Remy Bonjasky

Remy Bonjasky: Biography in Details

Who is Remy Bonjasky?

Remy Bonjasky is a Dutch-Surinamese former super heavyweight kickboxer.

He is a three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion, who has won the title in 2003, 2004, and 2008.

Bonjasky has been known for his flying kicks, Knee attacks, and strong defense, hence the nickname “The Flying Gentleman”.

Remy Bonjasky: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

Remy Bonjasky was born on January 10, 1976, in Paramaribo, Suriname. His nationality is Dutch and his ethnicity is unknown.

Moreover, his birth name is Remy Kenneth Bonjasky. His mother’s name is Magretha Sasa and his father’s name is Ronald Adam Bonjasky.

Then Remy Bonjasky moved to Tilburg, in the Netherlands when he was five years old. Bojack was involved in football during his teens but quit after breaking his leg.

At the age of 18, when a friend brought him to the Mejiro Kickboxing Gym to “see who is the best”, Bonjasky decided to stay and train and eventually fell in love with kickboxing.

After graduating from university, Bonjasky worked as a banker at ABN Amro for a time.

Remy Bonjasky: Professional Life and Career

There have been several fighters that have achieved greatness in the sport of kickboxing but none of them have earned their place in the pantheon in quite the fashion that Remy Bonjasky has.

Bonjasky is one of the most visually arresting fighters that ever stepped in the ring, Tall and chiseled with the physique of a born athlete, Bonjasky elevates kicking to an art form, almost balletic and poise as he executes each technique.

Remy Bonjasky is also thrilling, thanks to his fondness for taking to the air with flying knees and jumping roundhouse kicks.

For a fighter to knock someone out with one of these once in his career is a high point that lives forever in his memory. For Bonjasky it is almost mundane – he employs the flying knee the way most fighters use a jab.

This led him to be known early in his career as The Flying Dutchman, but Bonjasky- who also does some modeling as a sideline and is very particular about his clothes and appearance- was at pains to point out that he was not just a Dutchman, but a gentleman.

And so the nickname altered into the “The Flying Gentleman, which he bears to this day.

Remy Bonjasky won the K-1 Grand Prix three times, 2003, 2004, and 2008- which is an achievement only Peter Aerts has matched and only Ernesto Hoost and Semmy Schilt have bested, a good indicator of just what Bonjasky’s legacy in the sport really is.

In recent years the Flying Gentleman has been retired, partly because of the eye surgery he underwent and partly because he was concentrating on his Bonjasky  Academy  Gym in Almere, near Amsterdam.

The transition into coaching looked set to be a permanent one, especially when the decline of K-1 meant that top-level international kickboxing looked to be finished.

But then GLORY emerged as the new premier league of the international fighting and that sparked Bonjasky’s interest in entering the ring once again.

He noted that numerous elite fighters had already been drawn to the organization legends like Schilt and Aerts; and rising stars like Gokhan Saki and Errol Zimmerman. The challenge attracted him and GLORY is honored to have him in the ring.

Remy Bonjasky: Salary and Net Worth

There is no information about his salary but as of 2023, about Remy Bonjasky’s net worth, he earns a net worth of  $8 million.

Bonjasky’s own gym, a kickboxing gym named “Bonjasky Academy”, officially opened on September 6, 2010, in Almere.

The opening ceremony was attended by two TV presenters and four athletes, Quinty Trustful, Humberto Tan, Kew Jaliens, Peter Aerts, Jerome Le Banner, and Ernesto Hoost.

Remy Bonjasky: Rumors and Controversy

Remy Bonjasky has had some kind of relationship rumors because he was not so open about his relationships so people are making any kind of rumors.

But, there is no exact kind of controversies and rumors about Bonjasky to date.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Remy Bonjasky has a height of 6 feet 4 inches. His body weight is 109kg. He has black hair and black eyes.

Social Media Profile

Remy is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Remy Bonjasky has 83.8k followers on Instagram, more than 72k followers on Facebook, and 10.9k followers on Twitter.

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