Hoost looking to step up after comeback: “if Glory wants to talk, we can talk”
By come_to_brawl · On March 21, 2014
If the feeling in the ring is right sunday, when the Michael Jordan of kickboxing Ernesto Hoost (48) returns, he is open to talk with Glory. Mr perfect also plans to set up big kickboxing shows in Japan and talks about why he dislikes how they train at Mike’s Gym.
“A retirement in combat sports usually lasts about as long as a common cold”, said Glory commentator Mauro Ranallo at Glory 13 in Tokyo about the retirement of Peter Aerts.
The retirement of Ernesto Hoost lasted longer than that as he walked away from fighting seven years ago and hasn’t fought since. But the four-times k1 champion never stopped training and always kept in shape.
“So the idea to make a comeback in kickboxing came from the person who organises the Hoost Cup in Japan. I thought; well let’s try it”, Ernesto Hoost told Cometobrawl.com.
“Some people think i’m crazy, my wife and my kids are a little bit scared but i feel ready and i feel good. Before I didn’t miss the feeling of fighting, but now that i’m in Japan, the pre-fight jitters are starting to come.”
Peter Aerts
Thomas Stanley, Hoost his opponent this sunday, has fought karate, kickboxing and mma fights. He has the same age as Hoost and might pose some danger but mr perfect sees this bout as a warm up fight.
“I have to see how i feel in the ring, if i still have what it takes. For instance: the difference between me and Peter Aerts is that he always stayed active in fighting, i just stayed in shape.”
If the shape is there and everything feels as it should the former k1 champion would pick up the phone if kickboxing organisation Glory World Series calls. “We can always talk, the top guys like Rico Verhoeven and Daniel Ghita would be too much for me but maybe i can fight some of the older guys.”
Bob Sapp
Just like Glory or k1 in it’s heyday mr perfect also wants to organise some big events in Japan in the future but without guys like Hon Man-Choi and Bob Sapp. Hoost: “The Japanese people don’t want fighters like those two.”
“They just want to see Japanese champions. But if you have a Japanese champion, you shouldn’t feed them to the best fighters in the world right away. You have to build them up first and work from there.”
In Japan there is a lot of talent according to the man who fought there almost all of his fighting career but the training methods in Japan are not up to par with the European way of training, says Hoost.
“They drill too much in Japan, they hit the bag 1000 times. In Holland you learn it a few times and then you got to figure it out in sparring. Fighters in Japan need to take more initiative. If you are trying to survive after a few hard shots, you can’t rely on your corner any more.”
Mike’s Gym
“I always thought for myself and not only listened to the trainers, I looked at what worked and what didn’t. And I can still train like i used to. Back in the day I trained 10 times a week with 1 day rest. Now I train 8 to 9 days a week with 1 day rest”, Hoost explains.
That he still trains this much at 48 years old is because he never sparred hard and did more technique training, he says. Thats why he doesn’t like how they train at Mike’s Gym, the famous gym in Amsterdam that is the home to Badr Hari, Gokhan Saki and Arthur Kyshenko.
“From what I hear there is very hard sparring going on at Mike’s Gym and I don’t like it that people get knocked out in training, that’s bullshit. Maybe i am a softy but i never went into a spar session to knock somebody out.”
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