PHOTO
: Amateur Action!
Competing IS
NOT compulsary for members of
Warrington Kickboxing,
( no member is ever presssured to fight - which
unfortunately happens at a lot of other clubs
).
The majority of our members train at the Wolf-Gym
specifically for the Fitness
& Self-defence
applications of Kickboxing. Learning how
to Strike with Kicks, Punches, Knees & Elbows.
However, for those members who do wish to test
their skills and receive Medals
or Trophies and maybe
even win Championship Belts,
Warrington Kickboxing
has an outstanding "Champions
Program" that can help you to achieve
this goal.
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Starting
out as an Amateur and wearing additional safety
equipment,
( Head-Guards and Shin-Pads
), then progressing through the ranks to become
a Professional Fighter ( only
wearring Boxing Gloves, no Heard-Guard or Shin-Pads
).
Fighters from Team-Wolf-Gym compete under both
Japanese Kickboxing
( K-1 ) Rules or
Thai-Kickboxing ( Muay-Thai
) Rules, depending on the format used by
a promotion.
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How the journey begins :
Members
start off competition training with Free-Sparring
'Skills-&-Drills' in the Ring or in the Octagon.
Either during Group-Classes,
or '1-2-1' Personal-Training
Sessions or during
'Dual-PT' ( 2 Person ) Personal-Training
sessions.
Once our Coaches feel they you are ready, they
will then go through a 'Fight-Camp'
and may enter a Tournament
Championships ( Grandprix ) or a Fight-Night
( Gala ) Event.
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Tournament
Championships :
Tournaments are held throughout the year at varying
levels. English Championships,
British Championships,
European Championships
& World Championships.
Tournaments operate via the Grandprix
format. This is where there are several fighters
in a division that compete in 'Elimination
bouts', working towards a Final!
Typically a Grandprix has 8 fighters in a division.
The athletes will compete in Quarter-Final
bouts with the winners then progressing
onto Semi-Final Bouts.
The winners of the Semi-Final
bouts then progressing onto the Finals!
Often a Tournament ( Grandprix
) Champion has won their division after
winning THREE
contests in a single day, an incredible achievement!
PHOTO
: Team-Wolf-Gym, Jamie
Hayes Super-Middleweight Champion
& Jason Melvin
Super-Heavyweight Champion, with Head-Coach
Neil Holden, after winning their
divisions at the 2018 W.K.A. English Championships.
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Tournaments can often have more than 1'000 athletes
competing, over several days, with several Boxing
rings in use at the same time, ( as
shown in the photo's below ).
PHOTO : Team-Wolf-Gym
fighters, winning their divisions at the W.K.O.
2025 European Championships. Three European
Champions for Warrington Kickboxing.
Occasionally fighters may compete in two Rules
sets ( Formats ) at a Tournament and compete under
both K1-Rules and
Muay-Thai Rules.
Or they may compete in two weight divisions, their
actual weight class - and the weight class above!
Team-Wolf-Gym fighter,
Jake Sands, 2025 I.S.K.A.
English Champion.
Amateur
Fight Nights ( Gala Events ) :
Warrington
Kickboxing / Wolf-Gym
has been a strong supporter of the Amateur code
ever since the I.A.M.T.F.
( International Amateur Muay Thai Federation )
started to pursue Olympic recognition for Thai-Kickboxing
( Muay-Thai ) in the 1990's.
 Amateur
K1
( Japanese Kickboxing )
Phil Dale - ( Warrington )
delivers a Shin-Kick
to
Amrit Singh ( Birmingham )
On
his way to winning the
I.K.F.
Commonwealth Title.
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Three
World Champions : Team Wolf-Gym
The
Wolf-Gym has had members compete in literally
hundered's of Amateur bouts over the last thirty
years, with many winning Championship Titles.
Three of our members succesfully progressed all
the way through the Amateur rankings to become
World Champions.
Warrington Kickboxer, Chris
Heath captured the Amateur World
Lightweight Title when he defeated the
defending Champion Hakan
Yildiz of Turkey.
Yildiz was one of the most experienced
Amateur fighters on the International circuit
at the time, with an outstanding record of 86
contests with 83
wins,
including many bouts in Thailand! This was an
incredible win for Chris
Heath!
Warrington Kickboxer, Graham
Sayer won 'Two' Amateur
World Titles.
His first was a World title was at Middleweight
when Graham defeated
Ibrahim Bulduk, for
this title. Bulduk
was an outstanding Amateur with a record of 46
bouts to his name, and at the time had
recently been the winner of the PRINCE'S
CUP in Thailand, a prestigious Amateur
tournament held under Muay-Thai Rules in Bangkok
to honour the King of Thailand.
