WKN - Championship Kickboxing - Aberdeen - 28th October 2000

Gary Langford and Albert Ross presented another tremendous show in Aberdeen. After visiting Belfast twice for shows in the Park Avenue Hotel, it was ProKick's turn to cross the Irish Sea for a Battle Royale pitting the best of Northern Ireland's ProKick team against the supreme Scottish Kicktec line-up.

The eight man ProKick team faced a tough challenge in the Scots, here are the highlights.

Gary Hamilton stepped in at the last minute to replace team mate. Although Hamilton is now in the Pro Ranks he took the brave Scot Dave Hastie for four rounds of what was an epic battle. This showed Hastie what he needs to become if he wants to be World Champion material. Although Hamilton is a weight class above Hastie, Hasite caught Hamilton early on with some tremendous punching combinations. Hamilton stayed on the outside to use his kicking ability and it worked well as he demonstrated with a roundhouse kick to the head sending the Scot to the floor. Hastie was down but certainly not out as he fought back, showing true guts and courage, pushing Hamilton to the limits. This a great learning experience for young Hastie as he will surely be heading towards the paid ranks in the near future.

Glen Kilpatrick fought hard to take the WKN British title, against opponent Douglas Morrison. Kilpatrick won by TKO as the referee stopped the fight in the fourth round. This was a see-saw battle with Kilpatrick taking a standing count in the second. The pair have met before, last time out the fight was a draw, this Kilpatrick edged ahead of the sturdy Scot. This was one of the best matched fights seen in the British Isles in a long time.

The N. Ireland team also included Stephen Garvin who was unable to fight at the Quest for New Stars due to a chest infection. Garvin lost this time out in Scotland on a very close points decision.

Kris Hanna from Belfast also fought his second amateur fight. His first he won in the third round by TKO. This time Chris has moved from the 60-kg class to 66-kg and had a tough battle with Scott Breen although the referee stopped the fight in Hanna's favor in a third round TKO.

Alan Thomas Vs Gary Node was an all out war - with Node the Newcastle man showing the better ring craft in the first and second and in the the last round it was toe-toe with the Co Down man taking the decision on points.

Niall McGarrigle had another win, stretching his record to 3 and 0, this time he was stretched to the limit by Russell Simpson. The fight went the distance with McGarrigle winning on a unanimous points decision. A special thanks to Mr. Lex Easton for all his help on the night.


Some photos from the event:-

1) SCOTT BREEN V KRIS HANNA (W)
2) DAVE FRASER (W) V GAVIN HARPER
3) CHRIS MONOGHAN V JOHN McGILL (W)...report to follow
4) DOUGLAS MORRISON V GLEN KILPATRICK (W)
5) BRIAN GRAY V MARK McGUIGAN (W)....report to follow
6) ALAN THOMAS V GARY NODE (W)
7) RUSSELL SIMPSON V NIALL McGARRIGLE (W)
8) DAVID HASTIE V GARY HAMILTON (W)

Contact Gary Langford on garylangfordkicktec@yahoo.co.uk

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