The WKN kickboxing world descended on Belfast for the December 1 KICKmas event that's when some of the sport's biggest names faced each other at the kickboxing event of the year. The KICKmas 2008 show at the Waterfront Hall saw a host of titles up for grabs in the biggest concentration of World and European contests held anywhere in Ireland.
The man they call Mr 'Perfect' Ernesto Hoost, a four time winner of the Japanese K1 was ringside at KICKmas in Belfast to watch and commentate on the action for television. The sponsored Schwarzkopf and Belfast City Council's event aired on Setanta sports and various other networks across the world.
Waterfront Hall KICKmas event
Filmed by UTV
WKN European Featherweight Full contact Kickboxing
Title 10x2 Patrick Kinigamazi (Winner TKO 4th) (Rwanda out of Switzerland) Vs Alexander White (Scotland)
Mini 4 man K1 Style - Super Heavyweight Tournament
- James Gillen (Winner TKO 1st) (Northern Ireland) Vs Nige Penlington (England)
Edon Bytyqi (Winner TKO 1st)(Switzerland) Vs Dylan Scally (Republic of Ireland)
Mini 4 man K1 Style - Final
James Gillen (Northern Ireland) Vs Edon Bytyqi (Winner TKO 3rd)(Switzerland)
WKN Amateur Super Middleweight World Title 5x2
Ken Horan - (Galway) WKN World Champion Vs Szymon Was (Winner points) – (Poland)
- James Gillen (Winner TKO 1st) (Northern Ireland) Vs Nige Penlington (England)
Edon Bytyqi (Winner TKO 1st)(Switzerland) Vs Dylan Scally (Republic of Ireland)
Mini 4 man K1 Style - Final
James Gillen (Northern Ireland) Vs Edon Bytyqi (Winner TKO 3rd)(Switzerland)
WKN Amateur Super Middleweight World Title 5x2
Ken Horan - (Galway) WKN World Champion Vs Szymon Was (Winner points) – (Poland)
WKN Amateur Free/Style Lightmiddle World Title 5x2
Ian Young - (Winner TKO 3rd) (SaintField) WKN British & European Champion Vs Ange Moriconi (Corsica)
WKN Amateur world Full-Contact title 5x2
WKN Amateur world Full-Contact title 5x2
Stuart Jess - (RSF 5th) (Saintfield) WKN British & European Champion Vs Bruno Carvalho (Winner) (Portugal)
WKN British Free/Style Light-Welterweight Title 4x2
Mark Bird - 65kg (Winner point)(Lisburn) Corsican Cup Champion Vs Mikey Shields British champ (Motherwell)
Prestige Junior – Full-Contact Match 3x2
David Bird (Lisburn) Vs Hayden Walker (England) (Draw)
WKN Lightweight Full-Contact World Title 12x2
Gary Hamilton - (Belfast) WKN world champion Vs. Marty Cox Jr - (London) ISKA and WKA world champion
This bout did not happen see report above
This bout did not happen see report above
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