Our Patron, Jenna Ross, has just won the WBC Muay Thai World Flyweight Championship – the first Scottish woman to become a World Champion in Muay Thai.
This historic event took place at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley last Saturday in an event run by Power of Scotland, billed as POS35 – Power of Scotland’s 35th event.
Jenna’s opponent for the vacant WBC title was Switzerland’s Flyweight Champion and WBC International Champion, Ilenia Perugini.
The fight lasted all five rounds and Jenna was declared the winner by a unanimous judges decision.
Jenna commented “
“I am still pinching myself, hoping this isn’t a dream. I feel truly blessed and grateful to say I am now WBC World Flyweight Champion. I’d like to thank my mum and dad for raising me to be a determined, independent and ambitious person, because without that I wouldn’t have ever set foot in a Muay Thai gym.
My Muay Thai career has been a rollercoaster since I started in 2013. Much of my journey has been spent working multiple jobs trying to fund my training, at college for two years and university for five and now I’m in a big girl corporate job.
But the one thing that has always stayed consistent through the years is my training and hunger to succeed. I have sacrificed so much temporary pleasure to be where I am now and my heart is so full, knowing that I have stuck through all the ups and downs in life to reach my goals.
I don’t know what’s next for me, but I know I am not yet satisfied and I’m excited to get the next fight lined up already. I want to keep getting better and fine tune my abilities, and just keep going for glory.
I also really hope this World Championship win will be inspiring to females and children who use The Scottish Centre for Personal Safety’s services.”