Graham went on to
succesfully defend his Amateur World Middleweight
title a total of five times
before moving up a division and capturing the
I.K.F. Amateur World Super-Middleweight
title, defeating Rajeet Singh or India.
Graham's many outstanding achievements
even saw him win the 2005 Warrington Sports Personality
of the Year award (
Warrington
Guardian ).
 I.K.F.
Amateur World
Super-Middleweight Champion
Graham
Sayer- ( Warrington
)
Defeated
Rajeet Singh - ( India )
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Kacper
Sowiak,
won two World Titles. Defeating his Korean opponent
Ui-Jun Lee, for the
W.K.A. Lightweight World
Title ( 60kgs ) under 'K1
Rules'.
Kacper then moved
up a division and defeated American fighter Caleb
Seagle for the W.K.A.
Welterweight World Title ( 63.5kg ) under
'Muay-Thai Rules'.
Over the last 30 years, since Warrington Kickboxing
was establised in 1994, not only has the Wolf-Gym
produced many English, British and European Champions,
but our Champions Program
has produced Three
World Champions that between them have
won Five World
Championship Title Belts.
Professional Bouts:
Professional Kickboxing
is a very tough combat-sport and only very few
members ever progress onto this high level.
Usually it is for those members who have progressed
through the Amateur Circuit, and having confidentally
won several Amateur Championship title belts,
are seeking further challenges.
For
those that do compete in the Professional code,
the rewards can be high. Professional fighters
get paid to compete and there can be opportunities
to fight abroad.
The best professionals in the World today compete
for the promotion known as
'ONE CHAMPIONSHIP',
ONE CHAMPIONSHIP
has some of it's Champions on $100'000.00
( One Hundred Thousand Dollars ) contracts.
Events are held in different countries, with Super-Shows
in Japan packing out some of the largest stadiums
in the country.
ONE
CHAMPIONSHIP Event Poster.
The
most Elite-Level-Strikers of the World compete
for the ONE CHAMPIONSHIP World Title Belt.
The 'Pride-of-England',
Jonathan Haggerty
pictured above with his
ONE
Championship Kickboxing World Title
Belt.
Click
the following website link to go to the official
website of ONE Championship.
ONE CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM-WOLF-GYM
: Professional Fighters
PHOTO
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( Featured on the front cover of the U.K. Muay-Thai
Magazine ).
Rhys Edwards winning the
WAKO Pro. British Title ( Muay-Thai Rules ), defeating
Kieron Keddle.
The
Wolf-Gym has had
great achievments in both the Amateur and the
Professional codes.
Neil Holden has trained
several Professional Champions that have shared
the ring with the best in the country, as well
as represent England at International level.
Three of these Champions, Rhys
Edwards and Mark
Matthews and Darren
Collins also became Instructors under Neil
Holden.
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Instructors
Rhys
Edwards
4 x Pro. Titles
Mark
Matthews
6 x Pro. Titles
Darren Collins
2 x Pro. Titles
Between them they captured
12
Professional Championship Titles
in
Thai-Kickboxing ( Muay-Thai
Rules )
and
Japanese Kickboxing ( K-1
Rules )
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Rhys
Edwards :
Pro. -Regional
( Area ) Welterweight Champion
( S.I.M.T.A. )
Pro. -English
Welterweight Champion ( I.K.B.O. )
Pro. -English
Welterweight Champion ( W.A.K.O. Pro.)
Pro. -British Welterweight
Champion ( W.A.K.O. Pro.)
Mark Matthews :
Pro. Regional ( Area ) Super-Lightweight
Champion ( I.K.B.O. )
Pro. Regional ( Area ) Light- Welterweight
Champion ( W.A.K.O. - Pro )
Pro. English Light- Welterweight Champion
( W.A.K.O. - Pro )
Pro. British Welterweight Champion ( I.S.K.A.
)
Pro. Commonwealth Welterweight Champion ( I.S.K.A.
)
Pro. Inter-Continental Super-Welterweight Champion
( W.P.K.L. )
Darren
Collins :
Pro. Regional ( Area ) Light- Welterweight
Champion ( W.A.K.O. - Pro )
Pro. English Light- Welterweight Champion
( W.A.K.O. - Pro )
As
you can see, Wolf-Gym has
had great achievments in both the Amateur and
the Professional codes.
The following link will take you to some photo's
of Warrington Kickboxers
in action.
ACTION PHOTOS
( Link )
Please take a few minutes to visit each page of
this website for lots of information about the
Wolf Gym - Warrington
Kickboxing, and also about the Martial
Art and Combat Sport of Kickboxing.
To book in and activate £FREE trial session, please
send a text stating "KICKBOXING
ENQUIRY :"
and then add your
FULL NAME, your AGE
and your EMAIL ADDRESS.
Please send the text to 07973-43-18-18,
and a member of our team
will contact you.
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