Brian Brosnan World Champion Kickboxing Ireland WAKO

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Ireland's Brian Brosnan became the first Irish fighter to win a gold medal in full contact kickboxing at the WAKO World Kickboxing Championships in Dublin on Saturday night.
2011 WAKO World Championship finished on Saturday evening with the last finals: But it was the 'Irish evening' as the host nation finished with one Gold and three Silver medals in perfectly organised for this occasion Gala.
The Galway Kickboxing Club member beat Stelyan Avramidi of Kazakhstan to claim the gold medal at -71kg by unanimous decision at the Citywest Hotel and Conference Centre.
Brosnan said: "I can't even describe what it feels like to be world champion, I don't think it has fully sunk in yet."
His father and coach Denis added: "He's been training since he could walk. I'm very proud of him."
In total Ireland won six medals from at the finals.
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Brian Brosnan is a boxer from Galway, Ireland and is an under-21 and intermediate national boxing champion.
Brosnan is also a senior national kickboxing champion and junior European and world kickboxing champion.
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Kickboxing (in Japanese キックボクシング kikkubokushingu) refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing. Kickboxing is often practiced for self-defense, general fitness, or as a contact sport.
Japanese kickboxing originates in the 1960s, with competitions held since the 1960s. American kickboxing originates in the 1970s. Japanese kickboxing developed into K-1 in 1993.
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Historically, kickboxing can be considered a hybrid martial art formed from the combination of elements of various traditional styles. This approach became increasingly popular since the 1970s, and since the 1990s, kickboxing has contributed to the emergence of mixed martial arts via further hybridization with ground fighting techniques from jujutsu and professional wrestling.
There is no single international governing body. International governing bodies include World Association of Kickboxing Organizations, World Kickboxing Association, International Sport Karate Association, International Kickboxing Federation, World Kickboxing Federation, World Kickboxing Network, among others. Consequently there is no single kickboxing world championship, and champion titles are issued by individual promotions, such as K-1, It's Showtime, Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, among others.

The World Association of Kickboxing Organisations (W.A.K.O or just WAKO) is one the international organization of kickboxing, and the governing body of Amateur kickboxing sport certified by SportAccord. It is formed with two organization WAKO for amateur sports and WAKO PRO for professional sports, and besides holding world championships, they sanction the champions of kickboxing in 6 rules.
W.A.K.O holds a world championships every two years, with youth (18 and under) and adults (18-45) on separate years; only national teams are accepted. Each member country can present only 1 competitor in each weight class. Competitors are commonly the national champion of their weight class in that particular kickboxing style and many are also officially recognised by their National Olympic Committees or Ministry of Sports.
WAKO kickboxing is one of thirteen combat sports participating in the first Combat Games being held in Beijing, China under the patronage of the IOC and SportAccord.

The WAKO World Kickboxing Championships took place in Citywest. Ireland took six medals at the games.
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RTE reports on Ireland's Brian Brosnan winning the Gold at The WAKO World Kickboxing Championships.
Brosnan wins gold at World Kickboxing event
Ireland's Brian Brosnan became the first Irish fighter to win a gold medal in full contact kickboxing at the WAKO World Kickboxing Championships in Dublin on Saturday night.

The Galway Kickboxing Club member beat Stelyan Avramidi of Kazakhstan to claim the gold medal at -71kg by unanimous decision at the Citywest Hotel and Conference Centre.

Brosnan said: "I can't even describe what it feels like to be world champion, I don't think it has fully sunk in yet."

His father and coach Denis added: "He's been training since he could walk. I'm very proud of him."

In total Ireland won six medals from at the finals.

Three of those were silver medals in semi-contact kickboxing.

Ireland's former world champion Robbie McMenamy lost out to Zsolt Moradi of Hungary in the final seconds of the -79kg final while Des Leonard lost his final in extra time.

The teenager, who had made the team for the first time, looked set to cause a massive upset as he brought the match to extra time against a far more experienced fighter Italian opponent but was ultimately denied the gold.

Ireland's youngest competitior just Ashley St Mart (16) could not hide his disappointment after losing a tough final against Laszlo Varga of Hungary.

Niall McDermott and Shauna Bannon claimed bronze medals in the -67kg full contact and -60kg semi contact respectively.

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