Who is the Kickboxing GOAT???
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- A breakdown of the best kickboxers of all time and who deserves to be recognized as the p4p of the sport.
A 6X pro world champion gives his opinion on which of these athletes is the GOAT.
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No hating on other's opinions please. But list your kickboxing GOAT.
In my opinion there's only one fighter who deserves this title.
Gabriel Varga Israel adesanya??
I mean are we talking records or skill
This dude is an ELITE striker
Gabriel Varga Nikki holzken???????
@@jab-io2po He's one of the best at 170lbs. For sure! But lost twice to Buakaw, Cedric Doumbe and Regian Eersel. So can't be ranked the best ever. Just like myself. I've had 3 legit losses in kickboxing. Can't be the GOAT.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Petrosian is overrated there's 30 reason why he isn't the GOAT of Kickboxing .
I can name it all .
@@8limbedwarriornakmuay175 Please do list some of them. I'm very interested to hear your take.
Remember when he fought Buakaw he was competing in muay thai and hadn't hit his peak yet. Then he dominated Souwer, Kraus, Sato who all gave Buakaw some trouble.
I'm looking forward to hearing your opinions. Maybe you have some good points I haven't thought of.
You forgot mr.Perfect Ernesto Hoost that also has 4 k-1 titles like Sem Schilt. You cant say Peter Aerts without Ernesto Hoost they are good friends now but they fought eachother 5 times.
Hoost lost to bob sapp
@@Erwin-eo7iv yeah but bob started having mental issues and taking dives for money after actually trying his first few fights
@@Erwin-eo7iv lost to Bob Sapp who Sapp wasn't being abused by promoters
@Life is Peachy bob sapp was actually decent before he was getting paid to throw fights and had extreme mental issues, go watch his early fights when he was trying
@Life is Peachy yeah semmy was a four time k1 champion and beat some of the best kickboxers of all time, which ernesto beat the person who beat semmy FOUR TIMES which was peter aerts, he beat mirko cro cop 3 times, Jérôme Le Banner three times, Andy hug 3 times, Ray Sefo three times. After bob sapp won he fought mirko cro cop, seth petruzelli, ray sefo, akio mori, choi hong man, and peter aerts. He really isn't overrated thats goofy
Hoost was the first 4x K-1 WGP champ, during the Heavyweight golden era. Hes the Heavy W goat.
Petrosyan is the P4P GOAT. Hes the Sugar Ray Robinson of kickboxing.
@@bennyz5515 it sadly does, cant really put one up as there are weight classes. But if you have to had to put one up,then it must be the heavy weight with best records, even then,still they havent daught at the same time and opponents, so there is much more to consider than just numbers of records.
Crazy how rob kaman smoked a arguably prime hoost on his decline
@Life is Peachy you’re on crack
@Life is Peachy that’s a stupid argument there was 1 or 2 champions in Ali’s era because they only had 2 major sanctioning body’s
@Life is Peachy klitschko is same as rico... Not enough high level fighter in their Generation. Would love to see both vs old Generation top guys
This dude is a killer and he is still humble. Great content
Thanks man.
😂😂
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Buakaw has fought a total of 54 fights under Kickboxing rules and his real record is 52-2 under Kickboxing rules ( only really losing to Masato in the rematch and to Sato in the third fight ).
Buakaw is the best Kickboxer ever when it comes to accomplishment and record.
He should have won the K-1 Max title 4 times ( 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2014 ) and might have won a fifth one ( 2009 ).
Petrosyan two K-1 Max titles wins were illegitimate ( might have lost in the final to Buakaw in 2009 and should have lost to Mike Zambidis in 2010 ).
Andy Souwer only won the K-1 Max title in 2007, his win in 2005 was a robbery against Buakaw.
Masato won the K-1 Max title in 2003 and 2008 were illegitimate, his win in 2003 was because of a robbery against Zambidis and in 2008 was also illegitimate because he should have lost to both Sato and Kyshenko.
Conclusion is Buakaw is the GOAT of Kickboxing BY FAR !
To me it is Andy Hug, not only did he competed and became world champion in 3 different styles of kickboxing but he also fought during the golden age of heavyweight divisions while being undersized most of the times and beat the who is who of the sport!
