michael terrill
Hi Michael, welcome back to NE, can you give our readers a quick introduction? Hello my name is Michael Terrill, I’m 33 but look younger and I’m from North Shields. A lot has changed since you were last featured in NE as you no longer compete in K1, instead transferring over to Bare Knuckle Boxing where you have just become the interim BKB World Heavyweight Champion, how does it feel to be crowned the champion? Yeah my k-1 days are gone now, it’s a hard sport and recovery time is becoming longer as I’m getting older. It takes its toll on your legs. But I’m now concentrating on bare knuckle boxing with the largest
company in the game being UBBAD BKB. It feels good winning the interim belt but I still want to cement it in stone by winning the title outright. A lot of people in the BKB scene doubted your ability even though you have a wealth of experience in combat sports, how did that feel going into your fight against John Lewis? Yeh I was the underdog going into that fight even though I’d already beat John in a gloved fight previously, to be honest every BKB fight I’ve went into bar one I’ve been the underdog. It never bothers me really; people have a point of view on everything and more so on fighters. I don’t like s**t talking, I just get in and do it. Hopefully, having a laugh along the way. In time people will see that kickboxers actually punch too.
will he be your first title defense so that it will be undisputed when you win or will that be a fight further down the line for you? I’m unsure at present, Michael has a few personal issues he is sorting out at the minute and if I was in his shoes, fighting would be the last thing on my mind. I hope everything works out well for him. When he gets things sorted I’m sure it will happen. What made you swap over from fighting K1 to fighting BKB instead? I love k-1, I still do. In fact I teach it at my gym called The Manor Gym, but like I said earlier it takes its toll on your legs and I was
You have already said you are not the champion until you beat the champion, which was Michael Ferry, who was stripped of his title due to not being available to fight for quite a lengthy time period, so
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