Still Winning! Victoria Lomax, Costa Del Sol Champ, Moves From Kickboxing To Boxing

Victoria Lomax, a Manchester autochthonal and Malaga Province adoptee, boasts an astonishing kickboxing grounds arsenic a two-time World Champion, Intercontinental Champion and two-time Spanish Champion earlier she moved into master boxing late. The British combatant trains regular astatine Spartans Gym successful Fuengirola pinch nan thief from her hubby and coach Alberto. Euro Weekly News caught up pinch nan Malaga Province expat champ astir her move to nan boxing ring.

Boxing move brings chess-like challenges for erstwhile kickboxing star

Kickboxing rules suited Victoria perfectly until a semipermanent near knee wounded ended her expertise to artifact aliases kick.

“I switched to boxing from kickboxing because I person a semipermanent wounded successful my near knee from fighting successful kickboxing and could nary longer artifact aliases footwear effectively,” she explained.

“But I’ve ever been much of a boxer successful nan kickboxing ring, and truthful I’m loving it. I consciousness kickboxing was much astir who tin return nan astir and springiness nan most, whereas successful boxing, it’s much for illustration a crippled of chess. I ever believed it would beryllium an easy transition, but it perfectly hasn’t been. It’s been really hard! But Alberto, my hubby and coach, has been doing an unthinkable occupation successful changing my styles, and I deliberation it’s really coming done now.”

Injury-hit Malaga conflict driving Lomax’s resoluteness for nan remainder of 2026

Victoria stepped into nan ringing successful Malaga past March against Mexican force Itzel “La Brusquita” Ruiz while carrying a hidden problem.

“Yeah, truthful my past fight, what group don’t cognize is I had been injured since January. I had a mini tear successful nan tendon of my correct shoulder, truthful I fundamentally did nan full conflict campy without sparring and without utilizing my correct arm,” she recalled.

Promoters had described Ruiz arsenic 4-0, but she turned retired to clasp a 17-0 master grounds and Olympic squad experience.

“If we had known this, we mightiness person near nan conflict for a later day erstwhile I could really compete successful a afloat conflict camp,” she continued. “To everyone there, I had won nan conflict and was connected location soil, truthful that technically should person helped. But no, they robbed maine successful my ain backyard, truthful that 1 really hurt!”

Home crowds connected Costa del Sol springiness Victoria Lomax eventual motivation

Victoria has competed crossed nan globe and moreover connected a Thai reality show, arsenic good arsenic successful German stadiums packed pinch 12,000 spectators and arenas successful China, yet thing really matches fighting astatine home.

“Fighting present connected nan seashore successful Spain pinch your group pinch you… location is nary amended feeling,” she said.

Late starters person nonstop encouragement from Lomax

Victoria encourages women who dream of getting into boxing aliases kickboxing to disregard property barriers and make nan leap into nan ring.

“For those who are wanting to start, conscionable start! You’re ne'er excessively old; it’s each successful your head. Your assemblage tin tolerate a batch much than what your caput tells you it can,” she advises.

July boxing return and section gym events header Victoria Lomax’s 2026 schedule

Victoria had lined up an quality connected May 23 for a show promoted by chap female boxer Amy, a Commonwealth champion, mother of 2 and Marbella gym owner. However, she will still beryllium retired of action owed to wounded – a fracture successful a correct knuckle. She hopes to beryllium fighting fresh for July, though. Two of nan pro-lads from her gym will beryllium competing successful Marbella successful May.

Spartans Gym successful Fuengirola, meanwhile, prepares to big its ain mixed kickboxing and boxing show while coaches hole young fighters from nan Costa del Sol for nan Spanish championships successful June.