PS: I think Ernesto Hoost should be on the list too, he won the K-1 GP 4 times just like Semmy.
Hug was my favorite of golden area K1
HUG!!!!
ROB KAMAN the Dutchman Mr Low kick , Fight 111 , win 98 , Draws 2 , lost 9 KOs ,77 9 times kickboxing and Muay Thai world Champion, for years he was the GOAT by Fighters , but lately people forgot him
RIP to a legend. Greatest low kicker of all time
You forgot Ernesto Hoost, Rob Kaman, Masato Kobayashi and Ramon Dekkers (he's a kickboxeur too, not only nak muay)
Yes, Ernesto, and YES RAMON... RIP
Had you watched the entire video, you would have heard him mention both Dekkers and Masato.
ramon dekkers!!!!
@Disgruntled Simp Mod Kaman lost to a 10 KG smaller Changpuek Kiatsongrit under Kickboxing rules lol.
@@user-qp7uv1lr4k Dekkers lost by TKO in round 1 against Coban Lookchaomaesaitong despite Coban having no Kickboxing fight prior.
Only one GOAT for me. Ramon Dekkers, I miss him. In and out of his prime he was unstoppable, even winning with only one arm. The sheer focus and will to take down whoever was standing in his way. He was a really humble man, god rest his sould.
That's a good pick.
I'll have to do a video on him. A real champion. RIP.
Ramin Dekkers was good but no where near GOAT status
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Dekkers record under Kickboxing rules is very limited he even lost by TKO in round 1 to a 0-0 Kickboxer in Coban Lookchaomaesaitong.
Most of his greatest wins and losses were under Muay Thai rules not Kickboxing.
@@8limbedwarriornakmuay504 if you fight a lot, you lose sometimes. He completely trashed Conan under Thai rules
@@tommiel6740 And yet Coban beat him in the third fight under MT rules with absolute ease ( won every rounds and scored 2 knockdowns ).
Also Dekkers is a joke compared to Coban.
Coban was smaller than Dekkers and still won 2 out of 3 fights ( the fourth fight was a set up and should be considered a no-contest ).
Masato will always be my favorite kickboxer of all time but 1000% agree that Petrosyan is the GOAT. I saw him demolish Souwer in person at a K1 event at the Budokan in Tokyo. It was the first time he was on my radar but I was blown away by how he dissected such a legend. He proceeded to almost effortlessly beat every K1 max fighter there was. Masato retired just in time ;)
Masato was one of my favourites as well.
I'm glad he didn't fight Giorgio. I don't think it would have gone well for him.👍
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Completely agree! I was with a mutual friend of ours Bryan Chou at those fights in Tokyo when we saw Petrosyan make short work of Souwer and we were both just kinda like uhh :O ..scary man.
@@PrimeCollectibles Souwer was damaged good in that second fight against Petro because Buakaw soften Souwer all 4 rounds before getting robbed.
Petrosyan is a joke of a Kickboxer.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Masato the joke lost should have lost 10+ fights under Kickboxing rules.
Petrosyan lost ( should have lost ) to Petchmorakot, Superbon ( KO ), Buakaw, Mike Zambidis and Andy Ristie ( KO ) all under Kickboxing rules.
How is he the GOAT ?
Buakaw is 51-2 under Kickboxing rules he's the GOAT of Kickboxing.
Buakaw is the kickboxing GOAT, not Petrosyan
You left out Masato Kobayashi. One of the most iconic beasts of the K1 days.
MASATO WAS THE BEST OF A GENERATION!!!!
AND ERNESTO HOOST IS A GOD OF KICKBOXING king 👑 of kings
Agree
@@cindymmm11Masato lose 10+ fights how is he the GOAT ? 😂
Just wanna add Mike Zabidis as an honorable mention, amazing fighter.
Agreed, and Cro cop!
Petrosyan beat him
We’re not talking about a real 🐐 here.
That's one of my favourites
@@joelmicalehealth5921 Yes beat him while running away the whole time like bitch 😂😂😂
I agree with you Gabriel, but most importantly, I like your humble answer to the question of you facing Petrosyan.
Very humble man Gabriel. I took a seminar you put on in Victoria b.c. quite a few years ago..awesome teacher and great human. All the best to you sir.
