Felix:

First I would like to say that I respect your top 100 & 200 list, and your amazing work. It is based on an enormous knowledge, years of experience and dedication. You have a databank and knowledge about almost every fighter in the world, no matter country or tournament - And that's make your raking 2nd to none. I most admit that many of the fighters and names on your list, is fighters that I dont even know or ever have heard about before?

Still I don’t always "agree" about your top 10 fighters on your list. A good example is when Bob Sapp was on the # 1 spot. I know the beast beat up Hoost, still it is not enough in my world to get the first place, or even to get in top 10? But... That is my personal opinion, and it is made up by who I think is the best, and not by who won or lost there last fight. (I still got Peter Aerts in top 10, and he just lost to Leko). So I am very conservative when it comes to raking, still I truly believe that my homemade list is close to be 99% waterproof and also very realistic.

I know that your list is made of what exactly is happing in the K-1 today, even do it is very hard to make a legit TOP 10 of this kind based strictly on what happens in K-1 as we speak. I think it is safe to say, that making a top 10 list is more or less impossible, because all the top 10 fighters can on the day beat each other, as most of them also have done serial times in there career.

If I was to make a top 10 list today, over the best fighters in the K-1 year 2003 it will look like this:

1) Ernesto Hoost (K-1 champion, need I say more).

2) Jerome Le Banner (I know Jerome not has been fighting in year 2003, still he is the best K-1 fighter in the world in my opinion. He is strong, smart a good technical fighter who has a strong chin and heart, and then he got dynamite power in his hands and legs!).

3) Ray Sefo (Properly the best boxer in the K-1? Ray is just getting better and better).

4) CroCop (Amazing speed and technique, first class footwork and boxing skills).

5) Mark Hunt (Strong heart, strong chin, and strong fist. But to heavy).

6) Ignashov (Mr. Scorpion with the amazing knee strikes, who is impossible to knock out. Here is a man who loves to fight and to push his body to the limit).

7) Martin Holm (The champion of the future. Viking from top to toe. The biggest talent in the K-1).

8) Peter Aerts (Old Fox, very dangerous and fearless. Never say never when the Lumberjack is fighting).

9) Stefan Leko (Fast and also one of the best boxers and the K-1, but sadly for Leko is he to unstable).

10) Mike Bernado (Mike is over the hill, and so is his spirit and chin. Still Mike did well in his last fights against Ray Sefo & Hunt – so he gets the last spot on my homemade Top 10 list, even do I very insecure about this former South Africa knock out bomber.)