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Kickboxing & Fight Fans - Nov 10th
Week
two - of kickboxing own regular news column in a leading Sunday
newspaper. Thanks to the foresight of the Sunday People, the column
will have a weekly slot in the Ulster and Irish editions . The column
will cover who's who in the sport along with all the latest news,
gossip, events and tail of the tape on all the up-and-coming fighters
within Kickboxing. If you have any news please email it to prokick@group.tm
and now lets get straight into the action:-
OOH LA LA, FRENCH BELLA!?Top French kickboxer Christine Mouerir
(pictured above) was in Dublin this week to help promote the kickboxing
international extravaganza at the Ulster Hall next Sunday. The event
features an All-Ireland team with the top fighters from all 32 counties
joining forces against Spain and Uganda. Christine is not just a
pretty face, she is also a current full-contact world champion and
will be competing in Dublin on the 16th November. Co-promoter and
former full-contact world champion Billy Murray said: "Belfast deserves
top quality fights after the support that has been shown in the
past. This will bring more regular and major international bouts
in the city and all over Ireland." Murray is the WKN's Irish representative.
He is also a member of the association's world governing body which
is based in Nimes and owns Pro-Kick's 14 strong network of clubs
throughout Northern Ireland and plans to extend his franchise south
of the border. Fighters representing Ireland are Belfast professional
Gary Hamilton, the WKN's current Intercontinental Lightweight champion,
Kilkenny's former world title holder Paul Cummins, and Dublin's
Sean Collier, who is having his first pro contest. Dublin fighters
Thomas Bateman and Darrin O'Mara, from the Black Panther Club, are
also pencilled in. Doors open on the night of the event at 7pm and
the first bout is at 7.30. Tickets are priced £10 adults, £5 for
kids. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.ie and all Ticketmaster
outlets throughout Ireland and from the venue itself. Billy Murray
can be contacted in Belfast 028 90 651074.
Viking
Invasion: Promoter Paul Cummins and his team the Black Dragons from
Kilkenny will try to fend off a Viking team from Norway this afternoon
at the Springhill Hotel in the town. Cummins headlines the event
against Daniel Nordas a current European title contender as he continues
his quest to return to World Dominance after a shoulder inquire
put him out of action for three years.
THE
BILL: Paul Cummins vs Daniel Nordes; Ruairi Burke vs TBA; David
Bourke vs Arild Mikarisen; Vinny Di Ruscio vs Crister Kvammen; John
Paul Soames vs TBA Ugandan Arrival: The Ugandan kickboxing team
which is set to face Ireland next Saturday arrives in Belfast today.
The six strong team decided to come early in order acclimatise and
to see some of the sites before putting their skills to the test.
Their final preparation for the bouts will take place at Prokick
Gym in Belfast. An open day will be arranged check out www.prokick.com/people
for details.
THE
SMALL SCREEN: The second part of the Irish Full-Contact kickboxing
championships from the Ulster Hall can be seen on SkySports 3 at
9pm on Wednesday 13th Nov. The programme also features an international
prestige bout between Kilkenny's Paul Cummins and Cecil Sipes of
Canada with Downpatrick's Gary Noade topping the bill as he challenge's
Canada's Matt Cowles for the WKN Intercontinental Welterweight title.
NEW
YORKER RETURNS: Promoter Peter Foley flew out to New York last week
for a well deserved break after a highly successful event in Galway
when Ireland took on some of the best from the USA. However, peter
did have business on his mind and arrived home on Friday with news
that the American Squad will return early in the New Year. Saintfield's
Brian Boyd who missed out last time due to his opponent having food
poisoning will have the chance to join the fight card as Ireland
hope to reverse the four three defeat by the Americans in October.
WKN
Expands: The World Kickboxing Network signed its latest club this
week as Ken Molloy's Full-Contact "Fight Club" in Dublin became
affiliated. Ken has four fighters taking part in the Belfast-staged
Championship Kickboxing event on November 17th. The Full-Contact
aspect of the sport is becoming increasingly more popular and the
WKN are pleased to have Ken on board. New License Officer Appointed:
The WKN head office in Nimes, France this week announced their newly
appointed license officer for all of Ireland. Robin Stewart a highly
experienced International Official from Belfast will take on the
role which includes issuing new licenses, insuring all fighters
medical and insurance papers are in order and license fees are renewed.
The
WKN and FORKICKS congratulate Robin and wish him every success in
his new role. The Celt's Vs The Arab's: Scottish Promoter Gary Langford
is to host an eight strong team from Iran in February as fighters
from Ireland and Scotland club together for The Celt's vs The Arab's
in Glasgow. Details to follow.
Well that's it for the first week of the People kickboxing news
column,. Next week we'll take a look at what's happening on the
International circuit. If you have any information on kickboxing
or want to check out any further news on the sport check it out
by logging on to www.prokick.com/people
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