Thank you 🙏
I'll get another seminar in Victoria lined up as soon as we can all train together.
I agree Giorgio is the GOAT of kickboxing. It's incredible how he got back after the very bad period after he got knocked out. And now he showed he is the best again
badr hari in his prime woukd beat any version of giorgio imo
@@SoulAlmighty1660 well no shit he's a heavyweight and giorgio is a featherweight kickboxer💀
@@zakyrabbani7194 he fights better agaisnt his division then he at his division
@@zakyrabbani7194 and if u wanna talk about it that way the Floyd mayweather is the best off all time
@@SoulAlmighty1660 what? How does floyd mayweather become the greatest with what i just said?
Cool video and generally cool content on your channel. Decent list, decent conclusion as well, but as many have stated, i miss Hoost in the list. Personally i always liked Bonyaski and Cro Cop as well. Awesome that you mention Dekkers! Even though he's a Muai Thai legend, he's not that well known in his own country.
Anyway, appreciate the content! It's nice to get your professional opinion on these things!
love the content , great job
I agree with a lot of the points here. Purely based on resume it is definitely Giorgio, but I tend to lean towards Buakaw a bit since he's one of my favorites haha
Feel the same all fighters are good but badr is the goat its just a fact a
Don’t you agree Ramon Dekkers should have been on this list? Action starts at 3.07: czcams.com/video/aCwIdrX0m7U/video.html
@@tommiel6740 While Ramon Dekkers is a legend and helped popularize Muay Thai and Kickboxing, I don't consider him one of the best to ever do it. He doesn't even crack the top ten farang Muay Thai fighters imo. I feel his influence is often conflated with his skill, and while he was dangerous, his resume and perfomances do not measure up to many other legends
@@samjohnsonkb Ramon was a muay thai fighter with a kickboxing background and world champion at both. This was a kickboxing list. All across the internet Ramon is praised as one of the best farangs and many say he is considered the best. You must be smoking saying he’s not even in the farang top 10 :)
We all know that (a) Ramon got robbed many times in Thailand and (b) he fought a bit too much (injuries) and too long. Hence the record is not so clean on paper 236 fights, 186 wins, 95 KO.
@@tommiel6740 You are correct that I was exaggerating about him not being in the top ten farang. I smoke good stuff haha, but I am sometimes a bit too critical of him and concede that he is one of the best farang Muay Thai fighters. That being said, what makes him stand out from other top tier farang? Fabio Pinca, Toshio Fujiwara, Ivan Hippolyte, Youssef Boughanem, Rayen Simson, Rafi Bohic, John Wayne Parr, etc. all have made similar or bigger impacts in the Muay Thai / Kickboxing world as far as their respective physical peak and fight record, and it is rare to see them pop up as often as Ramon when searching for legendary farang fighters. Above all of this, Dany Bill has been slighted endlessly in this regard. He was significantly more athletic and technical than Dekkers, as well as having a better resume. Bill is by far the best farang to compete in Muay Thai.
I disagree that Ramon was frequently robbed. I have watched a lot of footage of his fights against Thais, and him having a 13-21 record against them is justified imo. In fact I have seen Dekkers gifted decisions more often than robbed, for example his win against Sangtiennoi is completely off to me. Unless you would like to bring up a specific fight or fights where he was robbed, I think we can agree to disagree there. And yes, we was plagued by injuries, especially inflammation in his legs that he ignored because he wanted to keep fighting (which does make me respect him a lot) but no one enters the ring at 100% and it is ultimately the fighter's decision to put it on the line. To conclude, his wins against Namphon and Coban are probably some of the highest profile victories a foreigner has achieved in the sport (barring Dany Bill's career) and that definitely gives him a significant amount of credit, but looking at his whole career, I don't see much that elevates him above other farang legends to the point of being the GOAT of foreigners. His impact on the sport is much more significant than his in-ring performances imo.
Agree with your pick. Unfortunately, I don't think a rematch between Buakaw and Petrosyan is happening. It would also be interesting to see either of those guys fight Yodsanklai, though I believe even he is on the tail end of his career.
Also, the humility at the end is refreshing. Is your next fight going to be MMA or kickboxing?
