
Remy Bonjasky (pictured with girlfriend above) is 36-years old, but he is still most likely one of the best kickboxers in the world. Personally, I find him terribly boring to watch with his peek-a-boo style, but his style is undoubtedly hard to defeat. He has won many boring decisions over the best fighters in the world, including Badr Hari, Alistair Overeem, Errol Zimmerman, and Ernesto Hoost.
Now Remy has officially signed with Glory, and says that he’s ready to compete at the top-level of kickboxing.
Besides Remy’s return, Peter Aerts has an exciting fight coming up with Tyrone Spong. This is destined to be a fun fight to watch. Also, Semmy Schilt recently TKO’ed the surging Errol Zimmerman.
The new K1 has started holding events again, with the most recent re-launching the K1 World Grand Prix, kickboxing’s glamour event. So while kickboxing still has a long ways to go, the death toll that seemed to be ringing for kickboxing has grown dimmer. Badr Hari’s return to K1 is great news for the kickboxing world. He is one of the sport’s biggest stars, and they need all the stars they can get right now.
If kickboxing is able to produce even one or two more stars on the level of Badr Hari, I think they will have a brighter future ahead of them. Right now, Daniel Ghita and Errol Zimmerman seem like the most promising future kickboxing legends. Gokhan Saki might still hang around, and with Anderson Silva’s recent spirited performance against Badr Hari, he might eventually make some waves also.
All-in-all, there’s enough talent in kickboxing for many interesting match-ups to be made, and K1′s Grand Prix sounds like it’s going to be a entertaining spectacle. I look forward to watching it!