Ernesto Hoost

Ernesto Hoost is the kind of fighter who makes you reconsider what "all-time great" actually means — four K-1 World Grand Prix titles, earned across a span that made him the defining face of heavyweight kickboxing for nearly a decade. What I love about Hoost is that he wasn't just a brawler; the guy was a tactician, dismantling opponents with precise low kicks and sharp combinations that looked almost effortless. Coming out of the Netherlands — a country that has quietly produced some of the most technically gifted kickboxers on the planet — he embodied that Dutch school of hard, smart striking. Winning the Order of Orange-Nassau on top of everything else shows the recognition went well beyond the sport. For anyone who followed K-1 in its golden era, Hoost isn't just a champion; he's the benchmark.

Name (English)

Ernesto Hoost

Name (Japanese)

アーネスト・ホースト

Reading

あーねすと・ほーすと

Born

July 11, 1965 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

Heemskerk, North Holland, Netherlands

Height

189 cm

Occupation

boxer / kickboxer / Thai boxer / association football player

Awards & achievements

• member of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.ernestohoost.nl/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hoost.ernesto/
• Xhttps://x.com/ernestohoost65
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88

Tags

• North Holland
• boxer
• kickboxer
• Thai boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.