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Island Inferno III 

Posted on Kickboxingcanada.org                                                                                                                                                                                            Friday, April 18, 2008

April 12 - Barry Ogg once again treated the Charlottetown audience to an exciting night of kickboxing action. The Island Inferno events have gained a reputation as being the premiere event to attend for athletes and fans alike. The third installment of the event lived up to this expectation.

The events featured three CASK title bouts and a number of exciting under card match ups. The quality and quantity of PEI athletes on this event was tremendous, with a number of local athletes headlining the bouts.

This junior Maritime sensation - Charlie McKinnon - drew the loudest crowd cheer when his name was announced. The Las Vegas style lights and smoke followed the young Charlottetown native as he make his walk down the ramp to the ring. The young athlete has developed a great following in PEI and was determined to please the crowd. Across the ring he faced the strong and experienced Ontario athlete Ross Mylet. McKinnon and Mylet had faced each other last year with Mylet winning a unanimous decision.

This second encounter was for the CASK Intermediate Welterweight title belt. The bout went back and forth between the two athletes. Mylet scored often and hard with his body attacks, while McKinnon had his best performances on the outside using his jab and lead leg kicks.

The bout was fought very tactically by both athletes. At the end of the 4 rounds the judges scored the closely fought bout to Charlie McKinnon. The young man becomes the first PEI athlete to ever win a coveted National Championships.

The second title bout of the night was between another Charlottetown athlete, Shawn McCarthy and Ontario veteran Bart Molenda. Once again the bout was a contrast in styles. McCarthy wanted to fight a close quarters bout, while Molenda preferred staying on the outside using his jab and strong kicks to score points. This 4 round bout was for the CASK Eastern Canadian Championship title.
The Charlottetown native began to tire in the later rounds but kept on his pressure tactics. Molenda stayed composed scoring regularily with his jab and rear round kick. After the 4 rounds the judges scored the bout unanimously in favor of the new Eastern Canadian Champion - Bart Molenda.
 
The main amateur bout was between Truro's Micky Marshall and another Ontario athlete, Brian Douglas. Marshall already has the Cruiser weight Canadian title, but chose to move down a division to fight at his natural weight. The bout began with both athletes being cautious in their attacks. Marshall was active with both kicks and punches whereas Douglas used his jab and front kick to score most of his points. The pace picked up in the second and third round. Suddenly Douglas took a knee and a standing 8 count. He returned to his corner complaining of dizziness. His corner decided to err in the side of caution and stopped the bout. Marshall was awarded the bout and title by TKO. He has now won two Canadian National titles in two separate weight divisions. This is a first in CASK history.
The remainder of the bout saw athletes from Ontario (Team Abu Zayd), Nova Scotia (MARMAC Athletics) and Newfoundland (8 Limb Muay Thai) and the local athletes from PEI (Soul Precision Kickboxing Academy). All put on their best efforts in a well organized and appreciated event.

Congratulations goes to Mr. Barry Ogg, who along with his team, put on a excellent event that continues to pave the way for outstanding kickboxing shows. All the athletes involved competed hard but showed lots of Maritime friendship after the bout. CASK looks forward for the 4th installment of the ISLAND INFERNO!

 

 

                 ISKA Results 2007                      www.iska.com/results.asp

Island Inferno II

Sat. Apr. 7, 2007 Super Middleweight Professional World Title Match

Charlottetown, PE, Canada

 

 

“King” Ken Hewski from Long Island, NY and Muzammal Nawaz of Toronto, Canada squared off in a 12 round Full Contact Rules ISKA Super Middleweight Professional World Title Match.

 

1,000 fans braved the snow and ice of the season’s worst blizzard to fill the Grand Ballroom of the Delta Hotel in Charlettetown, Canada for the show named Island Inferno II.  The promoter, Barry Ogg did a great job setting the tone of the venue, giving the night a real “Vegas” style feel.

 

Both fighters entered the ring very focused, fully aware of what they had to do to claim the ISKA World Title Belt. After the introductions were made and the center-ring stare down was over, Hewski and Nawaz were ready for battle.

 

Round 1 started slow as both fighters tried to feel each other out. Neither fighter landed anything effective, but Hewski kept busier using side kicks and a jabbing front leg roundkick to keep Nawaz away from him.

 

In round 2 both fighters picked up the pace with Nawaz throwing his trademark axe kick, but Hewski was able to land counter with his own sidekick and a couple left crosses to earn the round.

