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Avni Yıldırım vs Steve Kroekel — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Avni Yıldırım

Steve Kroekel

Avni Yıldırım (29-5) and Steve Kroekel (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Yıldırım

29

Wins18 KO · 62%

5

Losses

0

Draws34 tracked bouts

Kroekel

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Yıldırım leads 1–0

Avni Yıldırım and Steve Kroekel have met 1 time; Yıldırım leads 1–0.

Avni Yıldırım and Steve Kroekel have met 1 time; Yıldırım leads 1–0.
Met2015Jun 16Series
Avni YıldırımFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Steve KroekelFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Yıldırım 5 · Kroekel 0 of 5 measurable rows
YıldırımKroekel
Record†
29-5 (edge)0-6
Win %0–100%
85.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 18
18 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
62.07%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
62%—
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.8
2.8 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
34
6

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Avni Yıldırım: 6′0″
Steve Kroekel: No height on file
Reachnot held
Avni Yıldırım: 70″
Steve Kroekel: No reach on file
Agenot held
Avni Yıldırım: 35
Steve Kroekel: No date of birth
Stance
Avni Yıldırım: Orthodox Stance
Steve Kroekel: Not recorded

Avni Yıldırım left, Steve Kroekel right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Avni Yıldırım29 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Avni Yıldırım: 29 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (62%) and 11 on the cards (38%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 62%11 on the cards 38%

Steve Kroekel0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Steve Kroekel: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kroekel yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Avni Yıldırım 34, Steve Kroekel 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Avni Yıldırım has won five straight, the most recent against Konstantin Ponomarev. Yıldırım last boxed on Jun 6, 2026 — 140 days ago.WWWWW

Amanov Sep 2024Gorokhov Nov 2024Caicedo Jun 2025Egowa Nov 2025Ponomarev Jun 20262.8 tracked bouts per year

Steve Kroekel last boxed on Jun 16, 2015 — 4,148 days ago. Kroekel had lost six straight.LLLLL

Krasniqi Jun 2009Boesel May 2012Lihaug Nov 2013Gutknecht May 2015Yıldırım Jun 20150.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Avni Yıldırım and Steve Kroekel ever fought each other?
Yes. Avni Yıldırım and Steve Kroekel met once on June 16, 2015, and Avni Yıldırım won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WJun 16, 2015 · Yıldırım · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Yıldırım or Kroekel?
Avni Yıldırım is 29-5 and Steve Kroekel is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Avni Yıldırım has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Yıldırım29–585.3%

Kroekel0–60%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Yıldırım or Kroekel?
Avni Yıldırım has 18 knockout wins and Steve Kroekel has 0. Avni Yıldırım has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Yıldırım1862.1%

Kroekel0

The Numbers ↓
Do Yıldırım and Kroekel have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Avni Yıldırım and Steve Kroekel have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Yıldırım and Kroekel?
This comparison is drawn from 34 bouts tracked for Avni Yıldırım and 6 bouts tracked for Steve Kroekel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Yıldırım34bouts

Kroekel6bouts

How They Win ↓

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