Kickboxing News

28th February 2009 Red Dragons MMA and Kickboxing will be holding 4 WIMAAO Irish Titles in the British Legion, Antrim. Title bouts : Martin Begley VS Hugh Brady Light Weight Title Tim McCrory VS Marius Papemas Middle Weight Title Michael Putlick VS Rob Quinn Straw Weight Title Kevin Carney VS current Irish Title holder Jonny Doey

With agreement between Promoters Marlon Hunt and Nigel McClure an All Ireland Select Team will be travelling to compete in international bouts against Englands National squad 27th March 2009. This full contact show will see Barbara Delaney fight for an ISKA Title, we will keep you posted with further updates on this show

World Championship Kickboxing 2008 showed the ability of Ireland competition in the Ballysillan Leisure Centre December 12th 2008. Picture above showing Ronan McSweeny receiving the WIMAAO World Welter Weight Pro Am Title belts. Other results showed James Porter winning the light Welter Weight World Pro Am TitleRab Cassells winning Light Heavy British Title, Barbara Delaney winning the Womens Fly Weight Title, Michael Opie winning the Super Heavy Weight NI Title. Our thanks go to the sponsors who supported the show Belfast City Council, Body & Sole and Saint Patricks Day Fightwear and the Lansdowne Hotel.

Anger in Fight Club Dublin. Coach Ken Malloy and Barbara Delaney were angered at the News of the world (Ireland) write up 30th November 2008, with claims that Bab's would be fighting against Chantal Menard on 1st December 2008. This bout could never have taken place as Barbara was fighting on The World Championsip Kickboxing 2008 event on the 12th December.

EMAIL FORWARDED FROM FIGHT CLUB:

To all Kickboxing Gym Instructors,

This is Ken Molloy, Head Instructor of Fight Club Kickboxing. Today, Sunday 30th November 2008, while attending Billy O'Sullivan's Junior Show, I was approached by various instructors and wished good luck for Barbara's upcoming fight in Belfast against Chantal Menard, "No, no" I said. "Barbara's not fighting on the WKN Show. She's fighting on Nigel McClure's show, 'World Championship Kickboxing' on 12th December 2008, against Rachel Stevens for a British Title, a show that every single fight on the bill is a title fight and other than Barbara features stars like Aubrey Tarr and Dublin's Ronan McSweeney and Fight Club's Alex Ward. The show is in Ballysillen Leisure Centre, doors open at 6pm". Their response was "no, no according to the News of the World, Babs is fighting in a rematch against Menard tomorrow".

Barbara and myself would like to state for the record that the information in the article in the "News of the World" newspaper on 30th November 2008 (or any other media source that we haven't seen!) regarding a Menard rematch IS A LIE. We, or any other member of Fight Club Kickboxing Dublin ARE NOT taking part in the Billy Murray Promotion on 1st December 2008. We have never been approached by Mr. Murray or anyone from Prokick or the WKN regarding this fight. We have not taken part in any Prokick/WKN shows in over two years, since Fight Club's Warren Betts knocked out Mark Bird for the Junior Irish Championship.

Myself and Barbara (Irish, Four Nations, European and World Champion) will be taking further action regarding this matter.

Thank you for reading this email.

Yours in Sport,

Ken Molloy

Head Insturctor

The World Pro Championsip World Kickboxing eliminator bout finally happened 6th November 2008 in Glengormley abc between Aubrey Tarr and Wilson Snoddy. This long awaited event showed two of Nothern Irelands superstar kickboxers come head to head in a battle to decide who would compete for a Pro Full Contact World championship bout against Australian fighter Tim Drury. Wilson Snoddy proved victorious and ended the fight in the 8th round with a TKO stoppage over Aubrey Tarr. Aubrey, the current Pro British Chapion received an injury to his right foot in the 4th round but this natural born fighter refused to call it a day and fought on even with a limp into the final round. Both fighters will still compete for Pro Am World titles this December in their natural weight categories and will again show the true talent in kickboxing compete in the Ballysillan Leisure Centre.

Steelheel Kickboxing Academy welcomes the five times World champion Marlon Hunt to World Championship kickboxing 2008. Marlon is by far the most recognised Kickboxer within the UK and ranked number 1 by WAKO Pro. As chief instructor of Red Phoenix Kickboxing he will be bringing over the talented Fly weight female kickboxer Rachel Stephens to compete against the Irish Superstar Barbara Delaney from Ken Malloy's Fight Club in Dublin. Northern Ireland WIMAAO Representative is currently in talks to offer Marlon Hunt an opportunity for another World Title in 2009.

17 August 2008 Promoter Stewart Beattie held a mixed kickboxing event in Larne Leisure Centre which included light, semi and full contact fights. Davy hamilton stepped up to the plate and proved himself to be one of the greatest heavyweights in full contact kickboxing wnning by a 20 second TKO. This event also saw Wilson Snoddy, the best ever kickboxer produced in Northern Ireland introduce his return to the full contact sport after a year out due to injury, Wilson won by KO with a second round stoppage.

02/08/08 WIMAAO Promoter Marty Walker will be holding a WIMAAO Irish MMA Title bout. This 65 Kilo Title will be held between Jonny Doey from the Red Dragon and Ger Coady from TPK.  This amazing mma bout saw Jonny Doey win by KO in the first Round

31/05/08 WIMAAO Promoter Davy Boyd held 3 Wimaao National Titles combining clubs from around Ireland who came together in the to compete in the Glenavon Football club and put on an outstanding show proving that the true talent in Northern Ireland can easily compete with the rest of the world.

Two of the finest Heavyweight kickboxing competitors in the sport clashed in a demonstration bout to raise money for a charity event 26/04/08 to support suicide awarness. Both Davy Hamilton and Gerard Kennedy showed the talent within the Heavyweight division performing tacticle kicking techniques and perfect boxing skills. The crowd applaused seeing these two fighters execute jumping spinning kicks. Davy now at the age of 40 showed theres no limit to age in the sport of kickboxing as he stood his ground against the up and coming 21 year old Gerrard Kennedy.

Alanna Cahill wins the womens British Light Contact Championship belt in this World International Martial Arts Organisation open Title, which included competitors from around the UK. Alanna showed both strength and skill in this fast paced event held in Essex 21st October 2007. Alanna has set the standard in Womens Kickboxing and now as a champion and instructor we have bigger plans for higher titles for Steelheel Kickboxing Academies Female Champion. Thanks go to the promotor Rob Wood who organised this event and our students Kent Swan and Jonny Glover who competed in the mens events.