T&T kick­box­er Med­ford Charles has been giv­en the chance to chal­lenge for an in­ter­con­ti­nen­tal ti­tle by the World As­so­ci­a­tion of Kick­box­ing (WAKO). Af­ter tak­ing the va­cant na­tion­al pro­fes­sion­al su­per wel­ter­weight ti­tle (147-152 pounds) from Rod­ney Ram­lal, fol­low­ing an eight-round bout at the Cen­tral Re­gion­al In­door Sports Are­na, Ch­agua­nas, in Au­gust, Charles was giv­en the op­por­tu­ni­ty to fight against an un­known op­po­nent for the ti­tle, which is a qual­i­fi­er for the World stage.

For­tu­nate­ly for Charles, he has the op­por­tu­ni­ty to make a chal­lenge in the dis­ci­plines of the low-kick, full-con­tact and K1 styles, all of which he prac­tices. If Charles is suc­cess­ful in his chal­lenge, he will then be able to fight for the world ti­tle, and ad­vance to an­oth­er di­vi­sion or even be­come a mul­ti­ple ti­tle-hold­er in the var­i­ous rul­ings.

Charles, a res­i­dent of Ch­agua­nas, is a bar­ber by trade and op­er­ates a kick­box­ing gym-Fierce Young Li­ons-in St Mary's, Cara­pichaima. He is a WAKO-cer­ti­fied coach. Charles' op­por­tu­ni­ty was made pos­si­ble by the ne­go­ti­a­tions of Bren­don Burke who is the rep­re­sen­ta­tive for both the WAKO am­a­teur di­vi­sion and the WAKO Pro di­vi­sion in T&T, and is al­so a board mem­ber of the Pro­fes­sion­al Kick­box­ing Coun­cil of T&T, which is the recog­nised body for all pro­fes­sion­al kick­box­ing bouts.

The lo­cal gov­ern­ing body for the sport is urg­ing all ath­letes who de­sire to be­come kick­box­ers to be­come af­fil­i­at­ed with the Na­tion­al Kick­box­ing Coun­cil of T&T (NKCT&T). The coun­cil is al­so invit­ing all de­sirous of be­com­ing a kick­box­ing coach or of­fi­cial to join the NKCTT for WAKO cer­ti­fi­ca­tion.