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Fight mode activated: National Kickboxing Champs return after prolonged absence

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Opponents Joshua James, left, and Ronaldo Diaz are parted by TT Kickboxing Federation president Bharrath Ramoutar, at a media convention on October 15 launching the National Kickboxing Championships, at China Palace, Ellerslie Plaza, Maraval. - Describe by Jeff Okay Mayers
Opponents Joshua James, left, and Ronaldo Diaz are parted by TT Kickboxing Federation president Bharrath Ramoutar, at a media convention on October 15 launching the National Kickboxing Championships, at China Palace, Ellerslie Plaza, Maraval. – Describe by Jeff Okay Mayers

THE Trinidad and Tobago Kickboxing Federation (TTKBF) will crown as many as eight champions in diversified weight classes when the 2024 TTKBF Kickboxing Championships are held on November 16 on the Japanese Regional Wearing Complex, Tacarigua.

The championships hang been launched at China Palace, Ellerslie Plaza, Maraval on October 15, with the spotlight being a watch-down between Tough House’s Ronaldo Diaz and HIIT FITT’s Joshua James that almost about grew to turn into into blows.

There can be eight title bouts on the championships, with the weight classes starting from 130-200 kilos. There will moreover be an exhibition fight on the playing cards, with Kenneth “Iron Man” Bishop scheduled to rob on the tournament’s promoter and TTKBF hall of standing inductee Neil Fredricks.

“Having the (championships) after all this time is an ideal technique to set aside these guys on the diagram for TT to know who they’re,” TTKBF secretary and aged nationwide boxer Prince-Lee Isidore told Newsday.

Fighter Ronaldo Diaz, fair, grabs the hand of his opponent Joshua James at some level of a traumatic face-off on the commence of the National Kickboxing Championships on October 15, at China Palace, Ellerslie Plaza, Maraval. – Describe by Jeff Okay Mayers

Though the TTKBF, which has been existence for over 25 years, isn’t the recognised nationwide governing physique for the game, Isidore talked about the organisation has colossal plans.

“Right here’s a colossal step within the vogue forward on yarn of we must within the extinguish be ready to rob these champions and save them on the sector stage…This may per chance perhaps moreover be dazzling to hang a brand contemporary nationwide crew that we are able to within the extinguish ship exterior to symbolize the nation and optimistically assert abet medals as effectively.”

TTKBF president Bharrath Ramoutar talked about local kickboxing and “the sector got here to a standstill thanks to covid19.” Now, though, Ramoutar talked about the local opponents are ready to indicate followers what they hang been ready to add to their repertoire.

“The TTKBF was ready to attract contemporary coaches and opponents to the game by the level in-person training was resumed.”

Ramoutar talked about kickboxing returned with a bang in 2022 as contemporary gyms and abilities emerged, with the TTKBF web hosting an average of six playing cards a 365 days.

“Over the previous two years, the kickboxers hang proved their mettle and thru a capabilities ranking intention, the head two opponents of every division now hang the chance to fight for bragging rights of being the 2024 TTKBF champion of their respective weight class.”

Evolution Kickboxing, Excessive Calibre MMA, Fierce Young Lions, Magnificent Light Fight Manufacturing facility, HIIT FITT, Intensity City, Prodigy Fight and Fitness, Tough House Practising Centre and Trini Shinobi Budo Karate Clan are among the many competing gyms.

Six of the eight bouts for the championships hang already been confirmed, with two of the finalists mute to be confirmed thru qualifying fights within the arrival week.

Jerome Barclay, left, will fight Joshua Garcia, fair, on the National Kickboxing Championships on November 16. – Describe by Jeff Okay Mayers

Amongst the confirmed fights, Diaz will fight James within the 168-pound class, with Fierce Young Lions’ Jabari Chandler facing Tough House’s Le Shaun Moreno within the 175-pound class and Magnificent Line’s Yuray Preval facing Trini Shinobi’s Tevin Greenidge within the 200-pound class.

As they squared off for the media at Ellerslie Plaza, Diaz and James needed to be separated by Ramoutar after the opponents bought too discontinuance for each other’s comfort.

On the face-off with James, Diaz told Newsday, “I’m already in fight mode.”

The 27-365 days-worn Diaz has been training and struggling with for 12 years. He talked about, “It’s a colossal tournament for the opponents and must mute give us dazzling exposure.”

Isidore talked about kickboxing has been within the barren space for too prolonged, and is alive to for the contemporary technology of opponents to showcase their abilities.

Fighter Yuray Preval presentations off the belt he’ll be struggling with for on the National Kickboxing Championships, at a press convention on October 15 at China Palace, Ellerslie Plaza, Maraval. – Describe by Jeff Okay Mayers

“We haven’t had the kickboxing championships for some time, doubtlessly eight years,” Isidore talked about.

“I judge at that time kickboxing had slowed down loads. We had a good deal of adjustments administratively that hang been taking region and a good deal of issues took region within the abet of the scenes and kinda save a cease to kickboxing taking region within the nation.

“Now that the board has changed and now we hang contemporary executive leadership, we’re striving to set aside issues abet on the forefront and get hang of kickboxing abet into the mix of issues.”

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