SELECTED PREVIOUS EVENTS 2001




"AURORA'S RING CHALLENGE" - (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) April 7th, 2001


Promoters Wolfgang and Connie Manicke hosted another highly successful and well run Kickboxing event in their howetown of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on April 7th. The event was attended by around 500 spectators.

For the first time in Prince Albert, this event featured some modified Muay Thai bouts. The bouts went over very well with the audience.

Below are the results of the event:

The Main Event - WKA Canadian Superheavyweight Kickboxing Title Defense
WKA Canadian Superheavyweight Kickboxing Champion Andrew Vanzandbergen stepped into the ring to defend his title against challenger Andre Beaulieau from Red Deer. Both athletes weighhed around 250 lbs. but Beaulieau was the shorter and stockier athlete of the two. In the first round Vanzandbergen was having a tough time finding his bearings while Beaulieau pressed the action with a smart attack at the champions belly. Beaulieau came straight up the center while the champion countered with circular blows. Vanzandbergen was in trouble in the second round from the relentless attack of the challenger. Suddenly towards the end of the round, Vanzandbergen delivered a right roundhouse to the challengers neck (Beaulieau did not see it coming), and it was lights out. In front of his hometown supporters, Vanzandbergen defended his title with a beautiful kick knockout!

The Semi-Main Event featured a modified Muay Thai match fought in the cruiserweight division. Prince Albert's Shane Doerksen did battle with Craig Douglas from Red Deer. It was not to be Doerksen's night and half way through the final round, the referee stopped the contest. Douglas added another notch and win to his record.

Welterweight Kickboxing Bout - Chris Spadyk (Winnipeg) battled with Derrick Chu (Saskatoon). Spadyk started out with speed and strength but Chu showed resolve and a disciplined fight plan to win the bout by a 3rd round unanimous decision.

Superwelterweight Muay Thai Bout - Graham Weenk (Prince Albert) stepped into the ring with Darcy Stromsmoe from Red Deer. The first Muay Thai bout of the evening had a disappointing conclusion. As the bout started Weenk injured his ankle and protested. He continued in the fight. The two ended up in a clinch in the center of the ring. Weenk delivered a frontal knee which was intended for his opponents body. At the same time, Stromsmoe had dropped his head and taken a step backwards to try and release the clinch. Weenk held onto his foe's head while he delivered the knee. The result of all of this was a knee to Stromsmoe's face. The impact injured Stromsmoe and the bout was stopped and declared a no-contest.

WKA Saskatchewan Superheavyweight Kickboxing Title - Prince Albert's Darryl Morrison stepped into the ring with Saskatoon's Eddie Mujakavic. During this bout one of the athletes injured his leg while moving away from an exchange. Morrison won the bout and the title by TKO at 1:06 of the 4th round.

Calgary's Marshall Wall squared off with Saskatoon's Kevin Niesson. Niesson delivered more attacks during this bout while Wall delivered his attacks very sparingly. A bloodied Niesson was declared the winner of this bout by a split decision.

Trish Weibe (Saskatoon) defeated Melanie Carrington (Winnipeg) by a split decision.

Fabian Cortez (Calgary) stepped into the ring with Winnipeg's Syoudom Pathammavong. These two athletes battled back and forth on the inside. Syoudom had a reach advantage but did not use it (very surprising). At the end of the very close bout, Syoudom was declared the winner by split decision.

Allison Muzyla (Saskatoon) stepped into the ring against Carla Hopkins (Medicine Hat). Hopkins won the bout by a split decision.

Mike Demay opened the card with his bout against Jon Leicht (Saskatoon). In the first round DeMay had Leicht on the run but as the bout progressed, he ran out of steam and the tables turned. Leicht won the bout by unanimous decision.

The event featured some excellent fights and the audience enjoyed the energy given by the athletes in their bouts.