Love your content! I wish you lived closer I would love to come learn from you
At least we have youtube and the internet.
Definitely better than nothing 💪
I agree with your pick.
My honorable mention would be a Muay Thai legend, Samart Payakaroon
hes not a kickboxer
He is the goat of muy thai!
I would of picked Saenchai personally
@@thejapanarchocommunist me Raymond Dekker
It's crazy that me as a combat sports fan didn't know about half of the fighters you listed I'm going to watch more kickboxing
Well... have a look at the below video. It’s Ramon Dekkers. He’s mentioned by many people in the comments. He should have been on this list. ~65 kg, but would have been the most brutal on the list.
Over 224 fights, 186 wins, 95 by KO. Many of the losses in Thailand were dubious as he basically had to knock ever Thai out to win.
Let me know what you think. Action starts at 3.07 but the whole thing is good. Enjoy: czcams.com/video/aCwIdrX0m7U/video.html
@@tommiel6740 OH NO i already knew who ramon was YEARS ago from a muay thai video by mindmsmash (philisophical youtuber/fight fan) BUT thanks for the mention i really only watching one and the UFC these days
Hoost deserves a mention but I agree on Petrosyan. After the first round he’s literally untouchable.
You’re the man bro! Good video
Like the new neat and brighter background :)
Ernesto hoost, Rob kaman ,Gilbert balentine, sanchai great videos and i Just suscribed to your channel 👍
Awesome.
Glad to have you hear. I'll have to look a bit more into Balentine.
Badr Hari is kinda like Mike Tyson in a way. Both have that wow factor, savage mentality and questionable loses. But on their best day they could take any fighter on their best day. Also the two loses to Rico he won all rounds but Badr got injured. The disq loss to Bonjasky he was also dominating. He lost to Schild but also won against him. And Badr gor KO'd by Graham but he beat him twice after.
The numbers would be way higher if he didn't get dq in bonjasky and hesdy gerges
Many of his losses are as an older guy past his prime
I agree with your evaluation. Could you do another of these for Muay Thai
this was so cool, GV
It's nicely explained for people around their 30's, for us elders (+50+), we have Benny Urquidez, Don Wilson, Jean Yves Theriau,
Ernesto Hoost, Bill Wallace, Rick Roufus as references, how about you do a review of how these unbelievable fighters differ from today, how kickboxing evolved ? isn't the GOAT criteria depending on the generation of fighters- I'd love to hear your enlightened throughts !! thank you
OverSool
Benny the JOKE lost by KO to Narongnoi Kiatbandit and lost with ease to Prayuth Sittibonlert all under Kickboxing rules.
Despite the Jet having shinguards in his long pants and those 2 Thai fighters having no Kickboxing fight prior.
Benny GOAT of what ?
Hoost lost by KO to Bob Sapp twice under his own Kickboxing rules.
Wilson lost to a smaller Fanta Attapong and it was probably under Kickboxing rules.
Ernesto Hoost? Rob Kaaman? Nicky Holzken? i think you forgot some dutch guys bro ;)
For sure. I should have included 10 guys in the discussion. Although I don't think any of them have a chance of topping Petrosyan. But everyone in the list including those you mentioned is fantastic.
No hate though bro ;) still remember the Amrani fight. That was a crazy brawl!!
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Would’ve been nice to mention the ko ratio of Badr. Regardless a very good video
Bur3aawi K1 86,8% that is nuts.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Nobody would list Badr over Ernesto Hoost in that list though. Same for Kaaman.
I agree already had that opinion. Very nice humble opinion from you gabriel!
thanks for making this
I'll go for the legend, Peter Aerts. His fights in Tokio, with a lot of heavyweight competition. My favorite Dutch fighter, after Ramon Dekkers.
Some honorable mentions: Rob Kaman, was pretty amazing and killer low kick; Alexey Ignashov, KO'd Semmy Schilt with a knee 😳
Your humility is appreciated..
Humble content my guy, keep it up
Nicely put the arguments forward, I have to admit. Well done. Personally, I would have gone with the one and only Mr Perfect. Ernesto Hoost changed the heavyweight game entirely. His combination of kick and punch, his totally difgerent style of leg blocking plus the fact that he wasn't one of the heavier and bigger fighters in an aera of pumped up droids but still was able to be the first to win 4 K1 titles makes Ernesto Hoost the prefect candidate to be The GOAT of Kickboxing. Just my 2 cents ofc.
