Decision	5	3:00
2006-03-12	Win	John Wayne Parr	WBC Muay Thai Championships	London, England, UK	Decision (Split)	5	3:00
Wins the 1st WBC Muay Thai World 160lbs title.
2005-08-12	Win	Pairot Wor.Wolapon	S-1 World Championship, Final	Bangkok, Thailand	KO (Knee to the head)	3
Wins the 2005 S-1 World Championship -72kg title.
2005-08-12	Win	Arslan Magomedov	S-1 World Championship, Semi Final	Bangkok, Thailand	Decision	3	3:00
2005-08-12	Win	Sergey Makogonov	S-1 World Championship, Quarter Final	Bangkok, Thailand	Decision	3	3:00
2004-11-14	Win	Abdoul Toure	Last Man Standing	London, England, UK	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
2004-10-02	Win	Aree Nadir	Muay Thai Warriors 3	Crawley, England, UK	TKO	1
Wins the IMKO World title.
2003-06-22	Loss	Kevin Harper	Now is the Time of Combat	London, England, UK	TKO (Injury)	1
Loses WAKO Pro Muay Thai World title.
2003-02-17	Win	Yingyai Jaothaleethong		London, England, UK	Decision (Split)	5	3:00
Wins the WMC World 147lbs title.
2002-	Win	Kevin Harper		England, UK	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
2002-08-18	Win	Junior Herbert		Reading, England, UK	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
Wins the IKF Pro Muay Thai European Super Welterweight title.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers

References

1. ^ "Profile Steve Wakeling". www.thaiboxen.de. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
2. http://gloryworldseries.com/en/news/view/277 Meet The Fighter - Stephen Wakeling
3. Joe Schilling vs. Steve Wakeling Slated for GLORY 5 London
4. GLORY 5 London Fight Card
5. Steve Wakeling Now Fights Eddie Walker at GLORY 5 London, 23 March
6. GLORY 5 London Live Results
7. Results and Recap: Glory 5 Archived 20 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine
8. GLORY 5 Aftermath: Steve Wakeling Has Arrived
9. GLORY 10 Los Angeles: Middleweight Tournament
10. Glory 10 set for Ontario, CA with 4-man middleweight tournament Archived 28 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
11. Match ups announced for Glory 10 middleweight tournament Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
12. Steve Wakeling out of Glory 10 middleweight tournament, Kengo Shimizu now set to face Joe Schilling Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
13. "HALL OF FAME - WBC MUAYTHAI". 18 March 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
14. "Steve Wakeling - WBC MUAYTHAI". 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
15. "WBC Muay Thai press release on Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

External links

• Scorpions Muay Thai Boxing Gym

• 1983 births
• Living people
• English male kickboxers
• Welterweight kickboxers
• Middleweight kickboxers
• English Muay Thai practitioners
• Martial artists from London
• 21st-century English sportsmen