Just like you Felix, I don’t think that Hajime Kazumi will fight in the K-1. But if he do attempt to fight in the K-1, I think that it would be against Hiroki Kurosawa who is a former Kyokushin star and champion, and who also would be a great match-up for Kazumi. Or maybe he would try to fight his young sempai, the big talent Noji, who is going to fight against Musashi in December? . Glaube, Pettas and Filho have too much experience in kickboxing, but I would love to see Kazumi test himself as a kickboxer.

But I don’t think that we will see Kazumi in a K-1 ring. He is to dedicated and as I see it, he will never ever fight in anything else than in a Kyokushin tournament. I hope that he will try to become a champion in year 2003, but I am afraid that the clock it ticking out for the amazing fighter. Kazumi lost to his sensei Kenji Yamaki in 1995 after he defeated Glaube and Filho and his way to the finale. In 1999 at the 7th World Open he lost to Filho after an extra round of fighting, weight control and tameshiwari. Kazumi got what I takes to become a champion, he has won the All Japan 4 times, he is World Weight Champion, he has past the 100 men kumite, but I don’t think that he will ever win "the" title, becoming World Open Champion.