Teenager Millie Greenfield completed a memorable four weeks as she became a world champion.<\/p>\n
Star Kickboxing\u2019s Greenfield, who earned the WKO European title at Rochester\u2019s Casino Rooms in late June, saw off Aoibheann Tunstead in Saturday\u2019s bout by a unanimous decision to take the WKA K1 world title kickboxing crown on the KBX8 show.<\/p>\n
Millie Greenfield, of Star Kickboxing, has enjoyed a remarkable four weeks<\/p>\n
Instructor Leigh Haworth, who runs Star Kickboxing at Apex Business Park, Lower Shorne, alongside son Paul Haworth, said: \u201cWe have got a bit of a name.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have achieved world titles in the past – but this is our first in a while.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully, it will push us out into the limelight again and attract interest in kickboxing. We do boxing, as well, but it\u2019s the kickboxing where we excel.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe club is celebrating its 20th year this year. It\u2019s run by my son, Paul, and I assist as a coach.<\/p>\n
“We have a good team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Star Kickboxing’s Millie Greenfield, centre, is flanked by father-and-son duo Paul Haworth and Leigh Haworth, who run the club<\/p>\n
Greenfield\u2019s latest triumph came at The Civic Hall in Grays.<\/p>\n
\u201cApart from attacking the [Dartford] Tunnel, it was quite an easy trip,\u201d said Haworth. “The KBX8 events are prestigious.<\/p>\n
“There were 26 fights that evening. There were some other title fights and things like that but Millie was going for a vacant title.<\/p>\n
“The girl she was fighting, she already has had a world title with a different organisation so we knew it was going to be tough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greenfield, 15, is something of a club stalwart.<\/p>\n
Haworth said: \u201cShe really has trained hard.<\/p>\n
“It came on the back of the European title she won so she went from training for that, straight to this. She grabbed the opportunity with both hands and said \u2018Yeah, let\u2019s have it\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe must have been training with Star for about eight years now, I would say.\u201d<\/p>\n