A catchup with the twin sisters from a village in Wolverhampton in the West Midlands who have both become MuayThai WBC Champions.
We caught up with them to discuss the achievement and where they want to aim for, in the future.
We caught up with them to discuss the achievement and where they want to aim for, in the future.
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00:00Just over a year ago, I attended a fundraiser here at Pattingham Club ahead of the WBC World Championships,
00:09where sisters Winnie and Tilly were representing England's Muay Thai team.
00:14Fast forward 12 months and off the back of both becoming WBC champions,
00:19they're basking in the glory, but the work has only just begun.
00:24I fought for the WBC British under-16 featherweight title.
00:30It went really good. I got a second-round stoppage.
00:33I fought the girl twice before and she's really tough.
00:36I knew it would be a hard fight, but I trained hard for it and it paid off when I was in the ring.
00:41And obviously, Winnie, your sister, winning a belt as well on the night is quite a special achievement
00:46for both of you to go and win a belt as well. How special did that make you feel?
00:51It was really cool. To say one of us got a title was cool and then two was just unreal.
00:58But the Olympics coming up this summer, there's a lot of fighting events there.
01:01Muay Thai hasn't quite been into the Olympics yet and people are trying to get the sport into the Olympics in the future.
01:09Is that something you'd like to see the sport get into?
01:12Definitely.
01:13Is it maybe a dream for you?
01:14Yeah, definitely a dream. I'd love to do it in the Olympics.
01:18You fought after Tilly, your sister. How much pressure did that bring after seeing that she'd won?
01:23I think it brought a lot of pressure because I just wanted it so much.
01:28And I wanted for Tilly to win and me to win. And then because Tilly won, I just wanted it to all work out.
01:37I think it just shows how hard we all push each other and how much we want success.
01:44For the girls to get a chance of fighting on a good quality adult show, there was a WBC world title on the day.
01:53So the level of competition there was as good as you get in the UK.
01:59They're showcasing themselves in front of people who know the sport.
02:03So to do that and then go and perform like they did is what I like to see really.
02:09People coming up after and saying how well they did. It's like a job done. That's why we do it really.
02:16Their dad, Tom, can't express how proud he is of his girls, who are slowly making a name for themselves on the biggest of stages in the fighting world.
02:26They're nice to look back on, I think, as you get older, as you hopefully make a career out of it, remember where it all began.
02:34They've got numerous belts, to be honest. The green strap is the sought-after one.
02:41So I wanted to get them the opportunity. All the dedication, the hard work, they do that themselves.
02:47We have good people around us, but it doesn't all come together on one day.
02:52It's to do with diet, training. So when it does go your way, obviously it's fantastic.