KEELEY Battrick has added another British kick boxing title to her collection after defeating arch rival Molly Moss in a highly-anticipated rematch.

The 13-year-old from Accrington won the fifth and best belt of her career in a gruelling contest against her Birmingham opponent who had been crowned world champion in February.

Moss was looking to avenge defeat from the first meeting between the pair but Battrick - who is already the World Kickboxing Association British champion - had other ideas as she added the World Kickboxing Union version following her points win at the Magnet Centre in Birmingham.

Battrick, a pupil at Mount Carmel High School, has now won 65 of her 68 contests and dad and coach Billy, who runs Fit2Fight Kickboxing Club, said this was the best of the lot.

"It was the toughest fight she has had so far," said Battrick Senior. "It was a real battle, a real war and Molly took everything Keeley threw at her. It is the first time I have seen Keeley come back to her corner saying that she was tired.

"It really took it out of her but I have never seen her celebrate a win so much. It meant an awful lot."

Moss, from Yardley, Birmingham, won her world title in France in February and, with home advantage, was looking to inflict a fourth defeat on Battrick and a first in more than 50 contests.

But the talented East Lancashire kick boxer proved to be just too good for the home favourite, scoring points regularly with her dazzling roundhouse kicks before flooring Moss in the fourth round with a left hook.

Dad Billy said it was just the fight Keeley needed and the victory confirmed she was the best full contact girl fighter in the country.

"I think Molly fancied her chances as she had home advantage and was very confident after winning the world title," he said. "But Keeley just showed she is the best in the country and has been for the last three years."

Battrick has been the dominant force in the -50kg and -55kg class in recent years, so much so that she was finding it difficult to find opponents.

"Prior to the fight, Keeley had stopped her last 11 or 12 opponents in the first or second round," added her dad. "It came to the stage no-one would fight her because she was too good. So to get a rematch with Molly, who is a world champion and a class fighter in her own right, really brought the best out of Keeley."

And there is more good news in the Battrick household as brother Daniel has finally earned a shot at a European title.

The 17-year-old British champion will fight the German champion for the -66kg title on a night of international kick boxing also at the Magnet Centre in September.

The former Mount Carmel pupil has won four British titles - the latest against Sam Babb in November - and also five English belts.

"This is the fight he has been waiting for," said Battrick Senior. "Daniel deserves a shot at a European title and we will make sure he is in the best condition possible going in to the fight."