Frank Lobman


Frank "The Animal" Lobman is a Surinamese-Dutch former kickboxer. He was five times the European kickboxing champion and had an astonishing 90% knockout ratio. He beat many notable fighters over his career, such as British Champion Steve Taberner, Bas Rutten and Ken Shamrock and fought in organizations such as Pancrase P.K.A. and K-1.

Biography

Lobman was a prominent kickboxer in 1980s to the early 1990s. He trained often in Crooswijk, Rotterdam at schuttersveld where his brother Hedwig Lobman taught Kyokushin karate. Several kickboxing matches were given in the early eighties with Lucien Carbin. In 1991 he beat Bas Rutten for a European kickboxing title. Lobman was undefeated until his first fight with Peter Aerts.
He announced his retirement fight in 2002 at the age of 49. His last fight was a 20-year rematch with Jan Oosterbaan in Ahoy-2H2H, but he lost the fight due to a decision.

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