Julia Glowacz Vs Millie Greenfield - ICO English Kickboxing Title - 14-10-23

We witnessed a unique fight night on the 14th October 2023 at the H Suite in Birmingham with the Boudica 'Rise of the warrior Queens' all female fight card. The show featured a diverse group of female martial artists from various backgrounds, ethnicities and disciplines and had garnered significant attention for its unique and empowering approach to showcasing the talents of empowering females in combat sports all over the UK. It not only highlighted their exceptional physical skills but also delved into their personal journeys, the challenges they have overcome and the impact they have on the martial arts community. Many special guests from the female sports world were in attendance and show promoter Amie Weaver did a great job on the match making and the production to make the evening really special and a fight night not to be forgotten for everyone who was in attendance. Last up for USKA we had 12 Year old Julia Glowacz in what was without doubt the toughest fight of her career so far facing up against Millie Greenfield from Star Kickboxing gym in Gravesend in Kent over 5 rounds for the ICO English Title. Going in to this fight Millie was a Multiple Kickboxing Champion and ABA National Boxing Champion and had the reputation of being a ferocious fighter with a great engine. Both girls had met before on the tournament circuit with Millie getting the win so Julia was really going to have to be on her A game to compete with her. Round 1 seen Julia start strong with combinations of technique pushing Millie back, Millie was landing good single shots but Julia's workrate and volume was giving her trouble in what looked like a close round to Julia. Round 2 was another close one with Julia's rhythm and movement seemingly offsetting Millie's usual super aggressive style. Again, the feeling was that Julia was in the ascendancy. Round 3 was a tale of two half's, Millie early and Julia Late. A tough one to call and one we felt was even. In Round 4 Julia stepped on the gas and pushed a great pace throwing good variety of technique and finished the round strong to put it in the bank. A Strong finish from Millie in Round 5 coupled with Julia's pace starting to dip won her the round to finish a super exciting and competitive contest. The judges score cards read Judge A: 50/46, Judge B: 49/46 and Judge C: 49/48, The winner and new ICO English Champion by Unanimous Points Decision... Julia Glowacz!