That pirate hat tho 🔥
My grandpa was a kickboxer in the 70's he won 6 world champions the stories are cool af
The content u provided alongside the kickboxing awards u have accomplished makes u a goat of kickboxing. No one has done what u did. We thank u for ur knowledge
When I remember old K1 tournaments, the name that always comes to my mind is Glaube Feitosa. I always thought how underrated he is. What are your thoughts of this K.O. artist, a Kyokushinkai legend? I remember his matches were among the most exciting ones for me. The way he K.O.ed Musashi... Musashi literally became a TV kids show host after that 😬 Only the height saved Semmy Schilt from Glaube's question mark kick K.O. There are also Hug, Hoost, Kaoklai (his legendary K.O. of Mighty Mo), Hunt, LeBaner, Sefo, Saki, Fairtex, CroCop, Aerts, Bonjasky, Zambidis, Serkan Yilmaz... I loved K1 so much! I like Badr but he is giving his ego and emotions too much space in my opinion. That lost vs Rico was very unpleasant to watch for me. He was dominating until he decided to underestimate the opponent offensively throwing spinning back kick. If you kick a heavy bag with this kick and keep you foot straight, once the heel connects it's very likely your tendon will be heavily impacted and probably hurt. I am sorry but I have to consider that a bad technique and the only reason he did it is for a show off and have his NEW spinning back kick highlight. He thought he had it in a bag and failed as his ego took over. I think fighters must control the emotions and keep it respectful. Saenchai is a 🐐 mostly because of his attitude, his godlike power to controll his emotions and setting energy levels in a fights to his advantage. Badr is sometimes an opposite of that. Great heart, amazing fighter and very possible him being a bad boy is why people love him so much. But a kickboxing 🐐? Petrosyan all the way! ✊
Feitosa was beautiful to watch. His hip mobility was amazing for such a big athlete.
I definitely miss K-1.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial One day I was watching TV in Osaka, Japan and some kids show was on. The host was very familiar to me and I was shocked when I realized it's Musashi! Then I remembered what Glaube did to him and it just made sense...
Glaube Feitosa had that beautiful high whip kick over the guard. Also that teeth shattering front kick 😅
Rob Kaman for me. Followed by Hoost, Aerts, Bonjasky, Hari, Spong, Schilt and Saki
Rob Kaman, really?
Gabriel Varga! Still great content Mr Varga! Thanks big time!
My pleasure!
Love you man. Great Job👍💪
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video.
I'd have to go with big Bob sapp, No1 and Hong Man choi No2
Finally. Someone with the truth 👍😆
I loved watching the bouts with Jerome Le Banner (90 - 21 - 2) (70Kos)
I do believe Petrosyan lossed to Andy Ristie in the Glory Tournament.
This is the kind of video I was looking when I typed the greatest kickboxer of all time. Thank you for your very professional video on this matter 🙏
great videos, may be a good idea to put the fighter names down in text as you talk about them, thanks for the informative videos
Idk these guys look like humans
Saenchai is arguably the best out there; his fight record is INSANE, he typically fights guys substantially heavier than him simply due to the skill gap, and his skills are out of this world; he's EXTREMELY hard to read.
if this was a muay thai GOAT convo then he would be up there with samart, sagat, etc but this is more kickboxing
Muay Thai is not kickboxing
@@Ijbvfknnn fair enough
@@thejapanarchocommunist just so you know
Saenchai 🤣🤣🤣 he’s defs one of the greats of MUAY THAI but there’s so many better fighter than him in the Muay Thai world. Most of the fighters that were bigger than him were westerners
For me it's Ramon Dekkers. He was very powerful. Very explosive First foreigner fighter to beat the Thai fighters in their own country and in their own sport. That is a great achievement indeed.....
Mirko Cro Cop is very underrated, he is easily top 10 of all time.
