KATHMANDU: Abiral Ghimire, an accomplished international kick boxer originally from Nepal, has won the title of ‘Professional Kick Boxing HEAT 52 Championship’ held in Tokyo, Japan.

Ghimire who is known as a ‘Himalyan Cheetah’ defeated his rival Yang representing South Korea within one minute and fifty-five seconds in the ring to win the title. Ghimire is the first Nepali to compete in the tournament.

The 23-year-old boxer is engaged in the professional kickboxing in Japan and has already 13 titles of HEAT Championship following the winning of the ‘man of the match’ title thrice.

He has already exhibited his exceptional prowess to secure a victory against boxers from Japan, Brazil, Bolivia, the Netherlands, Thailand and more.

In Japan, he is being coached by his father, Dev Ghimire, who is himself a former international kick-boxer and full contact karate player.

The Ghimire family, originally the resident of Gurjudhara of Chandragiri municipality-12, Kathmandu has been residing in Nagoya of Japan for the past few years.

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