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Paul Norman Wins Provincial Heavyweight Title

By Jim Riddell 205 lb to meet Dylan Struckless for
the Provincial Heavyweight belt.
aul Norman of Finch, holder of Struckless, fighting out of Ottawa’s
Pthe Provincial Cruiserweight
Team Bushido, and trained by former
Kickboxing title, had been training kickboxer and MMA fighter Nabil
hard for his Nov. 13th fight against
Khatib, was a tough opponent who
Alex Bouchard for the Canadian title; had been competing in Muay Thai
a fight with a 190 lb weight limit.
and MMA, as well as kickboxing.
Paul said “I felt great, getting It was an exciting match with heavy
through camp with only minor wear shots being thrown by both fighters,
and tear; physically and mentally each determined to be the one leaving
prepared to go hard rounds over the ring with the title belt.
the distance, putting on some extra
Norman handled his difficult
muscle mass training with Ottawa opponent well, landing cleaner and
South strength coach Greg Pollock more frequently; winning the fight by
for explosive movements. The
unanimous decision. “I felt confident
first four weeks of camp I was that I was more aggressive and had
working with Greg and Kickboxing
landed some clean crisp shots. He
Trainer Jean-Yves Theriault. I then was tough and relentless, so it was
halted the lifting and was striking great to be tested and to win the title
five days a week; working on
in a technical fashion. My training
different techniques, implementing partners Jon Meunier and Scott
combinations and timing drills”.
Jurgens were a huge help, always
A week or so before the fight pushing me to go faster and to push
Bouchard received a broken nose, harder. I have great teammates and
forcing him to back out of the coaches supporting me and that Photo Submitted
bout. With the opportunity to win takes a lot of the stress off. You training crew as there was a very Norman should not have to wait all
a Canadian championship now out follow the examples that these guys large contingent of Stormont County that long for the opportunity to add
the window, the chance arose for set and everything sets into place.” residents in the crowd cheering a Canadian Championship to his
Norman to move up in weight to Paul’s support goes far beyond his him on. One would think that Paul growing collection of title belts.
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