God bless you all
I would have add Chingiz Allazov but against Petrosyan he could do nothing so I agree with Petrosyan being the GOAT. Oh by the way, what do you think about Tenshin vs Rodtang? You should breakdownn this fight.
great analysis mate. IMHO Hoost by a long way - perfect biomechanics, dem leg kicks - unstoppable in his proprietary combo, (and yes ignore the Sapp 'incident, and the Kaman loss.). But he was pretty much completely unbeatable. For the 'entertainment' value, I would love to say Hug, Aerts. As side note, if Muay Thai is included, Dekkers is my vote. A 65kg man striking like a heavyweight. no hyperbole.
Off topic, but there's something about you Canadians... You're such good role models and humble. It's like you grow up with different values than your neighbor country below you.
After the first video, I went "I wonder if this guy is Canadian. He seems so down to earth and charismatic." Then you said "about" and it was settled, lol.
Great video. Can only imagine how awesome it must be to receive training and coaching from you.
Haha. Thanks my friend.
I'm not sure if it's being Canadian or being brought up with martial arts values.
I guess both go well together.
Rob Kaman?
Giorgio without any doubt, Im just dissapointed Ernesto didnt even make the List 😭
There was just too many too include. Plus the losses to Bob Sapp, Remy Bonjasky, and Schilt made me focus on some other guys.
But he was probably older at that time. 4x K-1 champ is definitely in the mix.
The list is awesome, I just love his style and wished he was an honorable mention 🙂...Great video, keep it up and good luck in your next bout 👊
@@GabrielVargaOfficial good take. I think to many people overlook his loss to Remy but, I still would put him top 10
All love! I'm Surprised Marat Grigorian isn't on this list... He's another one of my (not so sleeper) and waiting for ONE FC to put him against Petro since signed...
good list and good analysis and take 👍👌, just one little point is that when you are as big as semmy you lack mobility coordination etc so when you move like him at that size you can consider that as a form of skill in a certain way 🤷🏻♂️
Great list ! Good to see some coverage on the best Kickboxers, sick of hearing about MMA, when it comes to best fighters.
Mma fighters are the best
@@jaimenavarrete6627 only a few like Fedor, Cro Cop, Erik Paulson, Vitor, Bas, Maurice Smith, Ruas, Igor, Guy Megzer, Connor Mcgregor, Phil Davis, King Mo, Michael Chandler, Pitbull Brothers, Robbie Lawler, and few more are. I think Boxers, Kickboxers, Muay Thai Fighters, and Traditional Martial Artist are the best. Most MMA fighters are the best cage fighters, Wrestlers, and Jiu Jistu people.
@@thesupervader400 how can you say that when mma fighter have to cover so manny different disciplines
@@jaimenavarrete6627 Multiple disciplines don't matter if you have poor defense and a glass jaw which most MMA fighter do, there not as strong or as durable as Boxers, Kickboxers, and Muay Thai Fighters.
@@thesupervader400 you see more and more durable fighters in mma still they are the best fighters on the plant. Put any kicker champ vs the mma champ in a fight the mma guy will most likely win
Honorable Mentions 1. Andy Souwer 2. Mike Zambidis 3. Albert Kraus 4. Don The Dragon Wilson 5. Rick Roufous 6. Maurice Smith 7. Tenshin 8. Sitochai 9. Rototang 10. Tayfun Ozcan: I didn't include these guys on this list is because you said top five and some of these fighters didn't compete in the 90s K-1 era the best era of kickboxing.
Remy
Surprised me that hoost didn't rate a mention but I have to agree:
The record speaks for itself, and just watch him. His technique is impeccable
I am so proud i am Dutch! The Netherlands provides so many names on your list!
Gabriel, Ernesto Hoost also won the K1 4x
Yes. But he lost twice to Bob Sapp. And one of those times was in the quarter finals of a tournament he went on to win after Sapp got injured.
No doubt amazing kickboxer. But I was comparing his record to Schilt and honestly find Schilt's record the better of the two.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial u right. The 2002 tournament was an embarrassing one.
@Life is Peachy thats besides the point
@@GabrielVargaOfficial bobb Sapp to hoost is like a lion to a smilodon
Benny the Jet, no contest.
xXAmightzXx ?
Lmao. Get out of your movies dude benny was good not the goat. Saenchai will dust him in kickboxing rules
the problem is he had no competition at the time,his opponents were all shite.
