Brown has top spot in his sights; KICKBOXING.Byline: Matt Bozeat VINNY Brown plans to be a No.1 smash hit at this month's action-packed kickboxing show in Coventry. Brown is matched with Richard Hines in the five-round bill topper at the Alan Higgs Alan Higgs was a successful self-made businessman who became a multimillionaire mainly from his house building business in Coventry, as well as from other businesses in Birmingham, England. Centre in Binley on August 22 and will be looking to knock him off top spot in the ISKA's featherweight rankings. Hines has previously won a controversial points win over Mark Cullinane from Dev Barrett's Karate and Kickboxing gym on Longfellow Road and this month's show is Cullinane's first step into promoting. He is also a fighter - currently ranked No 2 by the ISKA ISKA International Sport Karate Association ISKA Internationalen för Stats- och KommunalAnställda (Swedish: Public Services International) and a former WUMA European champion - and trainer at Barrett's gym where he took up the sport 25 years ago. His pupils include 12-year-old daughter Sharneece, who was crowned ECKA National karate champion earlier this month, and this month's show features four more fighters from Barrett's successful gym - including unbeaten super-heavyweight hope Jermaine Evans. The 6ft 7ins powerhouse targets a third straight win and Cullinane predicts: "This time next year, Jermaine will be fighting for a title." Cullinane also has high hopes for 19-year-old Michael Green and Damian Quinn. The bill also includes 23-year-old Kirsty Brooks in a women's K1 match. The show will raise funds for Sickle Cell Anemia sickle cell anemia n. A chronic, usually fatal inherited form of anemia marked by crescent-shaped red blood cells, occurring almost exclusively in Blacks, and characterized by fever, leg ulcers, jaundice, and episodic pain in the joints. and tickets are available from 02476 449 072. |
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