The latest inductee to the GLORY Hall Of Fame was announced prior to the main event of COLLISION 4 on Saturday, October 8th 2022.
GLORY inducted Heavyweight legend Semmy Schilt to its Hall Of Fame, where he joins fan favourite and current commentator “Bazooka” Joseph Valtellini.
Glory Hall of Fame Criteria
The GLORY Hall of Fame was established in 2021 to recognize and honour GLORY athletes whose contributions to the sport have been significant, substantial and long-standing.
One inductee is selected each year and must meet the following criteria:
- The inductee must be a former, retired from active participation GLORY athlete.
- The inductee must have displayed the highest level of skills, achievements, courage and sportsmanship while participating in GLORY.
- The inductee must have contributed to the elevation of the sport of kickboxing.
About Semmy Schilt
Semmy Schilt towers over the kickboxing world both literally and metaphorically.
Standing at 2.12 metres (just under 7 feet) he is the tallest of the world’s elite kickboxers and also the most accomplished.
His four K-1 World Grand Prix wins equal those of the legendary Ernesto Hoost but Schilt is the only person ever to win three of the tournaments back-to-back.
The style is a branch of the Kyukoshin karate tree and it shares that system’s fondness for hard sparring and heavy contact in training.
Sometimes fighters who enjoy a size or weight advantage use that to compensate for a lack of technique.
But Schilt wass a technically-precise fighter and while he generally didnt deploy a wide arsenal in his fights, he was very good at sticking to a strategy and caused a lot of damage when he landed.
With 130 kilos behind each blow even the most glancing shot from Schilt was enough to stun an opponent and so they approached him with extreme caution.
Schilt’s kickboxing record shows how difficult he was to deal with. He has 38 wins and just six losses.
Of those losses three are to the three-time K-1 Grand Prix winner Peter Aerts, who is one of the all-time greats of the sport, and one is to the former K-1 heavyweight champion Badr Hari.
Semmy Schilt is the last man to successfully defeat ‘The King Of Kickboxing’ Rico Verhoeven via UD, in the Quarter Finals of the GLORY Gland Slam Tournament in 2013.
Accomplishments
4 x K-1 World GP Champion
GLORY Grand Slam Tournament Champion
Former GLORY Heavyweight Champion
Who wwill be next to join the GLORY Hall Of Fame?
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