Maccabi Jewish Boxers & Kickboxers Book Victories!
November 2011
It rained successes for Maccabi this November weekend. The only Jewish professional boxer from the Netherlands, Barry Groenteman, booked a new victory in a row by a TKO in the second round.
Barry, who each week gives free boxing training with Maccabi will now prepare for another strong opponent while on the hunt for a Dutch and European title. This time Barry was welcomed by many proud fans.
It was the turn of Jewish Maccabi fighters debuting on a boxing and kick boxing gala in a city near Amsterdam. Eyal van der Hart (Vice Chairman Maccabi Netherlands) was fighting his first game against an opponent who looked like a "Schwarzenegger look alike". It was a tough battle that Eyal fought with beautiful technique and much heart. Then it was the turn of Benjamin Kool only a few years active as a kickboxer. His opponent could not withstand the onslaught of sharp punches and kicks and the referee stopped the contest in the first round, therefore the winner by TKO was Benjamin!
Finally came Danny Pinto (Maccabi Combat chairman) in the ring and he showed himself to be a very fast and skilled fighter. The trainer of his opponent had no choice but to throw the towel in the first round in the ring protecting his pupil against a highly probable KO by Danny. As Benjamin Kool properly afterwards put it, "we were very strong prepared by our kickboxing coach Mitchell and therefore the results were so good"
It was for the many Jewish fans - a big party to see their Maccabi fighters, with the proud Magen David Maccabi Logo sportswear, perform so overpowering in the ring. A new generation has risen from Jewish Maccabim, all in the footsteps of old Jewish boxing heroes like Ben Bril. Do you have aspirations to fight in the ring as well or want to work out as a beginner and do some recreational training? If the answer is yes...then check out www.maccabi.nl for more information!
