October saw Coventry youngster Muhammad Abu-Bakr challenge for the WKU Commonwealth Championship in Muay Thai, following from his June win for the European Championship he took on Newcastle-based competitor Harvey Lampang in a 5 round fight in Birmingham.<\/p>\n
The 1st round was quite even and saw both 8 year olds feeling each other out with effective punches, kicks and knee strikes.<\/p>\n
The 2nd round was a lot closer, the 3rd, 4th and final round saw Abu-Bakr up the pace, taking control of the fight completely, leading to the judges awarding the WKU Commonwealth Championship to Abu-Bakr<\/p>\n
A great win and accomplishment for the junior, head coach Raf Hussain of 8 Limbs Muay Thai said:<\/p>\n
\u201cInstructor Raf Hussain said “I am extremely proud of Abu-Bakr, at such a young age he has achieved so much and I am really hopeful he will be world champion very soon, the sky is the limit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAbu-Bakr is now in a position to compete for a world title and we will be looking at this for early 2016\u201d.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand that consists of punches, kicks and standing grappling with knee strikes.<\/p>\n
Muhammad Abu-Bakr started training in Muay Thai at the age of 5\u00a0at 8 Limbs Muay Thai Martial Arts Academy in Coventry City Centre under his instructors Raf Hussain and Rad Staszak.<\/p>\n
He has won numerous English and British championships and won a major junior tournament in April, to be crowned the UK No1 at 8 years old -25kg and was shortlisted for male fighter of the tournament.<\/p>\n
Abu-Bakr will be scheduled to compete again later in the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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