 

Nawaz started round 3 trying to get inside, but Hewski used an array of sidekicks and some spin kicks to control the distance and keep Nawaz off balance. When Nawaz did get inside, Hewski would tie him up effectively.

  

In round 4 Nawaz’s tried his best, to reverse the fight’s momentum, which to that point was clearly in Hewski’s favor.  By the end of the round Nawaz looked spent as the proud Canadian warrior returned to his corner.   

 

Before the bell sounded for round 5 Nawaz’s corner regrettably called a halt to the match indicating that their fighter could not continue due to a knee injury.

 

“King” Ken Hewski, ahead on all three scorecards was awarded the stoppage and TKO victory.  After more than 40 “ring wars,” the 30 year old veteran from Port Jefferson, NY proudly accepted his first World Title Belt. “I had the best training camp ever, and am very proud of this accomplishment.”  The ISKA is equally proud of “King” Ken’s efforts and hope to see him defend his title either in front of his many home-town fans in New York or perhaps in England where the full contact style of kickboxing is most popular.

 

Nawaz later said that he had injured the knee several weeks earlier, but thought it would be all right for the fight.

 

All in all the night saw some exciting undercard fights with knockdowns and knockouts and capped off with “King” Ken Hewski living up to his nickname. Hopefully Nawaz’s knee will be all right and the stage can be set for Hewski/Nawaz II, I’m sure the fans would not want to miss that one.

 

Island Inferno I

 

Press Release                                                                        9th October  2006
By Heather Donald

 See press release on Sherdog.com


On Saturday October 7th, a packed Charlottetown audience saw Muzammal Nawaz of Canada knock out Gary Bonefant in the seventh round to win the WFK-PRO World Light-Middleweight title. In the first round, Nawaz hit Bonefant with a hard lead hook from his southpaw stance. The punch hurt Bonefant and he was badly dazed. The game American regained his composure and fought valiantly through rounds 2-5 landing body attacks whenever he could. The highly conditioned Nawaz kept the pressure on landing stiff jabs and hard kicks at the end of each round.

 

In round 7, Nawaz again landed another punishing lead hook and Bonefant took a standing 8 count. The Canadian immediately jumped on his adversary hitting him relentlessly with punches. Bonefant tried to cover up but to no avail. He went down a second time but was unable to beat the standing 8 count.

Nawaz won the prestigious WFK World title - his 4th professional title with four different international sanctioning bodies.

The victory was meaningful for Nawaz as he had lost a bid for the Middleweight title in Uzbekistan in April of this year. The tough Vahid Roshni from Iran defeated Nawaz the Uzbek capital. With many personal and professional commitments as Canadian Kickboxing President; a coach to a team of elite level athletes; a father of 3 and with a full time career in the volunteer sector; Nawaz has always been challenged to stay focused on his professional kickboxing career.

For this important bout, he hired veteran professional boxing coach – Chris Johnson, the former NABF Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion and 1992 Olympic medallist – to train him for the bout. Nawaz put his commitments in the capable hands of his colleagues while he dedicated 10 weeks to train for this bout. Logging in 4-5 hours of training a day, he prepared like a true professional.

Gary Bonefant was a worthy opponent as the #1 World ranked contender with the ISKA and the current USKBA Intercontinental Champion. He has also hired former World Champion, Tony Ventura to prepare him for this bout. Bonefant also worked with professional boxers in his preparations including Welterweight Boxing Champion Micky Ward.

With the bout being held in Nawaz’s home country he had the partisan crowd on his side throughout the bout. A small but vocal American crowd began a ‘USA’ chant in the middle of the bout, but was deafened by the thousand + Canadians that began the ‘CANADA’ chant.

In the words Canadian official Vic Provost, ‘Muzammal looked like a completely different fighter tonight.’ Many of Nawaz’s loyal fans were pleasantly surprised at his performance in Charlottetown. An ecstatic Nawaz spoke to the office after the bout, ‘I have to thank Chris Johnson for his tremendous coaching and also to my support team of my Osteopath, Gus Kandilias who kept me healthy in training, to my manager Amer Mustafa who always believed I could achieve this moment, and to my inspirational team of amateur athletes on TAZ to whom I owe so much. I also want to thank the President of the WFK Mr. Manouchehri who believed in my abilities to offer me this WFK-PRO opportunity.’