Name your favourite K1 era kickboxer and 1 thing you would improve in their game.

[samuelsoncast]

My earliest favourite K1 fighter was HW, Remy Bonjasky.

As I got older and continued to watch, the more I realised his boxing was rather basic and inefficient. Almost slapping punches. A heavy knuckled Remy may have been mythical.

 

[GreenGorilla]

Mark Hunt, sometimes I wonder if he added a good lowkick to his arsenal how much better he would of been.
With the tree trunk legs he had probably would of made it easier to hit his knockout punches

 

[Blazeblack]

Certainly not my favorite fighter but Musashi would have been more consistently successful had he threw more combinations and would let his hands go more often. He had a couple really good years, but even at his best he never threw enough.

 

[Frode Falch]

Jerome le banner. A better cardio. And more confident in his kicking game.

 

[Blazeblack]

Iggy with out the booze and knee injuries would have been a wgp champ. Badr without the psychotic freak outs would have also probably been a wgp winner. He would have certainly held his 2 heavyweight straps for a long time.

 

[H2F]

Badr Hari.
Advice: Keep going! Hit 'em hard!

 

[Juzie]

Badr Hari.
Advice: Keep going! Hit 'em hard!

Hire a manager who can distract the ref for a few moments.

 

[Tayski]

Buakaw with better hands / boxing combos.
Glaube Feitosa with more head movement and footwork.
Albert Kraus with a more diverse kicking arsenal.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Albert Kraus with a more diverse kicking arsenal.

Albert Kraus’s son Gradus is doing a good job in the amateur boxing circuit.
First he was a kickboxer but, nowadays he’s focusing on boxing.
He’s the guy on Rico Verhoeven his shoulders:

 

[Blazeblack]

Albert Kraus with a more diverse kicking arsenal.

That's a good one. I'd say that Stefan Leko would have also benefited greatly from mixing in more kicks.

 

[Blazeblack]

Albert Kraus’s son Gradus is doing a good job in the amateur boxing circuit.
First he was a kickboxer but, nowadays he’s focusing on boxing.
He’s the guy on Rico Verhoeven his shoulders:

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I heard he won a couple Dutch and European amateur titles. How is he doing in boxing?

 

[Tayski]

Albert Kraus’s son Gradus is doing a good job in the amateur boxing circuit.
First he was a kickboxer but, nowadays he’s focusing on boxing.
He’s the guy on Rico Verhoeven his shoulders:

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Nice, his son must be quite a lot taller than him by the look of this picture?

 

[BoxerMaurits]

I heard he won a couple Dutch and European amateur titles. How is he doing in boxing?

Yeah, he’s doing a good job as far as I know.
At the moment he’s trying to qualify himself for the next Olympics:

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Nice, his son must be quite a lot taller than him by the look of this picture?

Yes, I think he’s about 1,86/1,88 m / 6’1”/6’2”.
I know he fights around 81 kg / 178 lbs
He trains in the same city as me but at another gym. It’s also his hometown and I live in a village next to it, so very occasionally I bump into him.
Last week for example we crossed paths at a restaurant when my family went for an early dinner and family Kraus just finished late lunch.
The size difference between Albert and Gradus was clear.
Here are some picks from a few years ago of Gradus training with family Fury, which family Kraus has a good connection with:

 

[Snubnoze707]

Albert Kraus’s son Gradus is doing a good job in the amateur boxing circuit.
First he was a kickboxer but, nowadays he’s focusing on boxing.
He’s the guy on Rico Verhoeven his shoulders:

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He got big. Last time I seen him he was a tiny kid.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

He got big. Last time I seen him he was a tiny kid.

Jupp
He’s about 20/21 years old now

 

[Snubnoze707]

Jupp
He’s about 20/21 years old now

I remember there being an event where he had his kid dressed up like him hit pads in the ring. Assuming this is the same one?

 

[BoxerMaurits]

I remember there being an event where he had his kid dressed up like him hit pads in the ring. Assuming this is the same one?

Yeah should be Gradus
Albert got a son and a daughter.
He was a very little boy back then?

 

[Snubnoze707]

Yeah should be Gradus
Albert got a son and a daughter.
He was a very little boy back then?

Ya like less than 10 years old. People were talking about it on the forums (think K-1FANS) he looked really good on the pads.

Can't seem to find it on YouTube.

 

[StonedLemur]

Mark Hunt, sometimes I wonder if he added a good lowkick to his arsenal how much better he would of been.
With the tree trunk legs he had probably would of made it easier to hit his knockout punches

I always wished he hit that more often too sir.
He would've KOd people with the leg kick nevermind those hands.