Money Matters In Muay Thai: How To Understand Nak Muay Purse Sizes
Muay Thai is a sport. And sports is a money game. It is entertainment. Bouts create attention. Attention means ads. Commercials create sales. This is the game. This is capitalism. The wages of Nak Muay are a way to understand the economics and history of the industry. Looking at the dynamics of the purse [...]
Nak Muay Legends: The Beginning
On December 24, 1982, arguably the two best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet faced off in the fight of the century. Their names weren’t Ali and Frazier or Leonard and Hagler. They weren’t western boxers. The two were Muay Thai fighters (or Nak Muays). There names Samart Payakaroon and Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn. Samart was [...]
The Styles Of Muay Thai – An Excerpt from On Fighting In Thailand
Styles Make Fights Excerpted from On Fighting In Thailand The old adage for western boxing rings just as true for the science of eight limbs. There are several different types of Muay Thai fighters; Muay Fimeu, Muay Mat, and Muay Khao. Technical fighters, technical brawlers and clinch and knee fighters, respectively. Like any style [...]
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