Benny the jet lmaoooooo
@@scarred10 didn’t he travel the world to looking for challengers???
Hi I am from India. I am 30 years old and I don't follow kickboxing that much(please accept my ignorance) . I started liking kickboxing ane year ago after my wife introduced me to kickboxing while she was doing kickboxing workouts. I did few cardio kickboxing workouts and i found them beneficial . One month ago i got a recommended video on youtube so I started following your channel recently. I watched this video today as my youtube recommendated me. I was surprised that a 6 time world champion in kickboxing is openly talking about other legends of the sport. In the meantime he has humility and is vocal about appreciating other people of this sport. We need more people like you in every sport which maky every sport beautiful . I may not know about other legends of this sport (again accept my ignorance) but one thing is for sure that for me you will be GOAT of kickboxing.
Youa champion talking about this like a fan, big humbless men
Haha. I AM a big fan. Forever.
I still have all the K-1 Max videos on my computer.
Benny Urquidez is definitely worth a shout.
He's definitely not worth mentioning in the top ten all time
Fr
@@Ijbvfknnn how?
@@angeltrejo6543 well in a top tell all time list he doesn't qualify imo 🤷
@@Ijbvfknnn he dominated in his day
Good list of contenders, I would just change the names of Tenshin and Hari for Hoost and Bonjasky, these guys together have 7 k-1 titles, this is a solid argument to put both on that list.
By reducing the conversation to just two names, I would be between Hoost and Petro.
The first was the first fighter to win 4 k-1 WGP, beating many of the greats of that time, in addition to being extremely technical, so he was the "Mr Perfect".
Petrosyan defeated all the greats who put in front of him, and in a dominant way; was one of four fighters to win the K-1 Max twice, and doing it consecutively; won other important belts, such as One, Glory and Bellator Kickboxing and is probably one of the most technical kickboxers in history, his attack and defense are in the state of art, maybe his only "fault" is not being knockout machine like the others from that list.
In short, I can't choose one of these two, comparing eras is difficult, it would be like comparing Pelé and Messi, each one was a giant in his time. Congratulations for the video and humility.
Love the spirit... Huge respect to you Gabriel for being honest, objective and humble, I hope the climate of the sport benefits more from the Asian spirit, than it is in the west (mktg hype that plays on ego)... Very misleading. Thank you again, fight is education, I enjoy getting educated in every episode of yours.
I do agree with you 100%, it’s just something about his style and the way he dominates, he s a talented fighter. Even in the beginning of the video, I thought it should be him.🙂
Remy, Ernesto, Peter, giorgio,buakaw,souwer,schilt,Le banner,saki & badr
Huh Remy an hoost are good but got there ass beat too much
Ghiță
Ernesto hoost is also one of the greatest for sure, he mastered the art of low kicks
You are absolutely right
I appreciate your honesty. Very cool that you can do this video being a former Champion. Salute great videos.
Giorgio Petrosyan!
In my opinion it comes down to Buakaw and Petrosyan, just like you said. I kinda know it got to be Petrosyan because he's also more consistent but damn Buakaw in his prime was just unstoppable. But yeah as you can obviously see I'm a huge Buakaw fan and biased. One more thing: Buakaw isn't even southpaw and we all know if you're southpaw it doesn't count cos it's unfair 😄😄
Haha. Why won't you just stand normal???
Hm, so how do you think you'd fair in a fight with these other great fighters Gabe? I know most of em are fantasy fights but I'm interested on your take.
Whats your thoughts on Dennis Alexio! Was a force at heavyweight in his day and only suffered a few losses. The dilemma is he didnt compete in K-1 - the tradeoff is that he beat the first K-1 heavyweight champion Branko Cikatic
Ramon Dekkers would be my choice.
Petrosyan
Gabriel i follow u for a year but never seen ur fight think its time to watch btw semi schilt is verry good and strong but badr is special
Yeah. Check out some of my fights. My most recent fights with Bellator are hard to find because they keep them for T.V. But the older ones with GLORY are on youtube:
czcams.com/video/JsD2qbo4G8M/video.html
Or a couple are on my channel:
czcams.com/video/KbGuY3pQiFA/video.html
My favourite heavyweight was Remy. I know people don't like hearing it but I think he was better than Badr.
