Last month, Daniel “the Jet” Zahra took part in a Savate competition but unfortunately lost by a few points against his French competitor.

This was the second professional match for “the Jet” but his first one with Savate rules. In fact he is the first Maltese Kickboxer who ever took part in a competition of such discipline. On the other hand the French athlete has an experience of about 90 matches in Savate, K1 and Kickboxing.

It was a balanced match throughout the five rounds with continuous attacks and counter attacks from both fighters. In the first round Debon went with a calm technique and studied the Maltese competitor and managed to knock him down but not out. Zahra controlled the second round with his classical jumping and spinning kicks and managed to keep ahead and controlled the whole round.

It was in the third and fourth round that Debon started to gain points and putting pressure on Zahra. In the fifth and final round, the Savate practitioner showed his experience by putting Zahra on the defensive. Zahra and his coach, Master Noel Mercieca, had only one month to practise the techniques for such a different discipline. In the end, the judges gave the victory to Debon only by a few points.

Currently talks or on the way so that later this year Debon would face Zahra again. But this time it will be under K1 rules competition in Malta.

On another note, Christopher Debono, another member of the Ying Yang Kickboxing and student of Master Mercieca, will soon take part in a boxing competition.