Colin O Leary lands a Kick to Mark Baird - IMAGE

Kicking his way to victory Colin O'Leary lands on Belfast's Mark Baird : All images © Prokick.com. Click here for full terms & conditions.

Kickboxing action between Mark Baird (ProKick NI) and Colin O’Leary of the (Wolfpack Kickboxing Athlone) at the New Breed event at the Hilton Hotel on June 26th

Débutante Mark Baird faced his more experienced opponent Colin O'Leary from Wolfpack and on top of that gave nearly 3kg away in weight. A big ask for a first time fighter. Saying that, the Belfast fighter and the Athlone fighter came out swinging with good kick and punch combinations landing on target. The first round looked like O'Leary just shaded it but in the second round, Mark pushed forward and maybe nipped the round on a very evenly matched bout. It was all on the last round and the young ProKick fighter looked like he was running out of steam with the more experienced O'Leary using his knowedge to land good shots. After the judges totted up the score, they could only se it one way, in favour of O'Leary. Well done both boys.