Panther Thai Boxing Academy hosted their final K-1 Full Contact tournament for 2008 on the 1st November. True to form the gym was packed to capacity, the bill boasted 16 amateur fights and 2 SuperAm fights. Fighters from Panther did exceptionally well coming away with 7 Gold and 3 Silver Medals. For the first time we had 3 father son combo´s fighting, Stuart and Anthony Mailer, Jina and Serdi Ifuki, Jason Mynhardt and Kyle van der Schyff, as well as siblings Keith and Gabby Drewery; proving once again this is a family sport. We would like to thank all those who come and support the fighters and wish you a safe and peaceful festive season, we hope to see you all in the new year on the 14th February for our next tournament.
Anthony Kettle (coach), Irshaad Sayed (assistant coach) Dyllan Dutton (Fighter) and Nabeehah Sayed (Fighter) of Western Province, represented a Springbok team consisting of 110 members at the WAKO (World Association of Kickboxing Organizations) World Championships in Naples, Italy on 23, 24, 26, 27 September 2008. This tournament is considered to be the most prestigious K-1 (kickboxing) competition in the world, with over 50 countries and 4500 fighters competing.
Dyllan and Nabeehah have been training between 4 to 6 hours and running between 5 and 10 km a day for the past three months in preparation for this tournament. Dyllan lost on points to a much more experienced fighter from Hungry, in the quarter finals, and is now ranked 6th in the world in his weight division. Nabeehah Sayed was the only South African to achieve a Gold medal and is now the reigning World Champion in her weight category (under 50KG, K-1, Full Contact). The team overall received 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 11 Bronze medals.
In Picture Back L-R: Dyllan Dutton, Anthony Kettle, Irshaad Sayed
Front: World Champion - Nabeehah Sayed
Pictured Back Row from Left to Right: Jina (Gold in SuperAm); Keith Drewery 14 yrs old (Gold); Dyllan Dutton 17 yrs old (Gold); Dean Lotz 15 yrs old (Silver) (TVH School); Leo Mramba (Gold), Andrew Mailer 16 yrs old (Gold)(Blouberg High School); Jason Mynhardt (Gold) Front Row from Left to Right: 16 year old Nabeehah Sayed (Gold); Kyle vd Schyff 10 yr old (Gold) (CBC Primary School); 10 yr old Serdi (Gold) (Tableview Primary School); 12 yr old Gabby Drewery (2 x Gold).
Panther Thaiboxing Academy hosted their third K-1, Super Am event for the year on 31 May 2008, in Parklands, Cape Town. There were clubs from throughout South Africa. The spectators eagerly waiting to see some of South Africas best fighters slug it out for gold. The tournament boasted 5 Super Am fights with 3 Title Fights and 11 Armature bouts. The standard of all fighters exceeded the crowds expectations and the show was enjoyed by all. Panther is hosting their next Pro-Am event on 2 August 2008 in Cape Town, all styles and clubs are welcome.
From Left (Back) Jason Maynard (Silver), Kerry Gray (Title Winner), Kyle Mynhardt (Gold), Leo Maramba (Gold), Dyllan Dutton (Silver) From Left (Front) Anthony Mailer (Silver), Nabeeha Sayed (Gold), Irshaad Sayed (Gold)
On the 19th April 2008, Panther Thai Boxing Academy competed in a Super-Am event in JHB
Kerry Gray won the Super-Am SA Title Belt in a weight category above her own, with a KO in 45 seconds.
Anthony Mailer (14 yrs old - Chelmsford School) received 2 silver medals.
Dean Lotz (15 yrs old - Tableview High) won gold.
Dyllan Dutton who received a silver medal, in 'Low Kicks'.
In picture from left to right:
Anthony Mailer, Kerry Gray, Dean Lotz and Dyllan Dutton
Panther is looking to sponsor boxers (Amateur and Pro), like Leo from a disadvantaged background, living in Danoon and Site 5, as part of their community development program.
For more information call Anthony 083 5929794
From Left: Jason Mynhardt (Gold) Tyrone de Koker (Silver) Leo Mramba (Gold) Front Row: Gabby Drewrey (Gold)
Dyllan Dutton (Table View High School) of Panther Thaiboxing Academy entered the amateur seniors division of the Boland K-1 Championships (Thai Boxing) on Saturday 02 February 2008. Dyllan won his first fight by KO in the first round and second fight by KO in the second round, securing him a gold medal. Dyllan will be competing in his first SuperAm fight, on 5 April 2008 at Panther Thaiboxing Academy.
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