Ernesto Hoost
Four K-1 crowns built on perfect fundamentals
- Born
- July 11, 1965, Heemskerk, Netherlands
- Nationality
Netherlands- Height
- 189 cm (6′2″)
- Style
- Technical combination striker
- Weight
- Light Heavyweight, Heavyweight
- Active
- 1983–2006, 2014
- Status
- Retired · age 61
The record
Professional kickboxing, Wikipedia infobox (121 bouts). The partial database at muaythairecords.com lists 91-20-1.
The story
rnesto Hoost earned the name Mr. Perfect by doing simple things better than anyone else in the heavyweight division. Born in Heemskerk in 1965, he came up through Dutch Muay Thai and won WMC world titles in 1989, 1990 and 1992 before K-1 made him a star. His first K-1 final, in 1993, ended in a first-round knockout loss to Branko Cikatić, but he went on to win the World Grand Prix in 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2002, beating Andy Hug, Mirko Cro Cop, Ray Sefo and Jérôme Le Banner in those finals. His game rested on accurate combinations that finished with a chopping low kick, backed by patient counters and sound defense. He retired in 2006 and, at 49, came back to outpoint Peter Aerts in 2014.
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- K-1 World Grand Prix champion (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002)
- K-2 Grand Prix champion (1993)
- WMC Muay Thai world champion (1989, 1990, 1992)
- ISKA full-contact light heavyweight world champion (1994)
- WKA kickboxing world champion (1990)
- Black Belt Magazine Full-Contact Fighter of the Year (2004)
Defining fights
- 1993LOSSvs Branko Cikatić (KO 1, K-1 Grand Prix final)
- 1997WINvs Andy Hug (decision, K-1 World GP final)
- 1999WINvs Mirko Cro Cop (KO 3, body shot, K-1 World GP final)
- 2002WINvs Jérôme Le Banner (KO 3, mid kicks, K-1 World GP final)
- 2014WINvs Peter Aerts (unanimous decision, comeback bout)
Finish your hand combinations with a kick the way Hoost did: jab, cross, lead hook, then a rear low kick to the lead thigh while the opponent is still covering up high.
