Daniel Zahra is probably the most successful home grown kick boxing artist to come out of the Maltese islands to date.

Daniel ‘The Jet’ Zahra, was born on the 19th December 1985.

At the tender age of 10, he started practicing soccer. After some time he decided to switch to the martial arts discipline after being inspired by a movie. With help from his cousin, he enrolled with the Ying Yang Kickboxing Club. Daniel was taken under the wing of Master Noel Mercieca, a 4th Dan Black Belt in Kickboxing and club founder.

Daniel had his baptism of fire on the international platform in 1996 at an international kickboxing competition organised in Malta. Daniel lost his first international encounter to an English opponent on points.

Daniel stepped up physical preparation and focused more on his technique. He was by now a regular face in the local combat sport scene and had won the national kickboxing championships in his weight division several times.

In 2002, Under the guidance of club coach and mentor Master Noel Mercieca, Daniel excepted an invitation to compete in England and challenge for the European Title in his weight division which he won by points.

From this point on Daniel ‘The Jet’ Zahra became unstoppable in the kickboxing amateur scene both locally and on the international platform.

2002 to 2009 he was the Malta National champion in the Open-Weight Category. In this category, weighing just 72 kilos he took on opponents from all weight classes. He also held the ‘National Best Fighter Title’ twice in a row.

In 2006 he again participated for the European Title in England winning by points in his weight category.

In 2007, Daniel started competing under the banner of the “World Kickboxing Network (WKN).”

In October 2007 the Daniel defeated his French opponent Adrian Lafauric for the WKN European title. The fight was held in Malta and signaled the start of Zahra’s rise under the WKN.

In August 2008 in a UK international competition Daniel switched to full contact without protective gear. Daniel won the match with a Technical Knock-Out just one minute into the first round against a former kickboxing professional.

On the 19 September 2009 the WKN organised a world cup in Malta. Daniel again succeeded in taking the World Champion with a Technical Knock-Out in the middle-weight category after defeating Furleton of Northern Ireland.

In January 2010 for the first time ever the WKN held a K1 (Semi Pro) European title match in Malta, with Daniel ‘The Jet’ Zahra challenging for the middleweight title against Mohamed Jama from Holland. Daniel defeated his opponent to take the European title.

In April of 2010, Daniel ‘The Jet’ Zahra, went over to Belfast, Ireland to defend his title against Mark Bird from Northern Ireland. He retained his title after defeating his Irish opponent on points.

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Under the World Kickboxing Network federation, Daniel holds to this day a European and World Title in kickboxing and two European Titles in K1. With his experience in this discipline, Daniel is ready to walk the last mile towards becoming a professional fighter.

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Recently WKN World and European amateur champion Daniel “The Jet” Zahra, of the Ying Yang kickboxing club, Malta, has been nominated for the Maltese, ‘Sportsman of the Year Award.’

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