Paddy Toland

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Paddy Toland is a former Irish kickboxer and kickboxing coach. A former three-time world amateur kickboxing champion, he reportedly retired from the sport in 2013. [1]

From Killea in County Donegal, Toland regularly trained in Derry. [2] As it was difficult to finding sparring partners in Derry and Donegal, he travelled weekly to Waterford.[ citation needed ] Toland, who was a property developer, [2] [3] subsequently opened his own gym. [4] An interim member of the kickboxing "board of control" in Northern Ireland, [5] as of 2009 he was connected to the Irish chapter of the ISKA governing body. [6]

By 2011, he was coaching the then middleweight and light-middleweight kickboxing champion, Tommy McCafferty. [7] He also helped to coach the former ISKA European ladies super flyweight champion, Natalie McCarron, [8] and promoted fights by ISKA world heavyweight champion, Daniel Quigley. [9] In March 2012, Toland was reportedly "voted World Kickboxing Promoter of the Year" by the ISKA. [10] He closed his gym in 2013. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kickboxing guru Toland hangs up his gloves". donegallive.ie. 8 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Killea world kickboxing champ on RTE tonight". derryjournal.com. 21 May 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Warriors Gym is a great way to kick start your fitness regime". northernirelandworld.com. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2023. So, being a builder he [Toland] built a gym out in Killea
  4. ↑ "Derry Plays Host To Ireland's Biggest Ever Kickboxing Tournament". derrydaily.net. 8 November 2013. PT's Kickboxing & K1 Gym [..] was formed in 1992 by former three-time world kickboxing champion, Paddy Toland
  5. ↑ "Kick-boxing: Fighters go by the Board". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 11 April 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2023. Longstanding names from within the Kickboxing community [..] such as Paddy Toland and Stuart Beattie [..] will join an interim Board of eight members
  6. ↑ "ISKA News - Irish Championship Kickboxing". iska.org.uk. 4 April 2008. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "McCafferty faces biggest challenge yet in Germany". donegallive.ie. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2023. McCafferty is the current ISKA (International Sport Kickboxing Association) Professional Middleweight and Light-middleweight Kickboxing Champion [..] Coached by three-time world champion Paddy Toland
  8. ↑ "Natalie Kicks Her Way To The Top – Again!". donegaldaily.com. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "ISKA News - Quigley takes Heavyweight Crown". iska.org.uk. 7 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011.
  10. ↑ "World recognition for Paddy Toland and Natalie McCarron". donegallive.ie. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2023.


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