A couple days ago I read news of once famous Muay Thai boxer. I don’t wanna put his name here, since it was no good news and he was such a great fighter. Anyway he was arrested for dealing drugs. That made me thinking. I want to know what all those many boxers do once they stop being in the rings.

The person I’m gonna talk about today also once a famous Muay Thai fighter. He was a WBA Flyweight Champion from Feb 13 1994 to Nov 24 1996. Only two years of glory and money. IMO, that’s quite a short time. After that his life got worse and never gets any better. His name is Saen Sor Ploenchit.

Saen Sor Ploenchit picture from Wikipedia

Unluckily he didn’t save much money for his future. After he lost his WBA Flyweight Champion, his career seemed to end. He didn’t get much chance to fight in big match anymore. Until one day he himself decided to end his boxing career.

Who knows that once being a great boxing champion, one day Saen Sor Ploenchit had to earn money by staring in some music videos? Today his life is getting better now I believe. Since an owner of Muay Thai gym heard about him and wanted to help by offering him a job as a trainer at his gym.

I know that many Thai boxing fighters don’t have good ending for their lives. At least Saen Sor Ploenchit didn’t end his life by throwing himself in jail like the one I read about in the news. One thing it was their fault that they didn’t plan to save money for the future but the other reason might be because Thai government doesn’t support professional Muay Thai boxer as a career. Once they stop fighting, there goes their money. I hope one day the government will take an eye on these great people that at least once bring honor to the country.

FAIRTEX proudly presents its Documentary “Human Weapon-Muay Thai” soon ON AIR on The History Channel. Purposely wants to conserve Thai Culture and tells other people around the world all about Muay Thai unique and charming value.

Picture from PattayaDailyNews.com

I can’t wait to see this documentary. FAIRTEX right now is the most famous club in Thailand and USA I believe, after one of its great fighters, Yodsanklai “The Hero”, just won the Contender Asia. The point of making this doc is to promote Muay Thai, Thailand and FAIRTEX itself of course.

Not many Muay Thai documentaries were made, so this is quite a great idea actually. The more people know about Thai Boxing the more people want to learn Muay Thai.

FAIRTEX itself is the best gym right now with great facilities and accommodations. There formal fighters already prove how successful this gym is. Log on to www.fairtex.com for more info if you wanna go there.

Don’t forget to check out the doc on The History Channel! I expect to see nice pictures and video there. This should be another great Thailand and its culture presentation to the world.

Yodsanklai Fairtex or Yodsanklai Petchyindee was born in July 1, 1985 in Korat, North East Thailand. He is a reigning Supper Middleweight WBC Muay Thai World champion and former two time Lumpinee Stadium champion. Right now he’s training with Fairtex Gym outside of Bangkok. And he is the latest winner of The Contender Asia.

Yodsanklai’s picture from Wikipedia

Hight: 171 cm. (5” 7′)
Weight: 70 kg. (154.3lbs.)
Record: 153 Wins (53 KO + 100 decisions)
66 losses
Latest Title: 2008 WMC Contender Champion

Starting his own career since he was 8 years-old, he was nicknamed “The Computer Wizard” from his moves accuracy and well known for his powerful punching and hazardous elbows. By mid 2005, he won most of the prominent Muay Thai titles. His records and all his fights in the past guarantee us that he is one great and high experienced fighter from Thailand.

I just watched the re-run of the Contender Asia last night. We all know that Yodsanklai won this fight in Singapore, right? Yeah Yodsanklai rocks! What a fight!!!

JWP, poor him! In this final he really had no chance to win. Although he had done a good job to score on points, and he would have done better if he was fighting against other boxers, Yodsanklai is out of his league. He should have won this and retired with glory. But anyway he is another great fighter.

This fight, Yodsanklai really deserves to win. He is a very skilled fighter with high experience, very cool in the ring. He has better technique. There’s one part when JWP’s gone wild, throwing crazy punches at Yod. What Yod did was only stepping back a little and shrugged at him. That was hilarious! He just basically waited for his opponent’s attacks and then countered him. His kick was spectacular!

Take a look at this short clip!

Contender Final VDO from YouTube.com

No matter who won the game, both Yodsanklai and John Wayne Parr are real sportsmanship. Good guys!

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