K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final

K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final
Information
Promotion K-1
Date December 6, 2003
Venue Tokyo Dome
City Japan Tokyo, Japan
Attendance 67,320
Event chronology

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K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1 organization. The event was held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday,December 6, 2003 in front of 67,320 spectators. It was the eleventh K-1 World Grand Prix final involving ten of the world's best fighters (two being reservists). The eight finalists had almost all qualified via preliminary events, while two additional fighters were invited as reserve fighters (for more detail on this see bulleted list below), with all bouts being fought under K-1 Rules (100 kg/156-220 lbs). As well as tournament bouts there was also an 'Opening Fight' between Yusuke Fujimoto and Matthias Riccio and a 'Super Fight' between Martin Holm and Jan Nortje, both fought under K-1 Rules. In total there were fourteen fighters at the event, representing ten countries.

The considered favourite leading in was Stefan "Blitz" Leko, who was on a five-fight K-1 win streak throughout 2003, and had beaten Peter Aerts, Mike Bernardo and Francisco Filho leading up to the World Grand Prix. However, due to contractual disputes that arose prior to the tournament final, Leko was pulled out of the competition and replaced by former boxer Francois Botha. It would be a man who had previously lost to Leko that won the Grand Prix.

The tournament winner was Remy Bonjasky who defeated Musashi in the final by third round unanimous decision. Both fighters would be making their first ever K-1 World Grand Prix final appearance, with Remy Bonjasky winning on his first visit to the finals.

Qualifiers - Finalists

Qualifiers - Reservists

K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Tournament

K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Elimination Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
 South Africa Francois Botha    
 France Cyril Abidi DQ      France Cyril Abidi DEC  
 Brazil Francisco Filho        South Africa Francois Botha *    
 Germany Stefan Leko DEC        France Cyril Abidi    
 Australia Sam Greco          Netherlands Remy Bonjasky KO  
 Australia Peter Graham TKO      Australia Peter Graham    
 United States Bob Sapp        Netherlands Remy Bonjasky TKO  
 Netherlands Remy Bonjasky DQ        Netherlands Remy Bonjasky DEC
 New Zealand Ray Sefo  DEC        Japan Musashi  
 United States Carter Williams        New Zealand Ray Sefo    
         Japan Musashi DEC  
           Japan Musashi DEC  
 Belarus Alexey Ignashov  KO        Netherlands Peter Aerts    
 South Africa Mike Bernardo        Belarus Alexey Ignashov         
 Netherlands Peter Aerts DEC      Netherlands Peter Aerts DEC       
 Netherlands Jerrel Venetiaan    

* Francois Botha replaced Stefan Leko in the Quarter Finals due to contractual disputes and unconfirmed "injury"

Results

Trivia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Results". K-1 Official Website.
  2. ↑ "Results: K-1 WORLD GRAND PRIX 2003 FINAL". K-1sport.de - Your Source for Everything K-1.

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