Don't be mad.
I’m 25 and I’m starting back with boxing and Muay Thai I won’t stop til I reach 14 belts
Don Wilson:
11 times Professional Kickboxing world champion.
Record of 72 wins 5 losses 2 draws
Beat world champions including:
-Dennis Alexio (Former undisputed heavyweight kickboxing world champion)
-Branko Cikatic (Winner of the first ever K1 Grand Prix)
-Maurice Smith (Former UFC heavyweight champion and Kickboxing world champion, inducted into the UFC hall of fame)
-James Warring (Former champion in both kickboxing and boxing)
Fighters who fought before K1 was established are often overlooked, which is a shame despite the fact that their achievements often hold up against some of the very best who came afterwards.
Ernesto hoost! Fought everyone, good skills, good heart. Peter alerts has the shortest k-1 grand Prix victory time, 4:30 or something. Schilt is good but he's 30kg bigger than everyone, like you stated. I like the 90's k-1 tournaments where it was Dutch Vs karate Vs Thai styles
I'll get Hoost done as well. He and Aerts weren't big enough to beat Schilt although definitely skilled enough. The weight difference at heavyweight now...or then, is crazy.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Aerts beat schildt in 2008 (?)
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Joke Hoost lost to Bob Sapp by KO twice under his own Kickboxing rules lol.
@@8limbedwarriornakmuay504 joke Changpeuk got beat up by hoost of we want to use your logic
@@lightnang Joke Hoost was 80+ KG while Changpuek was 70 KG.
Joke Hoost beat Changpuek in Kickboxing not Muay Thai rules.
I understand him not being in here but Rob Mr Lowkick Kaman's highlights are badass
What do you think about Tenshin vs Takeru in the future?
i think Badr hari is the goat ; he is such a strong and wild kickboxer .. he is complete , he tortured rico and has a very big record .
Yes Petroysan for me, every time he fights is a masterclass 👊👊
You're right. The Doctor is the goat in kickboxing. (Should have swapped Aerts for Mr Perfect Ernesto Hoost. Still remember the 3 lowkicks ko against . . . Was it Fujimoto. The short, bald, muscular, japanese dude). Nice vid❤
I know he’s old school, but Rob Kaman definitely deserves some love on this list.
One of the makers of the dutch style.
Hoost!
Mr Perfect Ernesto Hooooooooost !! Best ever imo
Really
@Gabriel , What's your take on Ernesto Hoost?
YES PETROSYAN is a superb technician and counter fighter.... he does has holes in his game however... the way to beat Georgio is to draw him into attacking and countering him... because he is a counter fighter he wants to wait as well as he is very tight defensively.. so the way you have fight this guy is to put a little pressure in order for him to try to counter then counter his counter.. It's seems easier said than done however it is very possible.. with a fighter like him you cannot attack or counter him straight on... you must create angles so that he cannot counter as easily. Also you need to force his card to attack... so that you may counter his attack. And one last thing you have to break his rhythmn he has a particular rhythnn and constant pressure is the best way to break it as he likes to have room to move and he needs range in order to execute his great strikes.
Ernesto hoost is the greatest in my opinion
Tyrone spong anyone?
could be.. the guy was a p4p fighter by definition.. moved up I dunno how many weightclasses....like 4 perhaps.. and kicked ass in all.. start meeting his match as a small heavyweight fresh in k1. but he had quite a bit misfortune...accident with a motorcycle, ruptured something which set him back in HW and of course famously broke his leg ... Really too bad cause at that moment, after the collapse of K1 and the old guard out, the monsters like Schilt and overeem gone the HW division in glory was there for the taking for him. Always makes me a bit sad that he never came back to Kickboxing after the leg break. (Wento boxing, bit of mma, helping at american mma camps, living the good life though.)
But yeah perfect style, almost perfect fighter.. probably the pinnacle of what came out of the dutch gyms if it all wouldve went well..
He is by sure the number 1 !!! good choice
Hey Gabriel, there was another legend who won K1 x4 besides Schilt. Mr. Perfect, Ernesto Hoost. Used to KO people by checking kicks! I'd say top 3 heavyweight of all time. What do you think?