Every now and then I try to do a post profiling influential nak muays. I say try, because I don’t know that much about them either. I have to admit my knowledge of him is limited, so if anyone can add to this please do.
Ivan Hippolyte is considered by most one of the legends of Dutch Muay Thai. People always mention Kaman, Hoost, Aerts and Dekkers. Today we’re going to talk about Hippolyte.
Hippolyte was born in 1964 in Suriname and trained out of the Vos gym in Holland, and has since taken over the gym. He was a former trainer of Ernesto Hoost and current trainer of Remy Bonjasky. He had a record of 69-6 and amassed several titles in Muay Thai, Kickboxing and Savate. His Muay Thai titles including the WMC and WMTA belt. I read somewhere that he also earned a Lumpini title, but I need some help verifying that.
The fight everyone had anticpated was a fight against Dekkers, which sadley never materialised. Some of his notable wins were against Jomhod & Changpuek.
Here is his battle with Jomhod… I’m going to warn you though, your going to want to put the fight on mute. The announcers are unbearable. At one point one of the commentators ask the other ” How do you ask something in … Taiwanese”.
Part I
Part II
10 responses so far ↓
1 Stack // Oct 10, 2008 at 7:30 am
Ivan won a WMTC in Lumpini. He never got a Lumpini title.
Sounds like the Lumpini title thing is a bunch of overly zealous Dutch hyperbole.
2 Alphadisco // Oct 10, 2008 at 3:45 pm
“How do you ask someone if they know where they are in Taiwanese?” Hahaha. Huge uppercut though. Hippolyte’s punches look really powerful.
3 jake // Oct 10, 2008 at 3:56 pm
haha what painful commentary. “it seems ivan is having trouble with the elastic in his shorts?”
4 alexander // Oct 10, 2008 at 6:05 pm
there must be some unwritten law somewhere that states commentators are required to be annoying. sheesh!
5 ShadyEskimo // Oct 10, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Great Fight, Jomhod is know to guest Teach at our Gym Mikenta in Denmark, but I havent experienced it yet! Hope he will drop by soon, like the next year or so! Hippolyte is also a guy I heard a hell of a lot about, but never seen him until now, Thanks Nop!
6 tong po // Oct 11, 2008 at 7:40 am
Damn, Hippo really put that shit on the great Jomhod. I only seen Kronsak do that to Jomhod.
7 tong po // Oct 11, 2008 at 7:41 am
…and of course Buakaw
8 Gusnark aka Sandjora // Oct 11, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Ivan was losing, Jomhod found his weakness - clinch and taking knees.
But man, that was a great uppercut. You could clearly see that Jomhod was not the same after that punch.
Ivan also became a new coach of CroCop.
Source: http://www.mirko-crocop.com/?id=4&solo=72
9 Alphadisco // Oct 11, 2008 at 8:30 pm
European Title Fight, Ivan Hippolyte vs Humphrey Harrison: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1vgsp_humphrey-harrison-vs-ivan-hippolyte_sport
10 thaifan // Oct 14, 2008 at 3:22 am
Nice fight between Ivan and Jomhod. I like that Ivan fought with a very stable traditional style (in my opinion)
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