Ernesto Hoost is a Dutch retired kickboxer and 4x K-1 World Champion. Hoost is considered to be one of the greatest kickboxers of all time.

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"Ernesto ‘Mister Perfect’ Hoost is a monument in the sport of Kickboxing. A four-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion. Ernesto managed to stay on top of the sport for almost three decades, and was without a doubt, the most successful fighter of the ‘Golden Era of Kickboxing’, an era so deep with talent that you had to be very special to emerge at the top of the food chain."

Hoost holds notable victories over Peter Aerts (4x), Branko Cikatić, Mirko Cro Cop (3x), Jérôme Le Banner (3x), Andy Hug (3x), Ray Sefo (3x), Musashi (2x), Mike Bernardo, Francisco Filho (2x), Sam Greco, Stefan Leko (3x), Mark Hunt, Cyril Abidi, and Glaube Feitosa.

2002 K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 champion in Tokyo
2001 K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 champion in Melbourne
2000 K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 champion in Tokyo
2000 K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Nagoya runner up in Nagoya
1999 K-1 Grand Prix '99 Final Round champion in Tokyo
1997 K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final champion in Tokyo
1994 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World champion in Marseilles
1994 K-2 Plus Tournament 1994 champion in Amsterdam
1993 K-2 Grand Prix '93 champion in Tokyo
1993 W.M.T.A. & W.K.A. Light Heavyweight World champion in Tokyo
1993 K-1 Grand Prix '93 runner up in Tokyo
1992 W.M.T.A. Muay Thai World Champion -79.8 kg in the Netherlands
1990 WMTA Muay Thai World Champion -79.8 kg in Amsterdam
1990 W.K.A. World Kickboxing champion in Amsterdam
1989 W.M.T.A. Muay Thai World Champion in Amsterdam
1989 Savate World Champion in Paris
1988 W.K.A. European Kickboxing champion in Strasbourg
1988 Savate European champion in Strasbourg
1988 I.S.K.A. European Full Contact champion in Le Havre
1988 I.S.K.A. European Muay Thai Champion in Arnhem
1987 WMTB Dutch Muay Thai Champion in Amsterdam

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