Rob Stevens is an English

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, strength coach, and

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. Billing as ''Rob "Diesel" Stevens'' he notably won a World Champion Belt at

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and was

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Lightweight World Kickboxing Champion. Stevens, from

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near Birmingham, attended Oak Cottage Primary, and Woodrush School studying languages at

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.Nick Pullen ''Kick-start to big time for Rob'' In his early career he trained at Birmingham Martial Arts Centre,

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. The Comet, 2 October 2008:
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' In 2007 IKF Europe noted Stevens was considered amongst the very best amateur full contact fighters in the world. He made his professional debut on 11 February 2007 defeating Andy Mann the pro North West West Area champion for WAKO, the ''World Association of Kickboxing Organizations''. On 1 April 2007, previously undefeated, Kicks guarantee
The Comet: 22nd March 2007 Stevens lost to Sukhy Shoria. He fought Aaron Robinson on 3 June 2007. On 7 December 2008, as a Featherweight, Stevens outpointed Steve Cooke over 6 rounds at The Opera House, Boscombe. On 8 February 2009, Stevens defeated Mike Nudd winning all eight rounds for a unanimous decision to become the Kickboxing Super Lightweight English Champion in the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF). By Stevens as British, Kickboxing champion, defeated Paddy Burke to take the

British welterweight pro-am title with unanimous decision over five rounds. By May 2013 Stevens was World Kick Boxing Championhttps://solihullmayor.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/friday-19-april/ Mayor of Solihull friday-19-april Stevens switched to fight

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in 2018.

References

External links

Rigs Fitness

Birmingham Martial Arts Centre
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