Frances Watthanaya
Keeping Up With the Muay Thai Times: F.A. Group
F.A. Group continues to develop champions with its Muay Kao Style after the retirement of Petchboonchu, arguably the most decorated fighter in the history of Muay Thai.
A Place for All: Vancouver's DTES Boxing Gym
Located in Vancouver’s infamous downtown-east-side, East Side Boxing caters to over 100 at-risk youth in their after school program and another 60 vulnerable young adults who alternate training days with the kids.
The One Million Baht Fight Night: Best of Siam X
Three WBC titles and one Rajadamnern title—all in one night at Best of Siam X, Rajadamnern Stadium.
Don’t Move Backwards: Witawas Tiamtam and the Televised Fights of Max Muay Thai
Inside the stadium show that has an average viewership of five million people in Thailand every week.
A Farang at Lamnamoon Muay Thai
Far from the comforts of home, Canadian Muay Thai fighter Sean Kearney finds his rhythm fighting in rural Isaan before testing himself against Thailand's best.
Glory Kickboxer Josh Jauncey's Journey to the Top
Josh Jauncey came into the Glory lightweight division as a dark horse but his success is no surprise to the people closest to him; his family.
Muay Thai Is Not Completely Back in Business Since the Death of Thailand’s King
It’s only another thirty days until New Year’s and another forty to complete a proper one hundred days of mourning. The Muay Thai community will survive. It’s just a little bit more difficult as of late.
‘Beyond the Fields’ Will Tell the Story of the Child Fighters of Isaan
We talk to the director of the forthcoming documentary Beyond the Fields about raising awareness and sparking an honest dialogue about the child boxers of Thailand’s most impoverished region.
The Many Generations of Lookboonmee
Literally translated as the "Children of Boonmee," three local boys and the head trainer's two young daughters were all it took to start this incredible grassroots gym in Thailand.
Across the Mekong: The Life and Times of Master Song
The head trainer of Canada's Kai Singthong gym fled civil war in Laos, swam across the Mekong River into Thailand, and spent four years in and out of a refugee camp before starting a new life through Muay Thai.
Against the Odds: Bpaet Becomes a Muay Thai Fighter
Abandoned by his parents and unable to find a job, 12-year-old Bpaet finds the fighter within to survive in Thailand.